Thank you to Cindy and Beth for reviewing Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! Here are their reviews on Twitter/X: Cindy G. | she/her @cindygreene314 @pragmaticmom does it again! Check out her very clever and hilarious Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! Dad struggles to get his child to take a nap, told in a 3-round boxing match. Lots…
I’m excited to be judging first-round Cybils this year in the categories of Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books. There were over 50 entrants for Early Chapter Books this year, and we just finished picking the shortlist. Now, round 2 judges will take over to pick the final winners — 1 in each category! There…
My second reader review from Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! has come in! Dr. Cara Byrne @cararosebyrne Z loved reading @pragmaticmom’s silly and fun Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime, which we received as part of Multicultural Book Day 2024 #ReadYourWorld @MCChildsBookDay This is a review for my Kickstarter book, Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female…
Thank you to Heidi Rabinowitz of The Book of Life Podcast for creating this book list for me to cover. She noticed that my Best #OwnVoices Children’s Books had Jewish books about the Holocaust, but not in modern times. I didn’t know how to identify Jewish authors, as there isn’t a group blog or database of…
My first reader review for Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!, illustrated by Kai Gietzen. Published by Eifrig Press has come in! I sent out ARCs (Advanced Released Copies) and am thrilled to get such kind feedback! Thank you so much @DPatron5 on Twitter/X!! @DPatron5 on Twitter/X: Thank you @pragmaticmom for gifting me a copy of…
Black Joy is not … dismissing or creating an ‘alternate’ black narrative that ignores the realities of our collective pain; rather, it is about holding the pain and injustice…in tension with the joy we experience. It’s about using that joy as an entry into understanding the oppressive forces we navigate through as a means to…
Read Your World Celebrates Multicultural Children’s Book Day is thrilled to be introducing our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2024 in conjunction with the Children’s Book Council. This series runs the month of January and many of these book lists will also host book giveaways. Flora Ahn Favorite Books for Middle Grade A Spoonful of Time…