I will never get enough of Chloe Kim snowboarding the halfpipe! She is beauty, grace, and nerves of steel. I also loved learning about her as a normal teenager who likes Korean snacks from the Korean market. Her ability to balance her Southern California cool-girl vibe while embracing her Korean cultural identity makes her an…
When I started writing Asian Pacific American Heroes, the first person I wrote about was Bruno Mars. It was daunting to capture his huge and successful life thus far in just a few paragraphs. I submitted what I had to my editors and they responded with specific questions including why Bruno Mars got dropped from…
Best #OwnVoices Children’s Books: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12 is FREE for five days from May 1 through May 5 in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! BEST #OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12 is a book that I created to highlight books written by authors…
Please welcome my guest author and illustrator today, Aram Kim!! I met Aram through Multicultural Children’s Book Day in 2017 when she was part of our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2018 that we do with The Children’s Book Council. She wrote a fantastic post on diverse picture books revolving around food (my favorite subject!). Her…
Please welcome Isra from Muslims in KidLit! I met Isra years ago when I first started blogging when she was still living in the Boston area. She had a lifestyle blog then called The Frugalette. We spend hours on a bus ride from hell sponsored by McDonald’s to go to a blogging convention in New…
Thank you to Ariel Gordon Bernstein for the heads up that Sumo Joe was included in Bank Street College’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year! I never would have thought to check. I have recently been submitting manuscripts to literary agents and am in recovery from rejection. Ditto for editors whom I have submitted…
November 20, 2020 April, As the Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, you could have acknowledged the minority group that was hurt by the Scbwi Minnesota group — that of mixed-race Black/Asian American children. Seeing a racist image that reflects their ethnicity is harmful to adults and children. This is why Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen and…