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Multicultural Children's Book Day Reviewer Sign Up is Now Open!

FREE Diverse Children’s and YA Books!

Posted on November 15, 2021February 1, 2024 by Pragmatic Mom

Multicultural Children’s Book Day is celebrating our 9th holiday on January 28, 2022. We donate FREE diverse children’s and YA books to book reviewers (anyone) in exchange for a book review posted on social media OR blog OR Amazon Or GoodReads Or read aloud in a classroom. Go Here receive a FREE diverse book or…

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Multicultural Children’s Book Day: 2022 Sponsorships Open!

Posted on September 17, 2021February 4, 2024 by Pragmatic Mom

2022 Medallion and Author level Sponsorships are now available! The sooner you lock in your spot, the more time we have to promote you! Sponsorship is a great way to support our non-profit initiative while tapping into some amazing visibility and exposure for authors and publishers of diverse board books, picture books, chapter books, and…

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Today is International Literacy Day!

Today is International Literacy Day!

Posted on September 8, 2021February 4, 2024 by Pragmatic Mom

Today is International Literacy Day and I wanted to use this important day to support a cause close to my heart – education! Right now it is so important to support education and children’s learning. School the World, an international nonprofit organization is working in rural Central America to bring education to the world’s poorest…

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How to Encourage Children to Be More Sustainable?

How to Encourage Children to Be More Sustainable?

Posted on August 20, 2021February 4, 2024 by Pragmatic Mom

Please welcome my guest blogger today, Jessica Fender, who is sharing her ideas on how to encourage sustainability with your kids. —– Sustainability is a choice. As a parent, you should encourage your kids to make the right choices and live a more sustainable life.  Photo by Charlein Gracia on Unsplash Your kids belong to…

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Aquent Founders Mia Wenjen Steve Kapner John Chuang

Aquent Turns 35 Years Old!

Posted on June 18, 2021February 7, 2024 by Pragmatic Mom

My company just turned 35 years old this month. We ran the numbers: During this time we found work for 145,000 people, at 71,000 clients, in nearly 20 countries. And the 3 original founders are still here! Thank you to everyone who has been part of our family: talent, clients, staff. You are all a…

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Changing the Game: Kristi Yamaguchi

Posted on March 9, 2021February 21, 2026 by Pragmatic Mom

My Kickstarter project is almost over. There are three days left! I’ll be sharing videos of some of the incredible athletes included in my middle-grade picture book anthology during the duration of my funding period. image from InStyle I’m putting the spotlight on figure skater, Kristi Yamaguchi, today. Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female…

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My First Protest March

Posted on December 2, 2020November 2, 2025 by Pragmatic Mom

My son’s friend Andrew Riebe wrote a poem and posted in on Instagram. He’s also a rising high school sophomore. He writes, “Just a poem I decided to write today regarding the tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police department cop who spent 8 minutes crushing George’s neck with his…

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