One of the best parts about being a mother is making memories with your children. Every mother knows that parenting isn’t always a cakewalk; it takes a lot of patience, hard work, and often little sleep or acknowledgment. Whether you’re a stay-at-home mom or juggling motherhood and a career like 50% of American moms, booking…
Category: Parenting
My blog covers education and children’s books. When I cover parenting issues, it usually contains book recommendations. Parenting topics include academic subjects, summer learning, bullying, special needs, fitness and more.
Picture Book Announcement! Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
I’m thrilled to announce that I have a new picture book coming out through Barefoot Books spring of 2023! Robert Sae-Heng is the illustrator. Lisa Rosinsky and Autumn Allen are the editors. Lary Rosenblatt at 22MediaWorks represented me. Jess Lomas at Inkling Illustration represented the illustrator. Picture Book Announcement! Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms…
Team SCUPP is a Finalist for Wege Prize
My daughter and her team are competing for $65,000 in prize money for the Wege Prize against five other teams who hail from around the world! Wege Prize is an annual competition that ignites game-changing solutions for the future by inspiring college/university students around the world to collaborate across institutional, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries…
Multicultural Children’s Book Day FLASH SALE!
Flash Sale for Multicultural Children’s Book Day Sponsorships! Our Platinum and Author Sponsorships are now offered at a 30% discount through the end of July. Multicultural Children’s Book Day is not just about getting a diverse book in the mail and telling everyone about how wonderful it is (although that is part of it)….
Dealing With Sibling Rivalry as a Parent
If you have two or more kids at home, you’ve probably had to break up at least one fight over a toy, video game, or even ice cream flavor. Sometimes you also have to deal with screaming arguments about who is the preferred child or who gets the most attention from the parents. Sibling rivalry…
Musical Journeys: Introduction to Piano Online Class for Young Children
Well, it’s been thirty years in the making but my sister’s piano teaching method books, Keiko and Sam’s Musical Journeys, are finally ready. I did the illustrations thirty years ago as well. In fact, it’s so long ago that I barely recognized some of the drawings. Noreen’s wrote Keiko and Sam’s Musical Journeys when the…
26 Children’s Books on Mental Health Support During Stressful Times
Every year, we create a free and downloadable Classroom Kit for Multicultural Children’s Book Day on a specific theme: Racism Kindness Empathy (immigration and refugee experience) Homeschool Poverty Activism Disability The kits include activities, a discussion guide, a poster, and a book list. I create the book lists myself and keep a copy on my…







