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.
Thank you so much to Coach Carl Tarabelli who reviewed The Elusive Full Ride Scholarship. Carl Tarabelli Needham High School Varsity Girls Soccer Coach – 2015 D1 State Champion Former NEFC Sr Staff Coach – 2016 U16 NPL National Champions Parent of 3 youth athletes, 2 of whom went on to play in college …
The #OwnVoices hashtag movement started in 2015 on Twitter to give readers a chance to share books about diverse groups that were written by authors that belong in the same group. For instance, a book with a Black child as the subject would be written by a Black author. from Chicago Parent 25 #OwnVoices Books…
I’m partnering with Lucy Tseng, Founder of Resilientsee Coaching, to raise money for sponsored coaching sessions with her. She is a Mental Performance Coach for Athletes. Her purpose is to support athletes in pursuing a purposeful life after the glory day of sports. Resilientsee Coaching is focused on building communities of athletes and like-minded people who are thriving in…
The Tokyo Olympics are postponed for one year but we can still learn about Japanese culture. Did you know that sumo was being considered as an exhibition sport for the Tokyo Olympics? Sumo wasn’t chosen because only a few countries with a sizeable Japanese ex-pat population had sumo. Karate was chosen instead. But I think…
I’m 56 years old now. When I turned 48, my perimenopause change threw me for a loop. It was a time of change and I had to consult the wise women around me for advice. What I learned was helpful in managing this new phase of life. Reliable medical sources indicate that as women enter…
My Kickstarter children’s book campaign was a great excuse to catch up with classmates from a long time ago. I went to UCLA’s Anderson School for an M.B.A. nearly 30 years ago. My favorite extracurricular activity was this program called T.E.C. on Campus. It stood for The Executive Committee and it was run by a…
Thank you to Alexis and Tiffany for hosting me and Nat Iwata on their YouTube Channel, Legit Kid Lit! Legit Kid Lit a video series highlighting kidlit creators sharing stories and being silly. We had so much fun talking about Sumo Joe that it ended up as a two-part series: It was fun to learn…