Education and parenting. Helping your child with reading, math, science and getting along with others.
Hands-on learning activities are interesting and creative ways of learning. Especially, craft projects are silent workhorses in developing those core skills that go much beyond the art table. Whether it’s a child threading a needle for the very first time or an adult meticulously piecing together a handmade quilt, it engages the mind, tests patience,…
It happens. Things change. My picture book announcement for A Place To Call Home, illustrated by Mary Atwood, and published by Sleeping Bear Press needs updating! It turns out that there are a lot of children’s books titled “A Place To Call Home,” so the new title is … Green Homes, Happy Planet: Sustainable…
I had no idea that Frederick Law Olmsted designed the first park in my town. If you saw the Newton Centre Playground, it looks pretty nondescript. It’s not dense with foliage and trees like New York City’s Central Park. But, back when it was designed, there were many features to this small space that were…
I got so behind that my box of my newest picture book, The Traveling Taco, was buried in my office. Luckily, I finally found it and made an unboxing video! The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Kimberlie Clinthrone-Wong A mouthwatering exploration of the…
We Sing from the Heart has been selected as the 2024 winner of our Julia Ward Howe prize for children’s literature! This is the first award that I’ve won outright. I am thrilled and humbled! The Boston Authors Club Julia Ward Howe Book Awards are awarded annually by the Boston Authors Club to authors living…
This was my first time to watch the Battle of Lexington and Concord Reenactment even though I live twenty minutes away. I have always wanted to watch this but it seemed to fall too close to the Boston Marathon which goes through my town. This year was different. It’s the America 250th, our Semiquincentennial, and…
Here is Wonder Why by Lisa Varchol Perron storytime book event at Molly’s Bookstore in Melrose, Massachusetts! Wonder Why by Lisa Varchol Perron, illustrated by Nic Henderson Giant sky, brightest blue, like an artist painted you. How I wonder, wonder why, why are you so blue, big sky? This is a charming picture book…