Barbara Richardson, my 87-year-old neighbor loves orchids so when I knew that I had to take photos of the world’s largest orchid garden at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. My favorite spot in this garden-within-a-garden is the cold house! It is so hot in Singapore that instead of a hothouse, they need a cold house. And…
Category: STEM/STEAM
Science non fictions books and fun experiments for kids to do at home.
Food for the Future makes Mass Book Award Long List!
I am thrilled that Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World made the Massachusetts Book Award Long List! Mass Center for the Book is excited to recognize longlisted titles across five categories—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, middle grade/young adult, and picture book/early reader. Awards and honors books (including the winner of the new translated…
I’m thrilled to be on the author panel for 2024 Barefoot Retreat!
I’m thrilled to be part of the Barefoot Books Retreat this year. I’ll be on this panel on May 4th. 2 pm – Panel: Meet the Barefoot Authors Q&A Attending authors: Bunmi Emenanjo (I’ll See You in Ijebu), Mia Wenjen (Food for the Future), Anna Staniszewski (My Cousin’s Mermaid), Phaea Crede (Jet the Cat (Is…
8 Children’s Books about Water, Rivers, and Conservation & Signed Book GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome author Michelle Staub with her list of books about water, rivers, and conservation. We are giving away a signed copy of A Place for Rain (along with bookmarks and stickers). Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. p.s. Related posts: 13 Children’s Books About Water Scarcity + Activities Water Supply System…
Food for the Future is a finalist for 2023 INDIES Book of the Year!
I’m so thrilled to announce that Food for the Future is a finalist for the 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards! The award is organized by Foreword Reviews, a trade magazine dedicated to helping booksellers and librarians discover great books from indie presses. Here’s the full list. p.s. Related posts: New! Food…
Food for the Future: How to Grow Shitake Mushrooms
I have a mushroom farm set in Mexico in my picture book, Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World. The location was deliberate. The illustrator, Robert Sae-Heng grew up in Mexico and his family had a mushroom farm! What an incredible coincidence! Have you ever wondered how to grow mushrooms? Most commercial mushrooms…
My Urban Foraging Class
I took a foraging class with David Craft. He’s a cancer researcher in Cambridge, MA in his free time when he’s not foraging. He also wrote the book Urban Foraging: Finding and eating wild plants in the city. This is my second foraging class. The first one I forced my kids and husband to come…