Modern Singapore was founded in the 19th century, thanks to politics, trade and a man known as Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Singapore’s prosperity suffered a major blow during World War II, when it was attacked by the Japanese on 8 December 1941. The invaders arrived from the north, confounding the British military commanders who had expected…
Today, there are 41 million people, including 9 million children, who are food insecure right here in America. That’s 12% of the U.S. population according to The Barbeque Lab. This is not a new problem. In the 1960s, John van Hengel opened the first food bank. Jeff Gottesfeld tells his story. We are both…
What an unexpected surprise to land on Publishers Weekly’s October 6, 2022, Daily Email as the “Photo of the Day!” Barefoot Books hosted a series of events to celebrate its 30th anniversary and this was their Step Inside a Story: 30 Years, 30 Artists event. 30 Artists and their work were featured in a gallery…
Do you remember where you were when the Berlin Wall fell? It was a big moment in history. I actually have a stronger memory of people who went to Berlin right after it fell and returned with a chunk of the wall as a memento. I didn’t know too much about The Berlin Wall or…
It was so fun to hear the story behind the story from Josh Funk and Carrie Finison for Picture Book Hour Live at Brookline Booksmith. The basement space was full and there were plenty of enthusiastic littles including Carter Hasegawa’s! Carter is an editor at Candlewick Press and I was thrilled to meet him! I…
Please welcome my guest author, Erin Yun! She’s back with book two in the bestselling Pippa Park middle grade series about identity, family, friendships, and peer pressure: Pippa Park Crush at First Sight. Pippa Park picks up right where she left off . . . trying to balance basketball, school, friends, working at the struggling family laundromat,…
Please join us for Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE and virtual multicultural children’s picture book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. December’s event will be held on December 1st and we are celebrating interfaith holidays, Christmas + Hannukah using Red and Green…