We took a tour of the King Kamehameha Golf Club in Maui, Hawaii. Our good friend, Michael Castillo’s brother Ricky is the Director of Golf and kindly gave us a tour. When we drove up, I was shocked to see a resemblance to Taliesen that my husband and I visited in Arizona more than 25…
I didn’t realize that the Industrial Revolution took place where I live in Newton, Massachusetts. The city of Newton began as an offshoot of the more well-known Cambridge but morphed into its own city. The Charles River winds through Newton and it drops by 25 feet in Newton Upper Falls, creating the perfect conditions for…
Please welcome my guest author, Alice Faye Duncan with her picture book list on blues and jazz music! We are giving away five signed copies of Yellow Dog Blues. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. 7 Picture Books About Blues Music & All That Jazz Blues Journey by Walter Dean Myers,…
It’s the Fall, which means some college students are ready to graduate, and others are about to begin their final semester at school. As a result, plans need to be made about what to do post-school, and one of the most important is where to settle down. As you get closer to graduation, planning the…
Barefoot Books was the first that I know of to exclusively create beautiful multicultural books. Now, thirty years later, I was thrilled to celebrate their 30 Years, 30 Artists exhibit at the Umbrella Arts Center in Concord. It features works from Barefoot Books throughout their thirty-year history and, not surprisingly, the artists hail from all…
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. November’s event will be held on November 3rd and we are celebrating Native American Heritage Month using Powwow Day by Traci Sorell,…
Brrr. Is it winter yet? Was that snow outside? Here’s a way to welcome winter with my guest author today, Maria Gianferrari, and her list of picture books about ice! Her newest picture book celebrates the ice cycle! We are also giving away a copy of Ice Cycle: Poems About the Life of Ice. To…