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…
My daughter is a sophomore in college and she is a foodie. During her freshman year, she hosted “Charcuterie Night” for her friends in her dorm. It was a big hit even on those sad nights when there was just a pile of cubed cheese that came from the supermarket. Other times, when she was…
Welcome to the Explorer Academy: The Forbidden Island Blog Tour! Follow along all week as we celebrate the release of The Forbidden Island — the heart-pounding final adventure in the hit Explorer Academy series — with behind-the-scenes looks from author Trudi Trueit, plus 5 chances to win the complete 7-book series and an Explorer Academy map! Questions, Anyone? by Trudi Trueit…
Please welcome my guest author, Susie Jaramillo. I know Susie from piles of wonderful bilingual Spanish board books from her Encantos company (which I thought was a publishing company, but it’s actually much more than that). I gifted the Encantos books to my boxing trainer, Rafi, who is Puerto Rican American and he and his…
Laying awake in bed at 2 a.m. desperately and unsuccessfully trying to soothe your newborn is difficult to bear. It’s a parent’s worst nightmare to have a child who’s clearly uncomfortable, and you can’t seem to do anything to help them feel better. Unfortunately, every parent deals with this at some point during the challenging…
Skincare routines when we are teenagers or in our 20s can be pretty basic. You may not have as many skin concerns to worry about besides experimenting with products to cure acne. Once you enter your 30s, it is time to take things more seriously. A lot can change in your 30s, whether in life…
What is minimalism? On the surface, it may seem like this practice boils down to “own less stuff.” However, it goes well beyond avoiding wanton consumerism, involving a mindset shift. Instead of filling your life with random objects, you make room only for those that spark joy, in the words of organizing legend Marie Kondo….