Holocaust Memorial Day is coming up soon on January 27th. We used to host Multicultural Children’s Book Day on the 27th of January every year until we realized that it conflicted with Holocaust Memorial Day. It seemed disrespectful to put our celebration on the same day so we switched our day to the last Friday…
My son’s artwork is on the cover of the Newton Community Education Kids Catalog. The backstory is that my son started 9th-grade last year. His high school closed during the COVID-19 pandemic about mid-March. More than a month later, his school went online but just for a few hours a day (and not every day)….
Win 1 of 12 Book Bundles! We are giving away Book Bundles every 5 minutes! Twitter Party Friday, January 29, 2021 9 pm to 10 pm EST Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld Register for the Twitter Party Below! Loading… We will be discussing the state of children’s book publishing and giving away diverse book bundles every six minutes!…
My middle daughter fell in love with Northwestern University on September 2, 2017, when we did an impromptu visit as we were already in the area to visit SAIC (School of Art Institute of Chicago) for my oldest. I recorded it here: There was just something visercal about her reaction to the school. It was…
Choosing the right baby gift can be hard and the best baby gifts can offer some sort of help to the parents. No matter what you choose, there are tons of gift options out there. Whether it is a gift that will brighten up the nursery or help carry around all the stuff that a…
I’m thrilled to be on Nerdacity Podcast to talk about Multicultural Children’s Book Day with DuEwa Frazier! Listen to it here. Ep. 12 DuEwa interviews Mia Wenjen – author, book blogger, and co-founder of Multicultural Children’s Book Day. Mia discusses the purpose of Multicultural Children’s Book Day and the impact its had over the years for readers, teachers, parents, authors,…
For some parents, the thought of their children transitioning into college life is equal parts exciting and frightening. Boosting your child’s chances of success depends on your ability to enable their independence— a skill helicopter parents have a habit of overlooking. To ensure optimal long-term and short-term success, future undergraduates should take the lead in…