Read Your World Celebrates Multicultural Children’s Book Day is excited to present a free virtual event to celebrate The Bilingual Child! Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month Together Wed, Oct 18, 2:15 pm ET Register here! Amanda Hsieng-Blodgett Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett is the founder of Miss Panda Chinese, an online Chinese language, and cultural resource that provides…
Join Us for a 3 Farm Picture Book Event at Newtonville Books!
What a lucky day at Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival to catch Nancy Castaldo just as she was headed out. I was able to invite her to join us for our farm book event, and … the stars aligned because she lives quite far away in update New York … but she is joining us!!!! We…
Wow! I’m in Publisher’s Weekly for ALAAC23
My friend Tim told me that I was included in the photo gallery for the ALA 23 in Chicago in Publisher’s Weekly. I was thrilled to see this photo! From Left to Right: Barefoot CEO and co-founder Nancy Traversy with authors Shirin Shamsi, Mia Wenjen, Baptiste Paul, and marketing director Jeanne Stafford Other authors were kind…
9 Halloween Picture Books & Signed Book GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author, Vicky Fang, with her 9 Halloween picture books just in time for Halloween. Here is a spread from the book! We are giving away a signed copy of her newest book, The Book Crew Needs You! To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. How about you?…
Please Visit Maui!
My husband’s college roommate, Michael Castillo, is visiting us here in Boston. He’s the head pro for The Plantation Course on Kapalua, a resort in Maui. The fires have been devastating and it’s not always clear what is the best way to help those affected. I talked to Michael for ideas. The first, and most…
Food for the Future: Sustainable Values in Children’s Books at ALAAC23
I was thrilled to get the opportunity to speak at the ALA Conference 2023 on the Diversity in Publishing stage for Food for the Future. My topic was Sustainable Values in Children’s Books. While only a handful of people attended, the CEO of Barefoot Books, Nancy Traversy, recorded it for me. That’s the extra mile…
Cover Reveal for GNOMES and UNGNOMES: Poems of Hidden Creatures
I’m so thrilled to be doing the cover reveal for GNOMES and UNGNOMES Poems of Hidden Creatures created by writers and illustrators of The Writers’ Loft. This is the first time that I’ve submitted poems because I’ve never really felt like I knew how to write poetry. But since the topic was mythological creatures which…