My friend, Dr. Hyeouk Chris Hahm, studies Asian American youth social-emotional health at Boston University School of Public Health. Asian Americans youth have high rates of depression and suicide (second only to Native Americans). Dr. Hahm analyzes the root causes to come up with a multidimensional intervention program designed for high schools and colleges. Harvard is…
My high school friend, Dr. Phillip Swagel (and his wife!), are both professors in Economics at the University of Maryland College Park. Phill invited us to crash his economics class after our tour so this was the first time that my daughter and I actually sat in on a class. I’m not really sure if…
My kids tell me that we had hummingbirds at our old house. We had a wall of Honeysuckle against our detached garage and the hummingbirds would visit when the flowers were in bloom. My kids said that they were tiny — about the size of a large bumblebee — which is probably why I never…
My middle daughter, PickyKidPix, became terrified of sharks after indulging in too many Shark Week TV shows. It’s easy to get a skewed impression of sharks so let’s use children’s books to learn about sharks before Shark Week begins on July 17th! Let’s start Shark Week off with some facts about sharks, shed by the first…
Please welcome debut author Katrina Moore today! We are both in New in ’19 debut picture book group! Today, we will be sharing her COVER REVEAL and she will be interviewing her illustrator. Let’s get started! ————- Growing up, I spent so many years watching my grandpa cook. We didn’t exchange many words—he spoke Chinese,…
NESCBWI Springfield May 2019. It all started with a children’s book writing class at my local high school community ed taught by Margo Lemieux. This has let to my first SCBWI conference … as a presenter! Here are some highlights of an amazing weekend: Lisa Yee’s revision workshop was a master class on revising AND…
I’ve noticed that animal rescue books are popular in chapter books: Five New Rescue Dog Books Books for Kids to Celebrate Adopt a Shelter Pet Day Debbi Michiko Florence brings diversity and animal rescue to life in her newest early chapter book series, My Furry Foster Family! I’m happy that there are other diverse voices…