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…
I’m mentoring a First to College high school student whose goal is to study graphic design at MassArt so I took her to meet one of my college freshman dorm mates, Lisa Rosowsky, is a professor of graphic design there. Lisa sent me an invite to her newest show called For Our Fathers: Two fathers—one…
Thank you to Boise Paper for sponsoring this post! There’s something that might make you a superhero to someone. You could literally save their life by donating blood. Did you know that the American Red Cross has a Missing Types campaign, now in its second year, to inspire new blood donors to roll up a…
I can’t believe that Sumo Joe is releasing today! It feels like I have been talking about Sumo Joe for years and now it’s finally real! Thank you to everyone who has supported me along this journey including authors who have kindly covered Sumo Joe on their blogs: Caroline Starr Rose: Classroom Connections: Sumo Joe…
Personally, we always start the summer off with good intentions and high hopes. I generally take my kids to the bookstore to get them excited to read. With close monitoring and a lot of reminding, my kids generally make it halfway to their summer reading goal. It’s that last month of summer when the reading…
It’s that time of year for rising high school seniors to get started on their Common App application, particularly The Common App essay! I’m sure it’s on your child’s To-Do list, just like it is on mine. But where to get started? How to write an essay that shines? Is buying a sample from essay writing service an option?…
This is Andrea Wang’s and my fourth installment of our Asian Culture Series. Today, we are talking oodles of noodles! Asian Culture and KidLit series with Andrea Wang September 2018: Cover Reveal! Andrea’s MAGIC RAMEN: The Story of Momofuku Ando February 2019: Cover Reveal! Mia’s Sumo Joe April 2019: Sumo, Ramen Noodles & Chinese Connection June 2019: Tempura and Chankonabe (and how…