To all the publishers and authors that have sent me children’s books to review: I have made over 1100 short videos on children’s books on my YouTube channel over the past decade. Recently, I have had four videos flagged. Three were from Medicine Wheel Publishing. This recent one is from Web Capio for a…
Please join us Read Your World Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Wednesday May 7, 2025 7:00 pm EST Register HERE. Join us for an hour of fun and the chance to win one of five book bundles! Guest Panelists Mia Wenjen Mia Wenjen is half Japanese and half Chinese American…
It was such an honor to have Tui T. Sutherland in conversation with Lisa Stringfellow at West Newton Cinema as the pre-launch event for the inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival which was held this past year on Saturday, December 14th, 2024 from 10 am to 2 pm at The New Art Center in Newtonville, MA….
Together, we can change the world one book at a time. Read Your World, formerly known as Multicultural Children’s Book Day, is a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is to raise awareness about children’s books that celebrate diversity and inclusion, and to get more of these books into the hands of readers including children, teachers, librarians,…
Thank you to MetroWest Living Magazine for featuring me and my family! The issue is here: 2041_MetroWestLiving_Feb2025 p.s. Related posts: Family Mantras and My Family’s Mantra 36 Japanese Internment Books for Kids & My Family’s Story My middle daughter is a Greenbriar Undergraduate Fellow Pratt Family Weekend 2023: We Took a Drawing Class!…
I am humbled and honored to receive these honors for We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court, illustrated by Victor Bizar Gomez. ALSC Notable Children’s Book Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book Notable Social…
I had the great honor of sitting next to Nikki Grimes at my first Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival and it was wonderful to see her again this past one a few months ago. She told me about her newest picture book, A Cup of Quiet, and offered to share a poem. It is such a…