Lorien Lawrence, Janae Marks, Dan Poblocki, and Mia Wenjen gave this panel at NCTE Boston 2024. Every day, teachers ask students to be brave and take risks with both academics and social interactions. Sometimes, though, students doubt their own bravery. That’s where books come in — they’re the perfect medium to model courage…
My daughter and her friend wanted to take a wine and cheese class so I decided to make it educational! We learned how to make cheese and butter. It started early at 10 am which was a little tough for my sleep-deprived, jet-lagged group but we rallied and the cheese aging cave revived us. Making…
This was only my second time to attend the ALA conference. Thank you to Red Comet Press for sponsoring me! I was thrilled to do a book signing of my first picture book with Red Comet Press, We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court,…
I’m thrilled today to be interviewing my editor of We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court at Red Comet Press. Not only was he the editor, but creative director as well. He was the person who found illustrator Victor Bizar Gomez and did all…
Read Your World is hosting another Kendra Scott fundraiser just in time for the holidays. Browse now at KendraScott.com to gift and give back! Then, from December 3rd through December 8th, purchase your items using give back code: GIVEBACK-HMQTU and 20% of your purchase will go to nonprofit, Read Your World. Read Your…
What fun to meet Vicky Fang at her Ava Lin book launch at Newtonville Books. This kicks of the Summer Reading Events at this wonderful bookstore! Jarrett Lerner interviewed Vicky about her newest early chapter book series: Vicky had a great turnout of local authors! We missed Jannie Ho for this photograph but you…
Please welcome my guest author today, Erin Danilile Russell with a list of 10 Biracial Picture Books. Her newest book is Seoul Food, a picture book that reflects her own biracial Black and Korean heritage. Seoul Food by Erin Danielle Russell, illustrated by Tamisha Anthony Seoul Food is a heartwarming story about a biracial girl…