Thank you to everyone who came out to Andrew Hacket and my book launch Storytime at Newtonville Books. Andrew read his hilarious Curlilocks and the Three Hares and had a photo frame activity which was a lot of fun! I read from my newest picture book, Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!, and had the kids put…
In the Netflix series, Taco Chronicles, the episode on basket tacos features Marven, the “Lady Tacos de Canasta,” a transgender taco vendor who identifies as ‘muxe’, the third Zapotec indigenous gender. She used her rise to fame from the show to fight against police harassment, using her experiences as an LGBTQIA+ street vendor to run…
I’m thrilled that Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World has won the Silver Nautilus Book for Children’s Picture Books / Non-Fiction Ages 2- 6 Years (Preschool-Grade 2). Thank you so much to Nautilus for this honor. Thank you also to Robert Sae-Heng, the amazing illustrator, and to the team at Barefoot Books…
My middle daughter is studying abroad at the National University of Singapore (NUS) for one semester. Her dormitory at the College of Alice and Peter Tan, to our surprise, is not air-conditioned! It is a well-appointed single — all the rooms are singles — with a shared bathroom for the floor. I was pleasantly surprised…
June celebrations include: Pride Month Juneteenth (June 19th) Father’s Day National Caribbean American Heritage Month Immigrant Heritage Month Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month Great Outdoors Month / National Oceans Month Juneteenth Multicultural Children’s Book Club with Carole Boston Weatherford 9 Juneteenth Children’s Books Price Month Multicultural Children’s Book Club with Michael Genhart My 8 LGBTQIA…
Today is Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!‘s one-year birthday! To celebrate, Daria A. Marmaluk-Hajiioannou of World Music created a song and music video! I am giving away 5 copies of the book plus the boxing glove squish ball! To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! by Mia Wenjen,…
The Korean-America authors have a unique stories to tell. Their collective memories of the old country are still fresh, as is their immigrant experience. Enjoy these 10 Korean American children’s books with your children.