Senior citizens boxing at Nonantum Boxing Club? You better believe it, and they are in amazing shape! Some of these boxers featured have started boxing after retirement. Others have boxed for years: Eric, age 61 Suzanne, age 60 Yoron, age 60+ Dee, age 70 Mark, age 82, started boxing in his 60s My friend Eric,…
I’m thrilled to announce that Food for the Future is included in Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best lists! This is a staff-created list. Food for the Future is on their Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2023 list for kids in kindergarten through 3rd grade. The Best of the Best lists represent…
My mother always talked about her father who died when she was young about how he built his own plane and flew it. He immigrated with my grandmother from Hiroshima and never learned English so, despite being a history teacher in Japan, he worked as a servant for a wealthy family in San Francisco. I…
Please welcome author Marsha Diane Arnold today with Books about Rainforests and How we can Protect Them. Her newest picture book is Armando’s Island and are giving away a copy. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. ——- Thank you, Mia, for having me on Pragmatic Mom. I’m here to celebrate the rainforests…
Please join us for our Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. October’s event will be held on October 5th and we are highlighting World Homeless Day using Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s…
This year’s Read Your World’s Classroom Kit is on Climate Change and Environment Justice. But what exactly does that mean? I am using this book list to explore this topic with 44 Children’s Books on Climate Change and Environmental Justice. Are they the same or different? What Is Climate Change and Global Warming? The…
Here is a round-up of all my resources in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15th through October 15th. Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month Read Your World Virtual Event: Unique Perspectives on Hispanic/Latinx Children’s Books in Raising Awareness about Climate Change Read Your World Celebrates Multicultural Children’s Book Day has its first-ever virtual event…