This is a fun STEM challenge. Build a bridge that is at least two feet long using only 50 bamboo skewers and string. You can use any kind of string and any quantity. You can not use glue. You can cut the skewers or do anything you want to them. The bridge must support at…
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6 Picture Books set in Asia or about Asian-Americans
Please welcome author Kasmira Sheth with her picture book list of books set in Asia. We are also doing a giveaway of her picture book, Feast of Peas. Please use the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. How about you? What are your favorite picture books set in Asia or about Asian Americans? Any…
SCBWI Minnesota Racist Illustration and Gaslighting Response
November 20, 2020 April, As the Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, you could have acknowledged the minority group that was hurt by the Scbwi Minnesota group — that of mixed-race Black/Asian American children. Seeing a racist image that reflects their ethnicity is harmful to adults and children. This is why Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen and…
Dragonslayer Event at Newton Free Library
I’m really lucky that Tui T. Sutherland lives near me because my son is her biggest fan. He started reading her books in 6th grade when a girl at his table recommended it. We’ve had the great pleasure of going to three of her book events so far. My son has mostly read books by…
13 Jewish Folktale-Inspired Books
Please welcome award-winning guest author, Elizabeth Suneby, and author-illustrator, Laurel Molk, with their newest book, No Room for a Pup! published by Kids Can Press. This fun read-aloud, cleverly illustrated book is a hilarious twist on a revered Yiddish folktale about gratitude popularized in It Could Always Be Worse, published in 1977. In No Room for a…
Learning About Industrial Design
Curious about what Industrial Design is? My daughter has a habit of collecting bottles. These are not antique bottles but drinks that she sees at the supermarket. She will ask to purchase these beverages, asking me if I would be willing to consume it. She just wants the bottle. Sometimes she does this when we…
6 Chinese American Picture Books To Fill Your Heart and Belly
Please welcome Katrina Moore as my guest author today! We are both in the New in 19 debut picture book group. One Hug is her debut picture book, and she also has Grandpa Grumps coming out in April of 2020! We are giving away a signed and inscribed copy of One Hug! To enter, please…







