In celebration of the launch of the How To Coach Girls book, we are partnering with Berkshire Soccer Academy, a sleep-away soccer camp for girls, with a five-part series. How To Coach Girls available for pre-order here. March: The effect of Team Impact on the Boston College Women’s Soccer Team. Team Impact is a national…
Charlayne Hunter-Gault was one of two black students to attend the University of Georgia fifty years ago. She recalls, “We were greeted by a screaming, howling mob of students, and I think some provocateurs…And as we walked under the arch, the students were yelling and screaming all kinds of epithets, and telling us to go…
Author Debbi Michiko Florence and I will be making some noise with our February offering in our Asian Culture series. This month we explore Asian drumming through books, crafts, and recipes. We will be learning about Japanese Taiko and Chinese Lion Dance which also has drummers. This is part two of our 6 Part Asian…
Encourage empathy among kids by reading these children’s books about names! Inspirational stories to share the meaning and importance of names. Each of my three children has a middle name that reflects part of their Korean/Japanese/Chinese ethnicity. My daughters have Japanese names — Keiko and Miyako; my son’s middle name, Gyung-Won, is the name of…
We are so excited to reveal the cover for our new book, How To Coach Girls, that I co-authored with Alison Foley, Boston College Women’s Soccer Head Coach! How To Coach Girls by Alison Foley and Mia Wenjen Did you know that 70% of all kids quit organized sports by age 13, with girls quitting…
Discover wonderful Chinese folk tales for kids with these children’s books! These legends, fables, and stories celebrate the great culture of China. I grew up with just one Chinese Folk Tale picture book. I had a tattered copy of The Five Chinese Brothers with cartoon-like illustrations. It wasn’t my favorite book and so I didn’t…
Please welcome my guest author today, Padma Venkatraman, with an extensive list of books for kids and teens to learn about Indian culture. She has broken out her list into four categories: picture books younger middle grade older middle grade/younger young adult Young adult/adult We are also giving away 4 copies of her books. To…