Please welcome poet and author Nancy Tupper Ling with her list of favorite poetry anthology books, just in time to celebrate April’s Poetry Month. She’s also a Boston-area-based author and I’m thrilled to have met her in real life at various children’s book events. And she’s a fan favorite! Her books have been included in…
Adolescence is a delicate period. This is the time when teenagers begin to build their identities and experiment with new things and sometimes even take risks. Unfortunately, trying smoking, drinking, and drugs are one of the most common things teenagers or young adults do during this period. Good communication with your son or daughter is…
Moms and Dads out there, are you struggling with greening your kids? Are they resistant to eating green leafy vegetables? Being green also means caring for the environment. Now is a great time to change our lifestyle, beliefs, and actions to be healthy and save the environment. Today, I’m sharing ideas on what children and…
Visiting Bates College My Bates College visit takeaways: It has a friendly and engaged vibe. It has one dining hall which is what the students wanted. Freshmen can get parking. Curriculum requirements are limited to 3 in STEM. Beautiful campus. They did a really good job in the prospective student visit. Probably the best one…
Welcome to the Girls Can Blog Tour! To close out Women’s History Month, please join us for a week-long celebration of extraordinary women and their remarkable accomplishments, drive, and tenacity. Each stop along the tour will feature fascinating insights from the talented trio of female authors behind National Geographic Kids’ Girls Can!: Smash Stereotypes, Defy…
Gender equality is an important societal goal we should be striving for in all areas of life. Gender equality in education is especially important, as education is foundational for how the next generation of society will function. Equality in education means empowering all students and providing equal opportunities to them without considering their gender. Gender…
Thank you to Tuttle Publishing for featuring me for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021!—- Interview with Mia Wenjen, Co-Founder of Multicultural Children’s Book Day Multicultural Children’s Book Day started in 2012 when two book-loving moms teamed up to raise awareness around kid’s books that celebrate diversity and to get more of these types of books into…