Thank you to Lois J Wickstrom for her Readers’ Favorite review: Changing the Game by Mia Wenjen introduces seventeen Asian-Pacific American Female star athletes. They have overcome crippling injuries, poverty, racism, and other life-altering events to win Olympic medals and achieve other honors in their chosen sports. These women practice martial arts, kayaking, swimming,…
I was so happy to get some Inuit picture books sent to me and I wanted to learn more about the Inuit. The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska. The Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo–Aleut languages also known as Inuit-Yupik-Unangan and…
My daughter, referred to as Grasshopper and Sensei in my blog, won the BlueGreen Innovation Challenge with her team of Industrial Designers from Rhode Island School of Design and Mechanical Engineer from M.I.T. They were written up by RISD! Students Propose Real-World Design Solutions Industrial Design students offer innovative ideas for supporting sustainability in Rhode…
I’m not very knowledgeable about football, but I wanted to learn more by starting a list. But then I found this story about Jasen Bracey: He lost his vision at age 7. Now 15—and still blind—he’s a starting quarterback. I love how sports are a backdrop for the stories that showcase drama as well as…
I’m so excited because Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes was just nominated for the 2021 Readers Choice Awards contest by TCK Publishing! Please vote for it here. To examine any book more closely at Amazon, please click on image of book. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Follow PragmaticMom’s…
Please join Melissa Konstantatos and Leanna for our seventh 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. November’s event will be held on November 4th and we are celebrating Indigenous People’s Month using We…
I’m thrilled to have author Andrea Wang guest posting today. She’s always been a strong writer with a voice that represents Asian American culture proudly and accurately, but she’s recently made the leap from being great to exceptional. I feel like this is her breakout year. Her newest picture book, Watercress, is on my list…