Black Joy is not … dismissing or creating an ‘alternate’ black narrative that ignores the realities of our collective pain; rather, it is about holding the pain and injustice…in tension with the joy we experience. It’s about using that joy as an entry into understanding the oppressive forces we navigate through as a means to…
I have a new Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World Discussion and Activity Guide! It’s perfect for educators and parents who want gardening extension activities that can be done indoors. Get it here or here FoodfortheFuture_ActivityPack Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World Song and Music Video! …
Please welcome my guest author today, Margaret Chiu Greanias, with a sequel to her list of picture books about Taiwanese characters or by Taiwanese American authors and author-illustrators with 12 wonderful picture books related to Taiwan. Her original list of picture books related to Taiwan is here. We are giving away a copy of How…
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…
My son graduated from Newton North High School and it was a very different graduation from his middle sister’s in 2020, the year of the pandemic lockdown! We got him dressed up for this occasion after realizing that he doesn’t own pants that are not sweatpants! My husband had the lei flown in honor of…