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We Took a Cheese Making Class in Paris! - Pragmatic Mom
My daughter and her friend wanted to take a wine and cheese class so I decided to make it educational! We learned how to make cheese and butter. It started early at 10 am which was a little tough for my sleep-deprived, jet-lagged group but we rallied and the cheese aging cave revived us. Making...
Kendra Scott Fundraiser for Read Your World! - Pragmatic Mom
Read Your World is hosting another Kendra Scott fundraiser just in time for the holidays. Browse now at KendraScott.com to gift and give back! Then, from December 3rd through December 8th, purchase your items using give back code: GIVEBACK-HMQTU and 20% of your purchase will go to nonprofit, Read Your World. Read Your...
We Sing From the Heart on SLJ The Best of the Best from Small Presses! - Pragmatic Mom
It was so fun to be part of the School Library Journal Webcast! Angus Yuen-Killick interviews me on our We Sing From The Heart picture book biography about Simon Tam’s nearly 9-year battle to trademark his band’s name! To see a replay of Library Journal Webcasts, The Best of the Best from Small Presses, please go...
Today is WE SING FROM THE HEART's book birthday & GIVEAWAY! - Pragmatic Mom
Today is We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court book birthday! It is gorgeously illustrated by Victor Bizar Gomez, and published by Red Comet Press. We Sing From the Heart is a Junior Library Guild Gold selection. It’s been reviewed by School Library...
I'm Signing WE SING FROM THE HEART at NCTE & NCSS! - Pragmatic Mom
In an unusual turn of events, NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) and NCSS (National Council for the Social Studies) conventions are in Boston on the same weekend! NCTE’s Heart, Hope, and Humanity Conference will be held from November 21-24 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) on 415 Summer Street which...
Meet Mike Yuen-Killick, Editorial and Creative Director at Red Comet Press! - Pragmatic Mom
I'm thrilled today to be interviewing my editor of We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court at Red Comet Press. Not only was he the editor, but creative director as well. He was the person who found illustrator Victor Bizar Gomez and did all the little touches to make this such a beautiful picture book! The embossed cover! The jacket [...]
Kendra Scott Fundraiser for Read Your World! - Pragmatic Mom
Read Your World is hosting another Kendra Scott fundraiser just in time for the holidays. Browse now at KendraScott.com to gift and give back! Then, from December 3rd through December 8th, purchase your items using give back code: GIVEBACK-HMQTU and 20% of your purchase will go to nonprofit, Read Your World. Read Your World is a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is to raise [...]
I'm Signing WE SING FROM THE HEART at NCTE & NCSS! - Pragmatic Mom
In an unusual turn of events, NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) and NCSS (National Council for the Social Studies) conventions are in Boston on the same weekend! NCTE's Heart, Hope, and Humanity Conference will be held from November 21-24 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) on 415 Summer Street which is South Boston (a.k.a. "Southie"). I [...]
We Sing From the Heart on SLJ The Best of the Best from Small Presses! - Pragmatic Mom
It was so fun to be part of the School Library Journal Webcast! Angus Yuen-Killick interviews me on our We Sing From The Heart picture book biography about Simon Tam's nearly 9-year battle to trademark his band's name! To see a replay of Library Journal Webcasts, The Best of the Best from Small Presses, please go here. p.s. Related posts: WE SING FROM THE HEART is a Junior [...]
Today is WE SING FROM THE HEART's book birthday & GIVEAWAY! - Pragmatic Mom
Today is We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court book birthday! It is gorgeously illustrated by Victor Bizar Gomez, and published by Red Comet Press. We Sing From the Heart is a Junior Library Guild Gold selection. It's been reviewed by School Library Journal and Kirkus. It has been featured in The Fire. Here's the book [...]
6 Picture Books to Celebrate the Moon and 2 Book GIVEAWAY! - Pragmatic Mom
Please welcome my guest author Katrina Moore with her book list of 6 picture books to celebrate the moon, just in time for the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival! The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, [...]
22 Banned Asian American Children's Books #fREADomToRead - Pragmatic Mom
This list is curated from Advancing Justice's list of BANNED: An Asian American Reading List of Banned Books in 2023 on Medium. Let's all read these books and request them at your local library to support Asian American authors! 22 Banned Asian American Children's Books Red Kite, Blue Kite by Jiang Ji-li, illustrated by Greg Ruth Inspired by the dark time of the [...]