Surviving Santiago Is Launched!
Last Thursday was my official book launch party for Surviving Santiago at the Lower East Side bookstore Bluestockings, ranked one of the top destinations in the Not For Tourists Illustrated Guide to New York City.
Last Thursday was my official book launch party for Surviving Santiago at the Lower East Side bookstore Bluestockings, ranked one of the top destinations in the Not For Tourists Illustrated Guide to New York City.
Our 2015 summer reading list features books written and/or illustrated by people of color, with all age groups and genres represented.
An announcement of my launch party for Surviving Santiago, on Thursday, June 11 at 7 pm at Bluestockings Books in NYC.
Ten days ago I spoke to groups of sixth through eighth graders at Hommocks Middle School in Mamaroneck, New York. Sponsored by the PTA for Autism Awareness Month, I talked…
Celebrating the publication day of The World in a Second, the picture book I translated from Portuguese.
The controversy surrounding Harper Lee's forthcoming novel helps me decide what to let go of in the process of moving.
A report on two events involving #WeNeedDiverseBooks, one focusing on young adult fiction, the other a picture book about a woman environmentalist in the Gambia
In an essay for School Library Journal, Zetta Elliott makes a strong argument for self-publishing to achieve true diversity in children's publishing.
The advance reviews of the book I translated from Portuguese, The World in a Second, have delivered a huge thumbs up and my first starred review ever.
The work of my friend Beverly Slapin leads to a discussion of humor and satire and the importance of dialogue rather than censorship.