blogging

Oct 23, 2019
1 min

2019 trip to india

Whoops, it’s been a while since I last posted! I’ve been slowly sharing photos from our family trip to India on my instagram account. We w...

Aug 5, 2015
1 min

What happened to the blog posts?!?

Hi guys– You may have noticed that I’ve been a little behind on blog posts lately! I’ve just been super busy with writing projects, with ...

Jun 24, 2015
2 min

Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Aisha Saeed, Author of Written in the Stars

1) Which of your characters do you most identify with and why? I feel I identify the most with my main character Naila. In Written in the...

May 20, 2015
2 min

Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Salina Yoon, author and illustrator of Penguin’

Next up in my Asian American Children’s Author Blog Series, is the talented author/illustrator Salina Yoon. Salina Yoon has created numer...

Apr 22, 2015
1 min

You’re invited to the Material Girls release party!

Elaine Dimopoulos is having a launch party at the Boston Public Library for her brand new book Material Girls. Here are the details from ...

Apr 14, 2015
5 min

The Crossing (Daughters of the Sea Book 4): Q&A with Author Kathryn Lasky, Book Excerpt, and Gi

This week on the blog, I’m very lucky to have the award winning author Kathryn Lasky. Her latest book, The Crossing, is the final book in...

Apr 8, 2015
1 min

YA Book Review: Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos

Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos Project Runway meets Nashville meets intelligent YA dystopia in this brand new book by my writing bud...

Apr 2, 2015
3 min

Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: I.W. Gregorio, Author of None of the Above

The very first author in my Asian American Children’s Author series this year is I.W. Gregorio. Dr. Gregorio is a surgeon, a writer, and ...

Mar 10, 2015
1 min

2015 Asian American Children’s Authors Blog Series

I’m starting to line up some more authors for my blog series. If anyone has recommendations for authors they’d like to see on the series,...

Feb 25, 2015
1 min

Picture Book: Friends for Freedom by Suzanne Slade, Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell

Friends for Freedom by Suzanne Slade, Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell (For those of you budding artists out there: last week on the blog, t...

Feb 18, 2015
2 min

Guest Post: Nicole Tadgell, Illustrator of FRIENDS FOR FREEDOM

Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass by Suzanne Slade, Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell This week on th...

Feb 11, 2015
3 min

3 Questions for Donna Gephart, Sydney Taylor Honor Winner for DEATH BY TOILET PAPER

Death by Toilet Paper by Donna Gephart This week on the blog, I am honored to take part in the 2015 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour. A...

Feb 5, 2015
2 min

YA Book to Look Out For: MATERIAL GIRLS by Elaine Dimopoulos

Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos Hi all! This week I wanted to plug a book by one of my very good friends, Elaine Dimopoulos. Elaine a...

Jan 14, 2015
4 min

Multicultural Children’s Book Day Blog Post and Book Review

I am excited to take part in this year’s Multicultural Children’s Book Day! The MCCBD team have asked me to include a ton of great inform...

Jan 7, 2015
3 min

Guest Post and Giveaway: The Gossip File by Anna Staniszewski

Happy 2015 from Monkey Poop! For my very first blog post this year, I’m excited to have a Q&A guest post from Anna Staniszewski, author o...

Dec 15, 2014
2 min

The Best Books I Read This Year (2014 edition)

This has been a great year for kid’s books and as usual I was completely conflicted about which books to choose! I’m at the point in my w...

Dec 4, 2014
1 min

Minorities in Publishing podcast

Minorities in Publishing is a brand new podcast featuring interviews with publishing professionals. I’m making it sound formal and boring...

Oct 20, 2014
2 min

YA Book Review and Giveaway: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley Set in 1959 Virginia, this unforgettable novel tells the story of Sarah Dunbar, a member of the fi...

Oct 2, 2014
2 min

Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Veera Hiranandani, Author of the Phoebe G. Gree

The next author in my Asian American Children’s Author blog series is Veera Hiranandani, author of the middle grade novel, The Whole Stor...

Sep 29, 2014
2 min

Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Mike Jung, Author of Geeks, Girls, and Secret I

This week, the amazing children’s author visiting the blog is Mike Jung, author of the middle grade novel Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identi...

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