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Oct 21, 20201 min read
Storytime Math Symposium
My first author event! Come see me this weekend on Charlesbridge’s Youtube page. If you’re a teacher or librarian, you can also register...

Oct 9, 20201 min read
Book announcement!
I’m absolutely thrilled to announce my debut picture book, Usha and the Big Digger will be published by Charlesbridge in the Summer of...
Jun 30, 20202 min read
Social distancing week one thousand and forty two
Well, it looks like I ran out of steam for weekly blogging about the pandemic! In the beginning I think I was in denial about the scope...
Apr 14, 20202 min read
Social Distancing Week 4
Four weeks (more like 4 and a half, but close enough). Last week whizzed by. The kids had their first videochats with their teachers and...
Apr 6, 20201 min read
Social Distancing Week 3
I realized after hitting send on my blog post last week that I had forgotten so many small things that had happened that I wanted to...
Mar 30, 20202 min read
Social Distancing Week Two
Since Fridays are clean-the-house days, I’m generally too tired to post, so I’m switching to Monday. It has been tough writing. Some days...


Mar 20, 20202 min read
Social distancing week one
Fun with stuffies!!! Another journal-type blog post! It has been one whole week since school closed and homeschooling is going okay. We...
Mar 14, 20202 min read
Social distancing day one
Though I thought I had mostly transitioned away from my blog, with this pandemic, social media has been a bit overwhelming. It seems most...
Oct 23, 20191 min read
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...


Jun 24, 20152 min read
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, 20152 min read
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...
Apr 27, 20151 min read
Calling all diverse kidlit professionals in the Greater Boston Area
The reason I’ve been super busy this last month is that in addition to writing and mommying two small children, I’ve been working with...


Apr 22, 20151 min read
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, 20155 min read
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, 20151 min read
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...


Apr 2, 20153 min read
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 2, 20152 min read
Mommy Read it Again: FRIENDS FOR FREEDOM followup
So last week on the blog, I reviewed Friends for Freedom, but unlike with my other picture book reviews, you may have noticed that I...


Feb 25, 20151 min read
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,...


Feb 18, 20152 min read
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...


Feb 11, 20153 min read
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....
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