As part of Multicultural Children’s Book Day I received the uplifting softcover picture book The Little Linebacker: A Story of Determination by Stephen Tulloch and Maria Dismondy, illustrated by Heather Heyworth. Sure to appeal to young football (or other sport) fans, The Little Linebacker is the story of young Stephen Tulloch, who grows up to be a…Continue reading Book review: The Little Linebacker
Tag: creative nonfiction
Birth Writes anthology has arrived!
Update 12/12/17: Birth Writes, A Collection of Real Life Birth Stories, published in December 2016 and is available through Amazon! Check out this amazing collection featuring not only my birth-in-exile story, but also wonderful work from talented writers such as Caroline Grant and Suzanne Kamata, my former colleagues at Literary Mama. Great gift for the…Continue reading Birth Writes anthology has arrived!
Book review: Boxers and Saints
Today, when our country feels so divided, I’m gonna recommend a good book. Actually, two: a pair of YA graphic novels that tell the same story from two opposing perspectives. Gene Luen Yang’s Boxers and Saints, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist, can be read in either order; I read Boxers first. Set in Northern…Continue reading Book review: Boxers and Saints
Book review: I Am Jazz
Banned books stun me. Seriously? We’re still doing this? When I read about a school in Wisconsin cancelling an author’s reading–of a PICTURE BOOK–for fear of lawsuits, and then 600 people packed a library a week later to hear that author read, I knew I had to check out this book. I Am Jazz by Jessica…Continue reading Book review: I Am Jazz
Anthology publication!
So excited! An essay I submitted some time ago will be published in an anthology! The anthology is a collection of birth stories, and mine is about giving birth five days after evacuating from Hurricane Katrina. The editor said the book should be available sometime before December. I will definitely share the word when it…Continue reading Anthology publication!
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