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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 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...

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....

Jan 7, 20153 min read

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...

Dec 15, 20142 min read

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...

Dec 1, 20141 min read

Willow by Tonya Cherie Hegamin

Willow by Tonya Cherie Hegamin Fifteen-year-old Willow is a resourceful, intelligent young girl who spends her days reading, writing, and...

Nov 24, 20141 min read

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor I can’t believe it took me so long to read Nnedi Okorafor! I can see why everyone raves about her whenever...

Nov 17, 20141 min read

Picture Book Review: Kayla the Great and the Magic Red Dress by Stephanie Davis

Kayla the Great and The Magic Red Dress by Stephanie Davis; Illustrated by Robert Paul, Jr. Kayla the Great and the Magic Red Dress is...

Nov 3, 20141 min read

Mommy Read it Again: Apple Pip Princess by Jane Ray

The Apple-Pip Princess by Jane Ray Intricate illustrations combine with a gentle, earth-friendly storyline in this fairytale picture...

Oct 2, 20142 min read

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...

Sep 29, 20142 min read

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...

Sep 22, 20143 min read

Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: David Yoo, Author of The Detention Club

This week’s Asian American children’s author is David Yoo. His most recent book for kids is the middle grade novel, The Detention Club....

Sep 19, 20142 min read

Preschooler Favorites: Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke Zita the Spacegirl is a graphic novel for younger readers about a young girl named Zita who discovers an...

Sep 12, 20142 min read

MG Novel: Nest by Esther Ehrlich

Nest by Esther Ehrlich Nest by Esther Ehrlich is a literary upper middle grade to lower YA novel (read: “tween novel”) about a young girl...

Sep 8, 20143 min read

Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Sheela Chari, Author of Vanished

This week’s Asian American children’s author is Sheela Chari, author of the middle grade mystery novel Vanished. (BTW I love this cover!...