As they say, necessity is the mother of all invention. In this case, it was Kakie Fitzsimmons’s desire to find characters for her son to relate to that a wildly popular Bur Bur and Friends children’s book series was born. Pictured here with her son they are holding the second book from the series, Bur Bur’s Fishing Adventure which gives both of them a lot to smile about.

I’ve attached a photograph of my son reading Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee (illustrated by Tanya Lee Lewis).  This was back when he was somewhere around 1 year. 

We’ve been reading to him since he was 3 weeks old.  We still read this book to him.  He is now 3 and a half.

For my baby shower we asked people to bring a book to… Read More

Author/Educator Zetta Elliot got caught reading an author of color’s book and sent me the following blurb.

“Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a captivating story about friendship, loyalty, kindness, and gratitude.  Grace Lin’s novel–like the moon it describes–is luminous!”