April means Earth Day and Geen Earth Book Awards: Circles of Hope
April 22 is Earth Day. What better to celebrate than with the Green Earth Book Awards? Circles of Hope was a winner in 2006. The award given by The Nature Generation is meant to help inspire Environmental Stewardship. Circles of Hope is in the company of a selection of wonderful, inspiring and important books for children. The list includes Picture books, fiction, non-fiction, Chapter books and Young Adult in a list of award winning books since 2005.The short listed books for the 2016 awards on Earth Day have been chosen. See the list here. And [...]
Look what they are Reading in Zambia!
Check out this program!Think about a donation.Hard to resist! --> . ProjectEDUCATE does some amazing work and we need your help to help ensure they continue to do so. No donation is too small and all contributions are tax-deductible. It is a great cause and you will be helping educate children in some of the poorest communities in the world. To learn more and donate please visit https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/operationread/ If you would like to support their environmental initiative, please visit https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/conservation-nation Thank you.
Honored To Have My Poem Included.
As a judge for the Young Muslim Writers Awards I was asked to contribute to this lovely journal.Who knew judging could be so difficult?Six young poets, all ages. Several submitting more than one poem. All meaningful and well crafted. A joy to read.And I read them over many times. Tried to be objective, even made a kind of grid for scoring different elements of the poems. But heart enters into all of it, the writing and the judging. That is the beauty.And here is my contribution to this years journal. An honor to be [...]
Reflecting: A Real Christmas This Year
I often find myself thinking back on years gone by this time of year...reflecting. I also find myself sometimes wishing I had a blockbuster holiday book...any holiday would do. One that comes out every year, say with a new cover, one that is a classic, part of the (in this case) Christmas tradition.Well guess what? I do have a Christmas book! It was published in 1998 (around then I think) and it is out of print (this I definitely know for sure). You can find it on Amazon though. Just so you know.Funny [...]
Grateful to get it write(right).
A writer writes what she knows from her life, her own experiences. She writes with passion and honesty.If she gets it right she hopes she will connect with even one reader.She is grateful when she does. It is remarkable that our lives can intersect so profoundly with people we have never even met.This week I had this note from a reader. I am grateful that I got it right and grateful that she let me know. Lovely that she contacted me during this season of Thanks.This little book out of print and still [...]
Thankful for Diversity in my Life
Counting my blessings and shamelessly self promoting!Check out this video discussion about books for children about refugees featuring Four Feet Two Sandals and My Name is Sangoel.http://eerdlings.com/2015/11/19/coffee-break-confidential-refugee-revelations/Coffee Break Confidential: Refugee RevelationsPosted by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. on November 19, 2015 in Coffee Break Confidential, Eerdfolk | 1 CommentCoffeeBreakConfidential And the interview with yours truly.Happy Thanksgiving!