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Photo PresentationWENDY STONE, PHOTOJOURNALISTPHOTOJOURNALISM IN AFRICA: 1988-2015Nov. 4th, Wednesday, 6 pmThe Metropolitan Opera GuildThe Rose Building165 West 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam, 6th floorFree for members of PWP, $10.00 for non- members to pay at the door Wendy's remarkable, compelling photographs of Children in Africa captured my imagination and led to our collaboration that turned into the book Beatrice's Dream.If you are anywhere in the NY Metropolitan area on November 4, 2015, this presentation is a must.Wish I could be there!Read more about Wendy:Photojournalist, Wendy Stone, has been working in Africa coveringinternational aid [...]

 These responses to Four Feet Two Sandals were drawn by 2nd graders in an ESL class.Newcomers to an American school, they are from the Chin State of Burma.  Their English is limited but they understand what it means to share and care.  They relate to the characters and the story told in this picture book even though it is not a story of Burma.Four Feet Two Sandals is about two refugee girls from Afghanistan in a refugee camp in Pakistan.Refugee children around the world can relate to loss of country, home, family.   [...]

This is the view of the beginning of the "Blood Moon" super lunar eclipse on Sunday over our back fence.We live on the Navajo Reservation in Chinle Arizona.  Clear skies, unobstructed horizon.Our youngest son Jonathan is in Paraguay with the Peace Corps.  He happened to be on What's App.  We shot him a photo, which reminded him about the eclipse.He went outside to watch the sky and see the moon disappear into a pink haze.  Two different worlds, same moon.  We watched virtually together.I clicked photos frustrated that I could never capture the [...]

This week we sent our youngest off to the Peace Corps in Paraguay.The apple doesn't fall far from the tree!  He came by this choice honestly.Steve and I were Peace Corps volunteers in Malawi more than a few years ago.Jonathan's brother, Christopher and sister-in-law, Laurie returned from the Peace Corps in Mozambique two years ago.But wait!  His cousin, Kayla was in Panama for 2 years with the Peace Corps and her mom, Robyn was in the Peace Corps before her.So this weekend found us celebrating.  Thanks to friends and family who were with [...]

I am honored to have been invited to be a judge for the Young Muslim Writers Awards.   The young writers are age five to sixteen.  The mission of the organization based in the UK is to "raise standards of child literacy and creative writing.  To enable young people to be confident communicators to help build a vibrant society.The top five entries for both Poetry and Short Stories will be chosen for the award. They will be published in the anthology of the Young Muslim Writers Awards. I look forward to reading the shortlisted entries and [...]

My Little Sangoel has been paired with Americanah by Chimamanda Ngoci Adiche for the Greenwich Connecticut Read Together Celebration this October.  WOW!  What an honor for Sangoel, for me.I might even get to go to Greenwich.  Not far from where I grew up, another connection.  stay tuned to this blog for more about that.Just when an author least expects it her books make new friends and connections in unexpected places.See more about Americanah, a story about race, immigration and identity and the Greenwich reading Celebration here:http://www.greenwichlibrary.org/GreenwichReadsTogetherAdichie.aspxAnd a big shout out to Greenwich teachers, librarians, [...]