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Books I love and other thoughts…

I am a dodo and completely forgot to post this last week. Good thing the deadline has been extended to Monday, March 16! There are tons of other amazing items being auctioned, so go check it out!

Last week, we launched the Rising Voices Amplifying Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Narratives collection at the @caapleorg conference in San Diego with @scholastic.

Many of you know this has been quite a journey over the last few ye

Last week's school visits at Nanakuli Elementary and Leihoku Elementary in Waianae, HI were 🥹❤️ I loved meeting with students K- 6 and was so grateful for the opportunity to share books with these beautiful brilliant learners!

@aunty.erika and I we

A story in five parts:

1. What a joy and honor to join @jeffkinney and @kaylanijuanita as panelists for @mychal3ts' book launch last week at @solanolibrary

2. I changed the kids' doctors appointments and pulled them from school so they could meet

It's been a while since I've gotten to share a new book announcement and I'm really excited about this one. ⁠
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I drafted this book five years ago during my first winter as a single mom trying to support my kids through their first holiday split betw

This was a very fun surprise last week! ONE DAY is one of the first books I ever wrote. I wrote it when Carter, my first baby, was born. He was a month early and stayed in the NICU for almost two weeks. It is my dreams and hopes and wonderings about

I am truly, genuinely in love with @thais.mesquita.art in our upcoming book, A ROOM WITH A VIEW. She captured the beauty of the outdoors, the humor of the reluctant boy, the sweetness in the relationship between mother and son. This book is out in Ma

Thank you, St. Louis! I had the best time visiting students and educators! I gave a keynote to kick off a day of community building in the middle school and presented to 1st and 2nd graders @micds_official. I spoke with students at @gotsch_learns, pr

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