by admin.maria | Aug 5, 2019 | Book Review, Children's Literature, Product Review, Product Review- books
Nothing says adventure than the tales of a life at sea. My daughter tells me she wants to be a travelling adventurer. In a fashion I foster that desire to see the world, with the aid of books. The story of Old Man of the Sea is one such book. It fosters an...
by admin.maria | Mar 11, 2019 | Children's Literature, Lifestyle, Writing
During a recent conversation about my future plans, I mentioned that I’m currently looking for work in the Social Media/Publishing area and I have a book to revisit. Then, it occurred to me that I’ve not spoken about my book for about a year. The last time was when my...
by admin.maria | Feb 12, 2019 | Book Review, Children's Literature, Mixed Heritage, Mixed Race Families, Multi Racial, Multicultural, Product Review, Product Review- books
I know I may be biased, but I always get excited when a picture book comes out with mixed heritage family. Maisie’s Scrapbook was sent to me a little while ago in PDF form by Lantana Publishing. They wanted us read it and comment for the blurb. However, reading a book...
by admin.maria | Jan 31, 2019 | Children's Literature, Entrepreneur, Interviews, Reading, Storytelling
Last week I attended the London Toy Fair 2019. Although it was my third time visiting the Toy Fair, 2019 was the 66th year of the fair! My inner child came out. If you follow me on Insta you would have seen my selfies with CBeebies’ Bing Bunny and Flop, as well...
by admin.maria | Feb 2, 2018 | Children Animation, Children's Literature, Interviews, Picture Books, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
I first stumbled upon Eprjr Island around 2014, on Instagram. Their branding for the mini Trini t-shirts and baby onesies was so adorable and Trini fuh true. Then, the concept of a book that they were planning on publishing about a leatherback back turtle was...
by admin.maria | Jan 15, 2018 | Book Review, Children's Literature, Multicultural, Multicultural Products, Picture Books
After I signed up to be a part of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, I was paired with author Elsa Takaoka. Elsa provided me with a copy of her picture book Yumi’s Extraordinary Collection, to review for the venture. I’ve been a part of the Multicultural Kids...
