A New Season of Diverse Children’s/YA Literature!

Last Sunday, I moderated a panel at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Fall Tradeshow. Titled “What’s Next: Children’s/YA Books to Celebrate Diversity and Empathy,” it included Fall and Spring Season previews of new releases that had me longing to drop my microphone and sprint to Powell’s Books. I wanted to share with you some of the

10 Books to Help Build Self-Confidence in Your Tweens and Teens

Originally published in Working Mother, May 16th, 2019 10 Books To Help Build Self-Confidence in Your Tweens and Teens Teaching them to love themselves is necessary for growth. Written by Melissa Hart Better with Books by Melissa Hart amazon.comBuy Reading fiction and memoir—regardless of what age we are—is consistently found to develop compassion for others,