Reviewing Race

Posted on Nov 18, 2014 in diversity, Reviews
Reviewing Race

Last week I posted on facebook a bit of my frustration in the way that reviewers miscast ethnicity in picture books. A good friend of mine had a reviewer identify her family as “Caucasian”, when it was a mixed race family. I posted and then edited a statement (a few times) about that conversation which […]

Out with the old…

Posted on Jan 19, 2014 in Books, Illustration, living the dream, Uncategorized

Happy New Year! I can hardly believe how deep we are into 2014 already. Twenty thirteen was a stressful and exhausting year for me, but I am since renewed with the onset of a new year filled with possibilities and reaping the fruits of last year’s labor.  Great things are on the horizon. I just […]