Everyone has a story. That's something children's book author and retired architect, Debbie Mills, has known all her life. She, her husband, Peter, and the couple's eight grown children also believe in the strong bond of family is everything and that belief is evident in this tight-knit family. After moving to Kerrville, Texas in 2007, Debbie...
guest post from Erika Probst Up until several years ago, I lived in an idealistic world that I believed indicated we were in a post-racial society. We had moved beyond racism, hadn’t we? Sure, occasionally we’d see something about racism in the news, but most of society was not racist, right? Then my idealistic view was shattered...
Guest Post by Author, Tim J. Myers One of the greatest things about being a writer is discovering your own life in your work. You can't help writing about what's important to you, and your experiences often show up in different forms, whether you intended that or not. Art often is, among other things, a window into...
There's no better feeling than seeing a reluctant reader (or any reader for that fact!) deeply immersed in the adventure-filled pages of a chapter book. Books take a reader to places they can only dream about; places where they could find new friends, learn new cultures, and "see" themselves within the pages. Introducing children to chapter...
Guest post by Izzie Chea From humble beginnings in the busy kitchen of an Oakland, CA home in 2016, the idea of bringing children’s Spanish and bilingual books was coming to fruition. Maceo Cabrera-Estévez, Cuban-American mom and book lady for Barefoot Books, noticed the demand for high quality, authentic, and representative Spanish and bilingual children’s literature....