So many introverted children try to be like the extroverts around them in an attempt to fit in or stand out. While mastering some extroverted skills can be valuable (and vice versa for extroverts), introverts both young and old often do so at the expense of self-knowledge and self-worth.
Please use the comments section to answer this question: What books from your childhood changed your life? I already have a few answers from last week’s Children’s Book Week Giveaway and will add them to what you share here for a post later this week. Below are also some thoughts on this topic, slightly updated, that I …
Children’s Book Week is May 12-18, 2014, and to celebrate, I am giving away to each of two random entrants a signed paperback copy of my middle-grade historical novel, Oscar’s Gift: Planting Words with Oscar Micheaux. Learn more about Oscar’s Gift and the historical figure Oscar Micheaux here. Enter using the form below (giveaway ends 11:59 EST Sunday, …
From now through the end of February, in honor of Black History Month, the paperback version of Oscar’s Gift: Planting Words with Oscar Micheaux is $4.09 at Amazon (or get the Kindle ebook for $2.99). “Oscar’s Gift is a fine and much recommended pick for community library youth fiction collections.” ~ Midwest Book Review “Lisa Rivero, a native …
This video by Total Vision Media is an excellent introduction to the life and work of pioneer feature filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, the subject of my children’s historical novel, Oscar’s Gift: Planting Words with Oscar Micheaux: Oscar Micheaux from Total Vision Media on Vimeo.