Highlights Foundation

          Here I am sitting in front of my cabin at the Highlights Foundation. I was there attending the Whole Novel Retreat as the Nikki Grimes Artist-in-Residence. It was springtime in the Poconos with pretty birds … Continue reading

Garvey’s Choice by Nikki Grimes

I am proud to announce that I am the 2019 recipient of the Nikki Grimes Artist in Residency Scholarship from the Highlights Foundation. To learn more, click on https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/12328/announcing-the-recipients-of-the-2019-artist-in-residency-and-visual-arts-scholarship/. Nikki Grimes is an awesome, award-winning poet and author of numerous … Continue reading

Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan

Big changes are happening in Amina’s life. She just started middle school, and her uncle, Thaya Jaan, is visiting from Pakistan on an extended stay. Her parents are from Pakistan and her best friend, Soojin, is from Korea. They bonded … Continue reading

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

  Mia Tang emigrated from China with her parents and lives in California. Her parents were professionals back in China, but they have to work long hours in low paying jobs when they move to America and they are very … Continue reading