Saira Rao Tag

06 Dec

Published on December 6, 2019 in Mom of the Week by

  We first interviewed Saira Rao for our Mom of the Week column in June 2013. She had just co-founded In This Together Media, a company that published books featuring “real” girls as central characters. Since then, ITTM has gone on to publish books featuring brown, black, gay, and disabled kids, with great success.  “Representation matters,” Saira explained. All kinds of children like to see themselves in books. We caught up with her again in 2018 when...

29 Oct

Published on October 29, 2014 in Education & Programs by

Does your child love to read?  Dream of becoming on author someday?  Love the holidays?  Well here's a contest for you! Kids read the Kat McGee books & come up with a title and plot synopsis with the a holiday of their choice for the next Kat McGee Adventure.  Winner(s) title and book idea will actually be used at the next installment in the series AND they'll get a write-up in School Library Journal, Edmodo and...

03 Jun

Published on June 3, 2013 in Mom of the Week by

What do you love to do with your children? How old are they? And what is your greatest wish for them? My daughter, Lila, just turned 5 and my son, Dar, will be 3 in August.  Nothing makes them (and me) happier than the beach, the sun and an arsenal of buckets and shovels.  I, like every mom on the planet, wish for them to lead healthy, happy lives.  Lives in which they wink at challenges,...