![]() But the wonderful thing was that I was able to meet so That position was that I didn’t get to spend much time with each person-sometimes Was like, how they were feeling, what they needed. Whole job-meet someone new and find out what brought them to us, what their life Hundreds of people in crisis and listen to their stories. In that position, I got to sit with literally Therapist and psychology teacher influenced your writing or the stories thatįirst getting started as a therapist, I had a position as an intake counselorĪt a mental health center. As a therapist, I’ve worked with kids in theįoster care system, in community mental health centers, and in private practice Teacher, who is considerably better at grammar than I am, and we have twoĪlso a therapist and an adjunct professor of psychology, although I’ve steppedīack in both of these roles. House of readers, and I am a lifelong book nerd. Well as some how-to tips for authors interested in creating their own guides –īut I don’t believe you shared much about YOU. Having me! I love MG Book Village, and I’m so pleased to be here.īefore - last month, when you shared the teaching guide for THE MIRACULOUS, as Hello, Jess! Thank you so much for stopping by the MG Book Village during your debut week! We’re very excited to have you here to chat about THE MIRACULOUS! These girls enjoy and excel at so many different things – including STEM. The characters came naturally because they are modeled off many girls I know in real life (including my own daughters!). With DIARY OF AN ICE PRINCESS, I wanted to write characters who are unabashedly awesome at STEM and also enjoy all the trappings of “traditionally feminine” pursuits. Selves, they are more likely to leave STEM behind. That pursuing STEM conflicts with their identity and vision of their future We know that girls begin dropping out of the STEM pipelineĪround middle school. The reality is that STEM is for everyone – including children who love Want to be perceived as weak or “too girly” to excel in the STEM activities IĮnjoyed. I remember suppressing my femininity when I was younger because I didn’t People who look a certain way, dress a certain way, and enjoy “typical” STEM Society and mass media often sends girls messages that STEM is only open to Having a hard time reconciling the many facets of my identity as I was growing You can’t have weather without science! As the book started coming together, I realized I had been given a fantastic opportunity to counter stereotypes about girls and STEM.Īs an engineer and a longtime science-lover, I remember After all, my main character is a princess whose entire family has magical weather powers. When I began writing the first book in the DIARY OF AN ICE PRINCESS series, including a science element came organically. Princesses, Pink, and Physics – Breaking the Mold of the “Typical” STEM Character The Middle Heart newsletter will go out on August 19th, with the Twitter chat to follow on August 27th! ![]() In her hilarious, moving middle-grade debut, Remy Lai delivers a scrumptious combination of vibrant graphic art and pitch-perfect writing that will appeal to fans of Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham’s Real Friends, Kelly Yang’s Front Desk, and Jerry Craft’s New Kid. As Jingwen and Yanghao bake elaborate cakes, they’ll have to cook up elaborate excuses to keep the cake making a secret from Mama. ![]() The only problem is his mother has laid down one major rule: the brothers are not to use the oven while she’s at work. To distract himself from the loneliness, Jingwen daydreams about making all the cakes on the menu of Pie in the Sky, the bakery his father had planned to open before he unexpectedly passed away. ![]() School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn’t speak English, and he’s often stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao. When Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he’s landed on Mars. heartwarming and rib-tickling.” ―Terri Libenson, bestselling author of Invisible Emmie “Pie in the Sky is like enjoying a decadent cake. A poignant, laugh-out-loud illustrated middle-grade novel about an eleven-year-old boy’s immigration experience, his annoying little brother, and their cake-baking hijinks! Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang!
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