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5 Lessons Learned While Building My Author Platform

December 8, 2013 By Sandra Bornstein 2 Comments

A year ago, I published my first book, May This Be the Best Year of Your Life: A Memoir. It was a milestone in my life. After years of procrastinating, one of my lifetime dreams finally came true. I will never forget the day that I pressed the button on the CreateSpace website. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Memoir, Writing Tagged With: 5 lessons for marketing a new book, Amazon reviews, author interviews, author platform, author platform building, Authors using social media, Book Reviews, building a writer's platform, looking for an Amazon reviewer?, Looking for an author interview?, marketing a first book, May This be the Best Year of Your Life, Sandra Bornstein

Historical Picture Book- Discovering Jewish and African Roots

September 24, 2012 By Sandra Bornstein Leave a Comment

Immigration stories provide a useful portal into the traditional values of different cultures.  Carolivia Herron used her background as a Jew of African descent to formulate the story line for her historical picture book-Always an Olivia: A Remarkable Family History (Lerner … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, International Education, Reviews Tagged With: Always an Olivia: a Remarkable Family History, Book Reviews, Books, Carolivia Herron, Jeremy Tugeau, multicultural picture books- Jewish, picture books- antisemitism, picture books- tracing roots, Teaching

Picture Book- Adoptive and Biological Families in Harmony

September 13, 2012 By Sandra Bornstein Leave a Comment

Adoption can oftentimes cause a child to be transported from their native country to a foreign land. Like other immigrants, an adopted child from a foreign place must undergo a period of adjustment. At some point in time, coping with the adoption will become a secondary issue. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, International Education, Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Books, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Linda Pettitt, Loss and Adoption, Multicultural picture book- Africa, multicultural picture book- Ethiopia, multicultural picture books- international adoption, Sharon Darrow, Teaching, Yafi's Family: An Ethiopian Boy's Journey of Love

Picture Book- An American Woman Exploring China in the 1930s

August 28, 2012 By Sandra Bornstein 2 Comments

Who can resist a picture book cover that displays an adorable panda? At first glance, Mrs. Harkness and the Panda  written by Alicia Potter and illustrated by Melissa Sweet (Borzoi Book published by Alfred A Knopf, 2012) appears to be a work of fiction. Upon closer examination, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, International Education, Reviews Tagged With: Alicia Potter, Book Reviews, Books, capturing pandas, controversy animals in the wild vs. zoos, Melissa Sweet, Mrs Harkness and the Panda, multicultural picture books- China, picture books- 20th century American women, picture books- biography, Teaching

Multicultural Picture Book- Tanzanian Daily Life

August 24, 2012 By Sandra Bornstein Leave a Comment

With the intentions of creating a moving bedtime story, award winning author, Patricia MacLachlan and illustrator Elizabeth Zunon created Lala Salama: A Tanzanian Lullaby. Despite their initial intention, I see this story as an excellent way to compare daily life in Tanzania to a … [Read more...]

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