2022 INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD (IPA) Multiple Winner

Two books in the Cultivating Compassion in Children’s Series win the 2022 INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD (IPA).  The parenting book, Growing Compassionate Children: Grower’s Guide, wins the IPA Distinguished Favorite in the Parenting & Family Category.  Children’s book, Can Old Be Beautiful, wins the IPA Distinguished Favorite in the Children’s: Inspirational/Motivational. The competition is judged by … Read more

Happy Dance – Last Two Books Published Receive Book Award

The last two books published in the Cultivating Compassion in Children Series, What’s Wrong With Grandpa and BaBa-Balu Belongs, Too win the Purple Dragonfly Award, an award for Children’s Books. BaBa-Balu Belongs, Too won honorable mentions in three categories, LGBT,  School Issues, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). This book is a story about a monarch … Read more

I’m Not A Weed Receives Purple Dragon Book Award

I am happy and humbled to receive a book award for my first published book, I’m Not A Weed. It won a Purple Dragonfly Book Award under the Cultural Diversity category. The Purple Dragonfly Book Awards is a worldwide book competition that was created in 2009 to celebrate the best in children’s books. A division of Story Monsters LLC, … Read more