Inspired by fellow SCBWI member, Vashti Harrison, to create my own version of her art piece, Wish Jar, for my daughter's 3rd birthday.

About one billion children are stuck at home because the coronavirus pandemic has shut down their schools.

August is a bittersweet month. It is the month in which we mournfully remember the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6.