Let’s Talk Foster Care According to ifoster.org, there were approximately 440,000 children in the USA in foster care in 2019. About 30,000 per year age out of the system and are forced to care for themselves. Within four years, 50% have no earnings, and the rest earn below the poverty level. Only around 26% have […]

I recently had a run-in with a specialty group of authors and illustrators on Facebook. They took exception to the cover of my book, which I had posted along with a doll of color that I brought with me from Brazil some 60 years ago. The doll represents the famous Brazilian folk character Sací.   […]