Tag Archive | tuting hernandez
Featured Guests for Oddballs and Misfits Theme: An Oscar/Academy Award Winner, a Linguist, and an Artist
We are super excited to share our featured guests for March and April. Given our current bimonthly theme on Oddballs and Misfits, I thought that there could only be one possible featured storyteller, the Master of Surreal artwork in children’s lit, the quintessentially-peculiar and exceedingly-talented book artist himself: Featured Book Artist: Shaun Tan I have been wooing […]
Children’s Literature Association Conference in Boston: The Philippine Team
This post is two weeks too late. I meant to share about my experience in Boston during the 39th Children’s Literature Association Conference, but as per usual, life got in the way. It is difficult to just sit still and type on the screen while it is sweltering hot here in Nevada, Las Vegas where […]
Book Hunting Expedition (6): Digging for Treasures in Harvard
It’s not yet Sunday in my part of the world (now currently in Brentwood California after gallivanting around the East Coast), but it’s still technically time to post for our usual Sunday book hunting expeditions. This time I’d be sharing a few of my book journeys and photos taken by my husband while we were […]
Academic Nook: Done Kissing Frogs by Tuting Hernandez PhD Cand.
It is our privilege to share with you our Academic Nook special entitled “Done Kissing Frogs” by Tuting Hernandez, Ph.D. Cand. I personally feel that this is a timely piece that speaks about each one’s birthright to fairy tales, enchantment, and beauty. Tuting’s essay also highlights how fairy stories can go beyond being mere cautionary tales […]