Author Life Blog

Awakening the learner within", is the mission of The Bronx Charter School For Better Learning 1. The principal, teachers, and staff of the BBL1 believes in the success of every child, even that of Imani Ariana Grant. They were very proud of Imani's achievement of being a 9-year-old author and never hesitated to invite her as a guest speaker at their school.     The principal, Mr. Shubert Jacobs, and the Academic Leader, Miss Keisha Comerie, at BBL1 were both very inviting and involved in making sure that the students had an exceptional and educational experience from Imani's Visit.  On June...

Save the Youth Outreach Radio Show is a powerful radio ministry led by Pastor Denise Garwood. The ministry is designed to reach out to families with an emphasis on the youth, to mend the brokenhearted and to facilitate their growth through education. Pastor Garwood continues to achieve this mission by inviting motivational speakers as special guests on her radio show every Monday and Friday night. You can listen live on the following stations: Peace FM 104.7 FM, CJ Gospel 104.9 FM, and Kingdom Connection 102.1 FM.  Imani Ariana was as a special guest to share her story as a young author and to motivate...

Read Across America Day was established by the National Education Association in an effort to motivate children to read more. This day is celebrated every year on the school day closest to march 2nd In honor of Dr. Seuss birthday. This year for Read Across America Day, I was invited to the Riverside Magnet School to present my book, Disco Balls of the Universe. It was more than just a day of reading. It was also character dress up day at the Riverside Magnet School. The children were allowed to dress up in their favorite book characters. As expected, the most...

Disco Balls of the Universe was featured at the Intreprid Museum, Sea, Air and Space Complex. How cool is that! When mom told me that Connection to Creativity reached out to her and invited me to present at kids week at the Intrepid, I was so excited.  My mom took me to The Intrepid years ago when I was a toddler. However, I have very little memory of it. This was a perfect opportunity to share my book with hundreds of children and also explore the museum personally. The presentation of Disco Balls of the Universe was different from any...

Our second book club meeting was so much  fun.Our two guest authors were Chase Taylor, and Brooke Aiello. Chase Taylor is nineteen years old and he lives with autism. He LOVES letters. Since he was a little boy, he had a passion for letters and cute characters. Chase struggles with being social but is willing to share his letter characters to teach children the alphabet and challenging words. Chase is a volunteer a Global Messenger for Special Olympics Connecticut. He was the "star" in the Special Olympics Unified Sports Softball commercial.  He volunteers for Autism Speaks with team Chase &...