The Alumni Spotlight is a periodic feature on the official Mom’s Choice Awards® blog. It is part of our ongoing effort to “shine the spotlight” on you and your award-winning, family-friendly products, services, and media. MCA: Welcome to the Spotlight, Susan and Tina. We’re glad you could join us today. Could you please tell us about the inspiration for Maya’s … Read More
Alumni Spotlight on Molly Roe and Call Me Kate: Meeting the Molly Maguires
The Alumni Spotlight is a periodic feature on the official Mom's Choice Awards® blog. It is part of our ongoing effort to "shine the spotlight" on you and your award-winning, family-friendly products, services, and media. Mary Garrity Slaby's time in the classroom has made one thing clear: kids want books with lots of action. As an author she wanted to … Read More
Alumni Spotlight on Sukey’s Circle
The Alumni Spotlight is a periodic feature on the official Mom's Choice Awards® blog. It is part of our ongoing effort to "shine the spotlight" on you and your award-winning, family-friendly products, services, and media.We're excited to introduce you to Nancy Ferst (right) and Sukey Molloy. Through Sukey's Mommy and Me classesNancy and Sukey became friends. Their collaboration resulted in … Read More
Alumni Spotlight on David Smith and Spirit Clips
The Alumni Spotlight is a periodic feature on the official Mom’s Choice Awards® blog. It is part of our ongoing effort to “shine the spotlight” on you and your award-winning, family-friendly products, services, and media. Never heard of Spirit Clips? Well, you are in for a treat! Robert N. Fried, who founded the project, believes that the world wants – and … Read More
MCA Honoree Debra Gano is Making a Differeince with her OWN Television Show
In 2009, the first book in Debra Gano’s Heartlight Girls Series earned a Mom’s Choice Award in the Juvenile Books Level 2 (ages 9 to 12), Mind, Spirit and Body category. She is continuing with her quest to change lives for girls with a new television show Empowering Girls – From the Inside Out. Debra has entered her show into … Read More
Alumni Spotlight on Sheila Kilpatrick author of Anastasia Pickering, Anastasia’s Rain
The Alumni Spotlight is a periodic feature on the official Mom’s Choice Awards® blog. It is part of our ongoing effort to “shine the spotlight” on you and your award-winning, family-friendly products, services, and media.In May 2010, her article “How to Write a Children’s Book” was published in Alt Daily. MCA: Hi Sheila, welcome to the Spotlight! Can you please … Read More
Alumni Spotlight on Jeanne Gehret
Jeanne Gehret describes herself as a lifelong writer. Her first works were lost not because the dog ate them, or even the computer … it was because she wrote them in pencil! Just as her brother had warned her, over the years they had faded from the paper she’d written them on, lost forever. As she got older, Jeanne’s work … Read More
Alumni Spotlight on Jackie Minniti and Project June Bug (A Novel)
The Alumni Spotlight is a periodic feature on the official Mom’s Choice Awards® blog. It is part of our ongoing effort to “shine the spotlight” on you and your award-winning, family-friendly products, services, and media. Jackie’s dedication to her students goes far beyond the classroom. For twenty-five years, elementary and middle school students — including many labeled “ADHD” (Attention Deficit Hyperactive … Read More