Celebrate Frederick Law Olmsted’s 201st Birthday and Legacy
Information pertaining to the Welcome All Refugees Book Donation Campaign.
Information pertaining to the Welcome All Refugees Book Donation Campaign.
Information pertaining to the Welcome All Refugees Book Donation Campaign.
The very special element of this book is the clever two in one story book where readers are quickly able to see the story from all the children’s perspectives – both the refugee children and their new classmates.
What does freedom mean to you? For many in these mask and vax pandemic times, freedom has come to mean “the right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.” However, as we watch in horror as millions of Ukrainians fight for freedom or flee to escape conflict and find freedom, […]
We must protest the violence but while it persists, the least we can do is welcome the children who seek refuge from it in our communities.
I hope that children will enjoy learning a number of things from my book. I believe that Kite to Freedom provides an engaging fictionalized historical perspective of how the Underground Railroad functioned. My book brings to life how Harriet Tubman used the Niagara Falls International Bridge to help slaves escape to Canada in order to live as free people…
City of Light Publishing discusses Confessions of a Gentleman Killer with author Johnny Payne. Listen to the recording!
Our author Johnny Payne is Director of Mount Saint Mary University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. We have a conversation with him about writing and teaching the art itself. Check out his novel Confessions of a Gentleman Killer to read his writing!
I am starting the Yule Book Flood tradition this week. I have chosen a special book for each of
my family members and friends and I plan to give them on Christmas Eve, just like in Iceland.
By next year perhaps I can turn this into the exchange it is intended to be (and receive a few gift
books myself…).
November was NaNoWriMo–that’s National Novel Writing Month. Normally a contest devoted to the creation and completion of a single novel in one month. Ever the over-achiever, City of Light Publishing’s Johnny Payne set out instead to complete 30 novels in one month! Each one consists of a single, singular sentence!