Hummingbird Cake
Learn how to make a Hummingbird Cake, the sweet treat featured in the new picture book written by Pat’s daughter Libby Martinez and illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon, The Homesick Club.
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Graduates: Cultivate Your Creative Potential
In her book ZING! Seven Creativity Practices for Educators & Students, Pat shares her seven practices for fostering personal creativity and professional inventiveness. "Readers will be left with renewed energy, plenty of wonderful ideas, and a stronger appreciation for artistic … Continue reading →
Creative Educators = Engaged Students
With the beginning of a new school year, educators prepare to guide and inspire their students to be imaginative, literate, critical thinkers and lifelong learners. What a challenge! In ZING! Seven Creativity Practices for Educators & Students, Pat proposes seven … Continue reading →
Creativity Salon: An Interview With David Bell
Welcome to my Bookjoy Creativity Salon, David. I haven’t met David in person although I am deeply grateful to this composer who lives in CO. He graciously set some of my poems to music, poems from my sixth book of … Continue reading →
Celebrate Children’s Art During Hispanic Heritage Month
Share Bookjoy: Share Art! Parents and caregivers, teachers, librarians, literacy advocates, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, let’s celebrate art by our children. Post a photo of a child’s art based on a book by Pat Mora on her Facebook … Continue reading →