By Designer, Author & Columnist, Jean Criss, New York This month in New Focus Daily we talk about inspiration.  What inspires you, who may inspire

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While I was prepping for an upcoming school visit, I was thinking about the themes of my new picture book, How I did it.

Ericka Hart, Breast Cancer Survivor, Featured Survivor One of my favorite childhood memories includes floating in an inflatable pool, daydreaming about mermaids and singing a

[caption id="attachment_3287" align="alignleft" width="300"] Howard and Rose[/caption]   One thing cancer has shown me is that no matter how much you prepare and educate yourself you

Editors note:  In last month's NFD, we heard from author Janet Lynn Roseman on WHY she chose Joan of Arc for her book as

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