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Author Archives: Dina McQueen
About Dina McQueen
Writopia Lab: Fostering Joy, Literacy, and Critical Thinking in All Young People
Empowering children from all backgrounds with a love of writing is a mission we’re proud to support. Oh, and David Letterman thinks so too. Read More
Posted in Culture, Featured | Leave a commentBelovedYoga’s Beloved Books
Did your down dog leave you feeling like curling up with a good book? Read More
Posted in Books, Culture, Featured, inStore | Tagged belovedyoga, bookstore, dina mcqueen, maryam ovissi, yoga bookstore | Leave a commentinDepth: A Mighty Girl, Part Deux
More detail about how to move our own mighty girls beyond Barbie and Disney Princesses. Read More
Posted in Culture, Featured | Tagged a mighty girl | Leave a commentinDepth: A Mighty Girl
A clever, conscious, and creative couple has managed to accomplish the remarkable: an in-depth and user-friendly resource to purchase empowering media for girls. Read More
Posted in Culture, Featured, inDepth | Leave a commentRoom to Read: Part II
So many ways to help further this worthy cause beyond simply taking out your checkbook. Read More
Posted in Culture, Featured | Tagged Books, charity, craig herb, donate, room to read, volunteer | Leave a commentExploring Room to Read
Room to Read stands out in the crowd of non-profit organizations. Dina finds out what makes them special. Read More
Posted in Culture, Featured | Tagged charity, craig herb, illiteracy, room to read | Leave a commentinDepth: BookWish Foundation, Part II
Remember last week we highlighted the Book Wish Foundation? Now, we delve into how you can help. Read More
Posted in Books, Featured, inDepth | Tagged BookWish Foundation, darfur, Darfur refugees, inDepth, library in Darfur, logan kleinwaks, reading project, refugee camp, What You Wish For | Leave a commentinDepth: The Book Wish Foundation
Granting book wishes to refugees in Africa. Learn all about this noble cause and how you can help. Read More
Posted in Books, Featured, inDepth | Tagged aid, book wish foundation, books for refugees, darfur, donate books, donate reading glasses, donate to refugees, logan kleinwaks, lorriane kleinwaks, reading | Leave a commentArtists for Literacy Poised to Change the World
The mission of “fighting illiteracy with song” was good enough for Springsteen, how about you? Read More
Posted in Books, Culture, Featured | Leave a commentD.A. Spruzen: Crazy in a Good Way
She reads, she writes, she’ll read your writing, she’ll teach you about writing…crazy about words and crazy busy. Read More
Posted in Authors, Featured, inTown | Tagged D.A. Spruzen, local writer, not one of us, teacher, writer's center | Leave a comment ← Older posts
