Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 1:30 EST, I’ll be reading my picture book Kamyla Chung and the Creepy-Crawlies on Caren Glasser’s Live show.
I can’t wait!
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 1:30 EST, I’ll be reading my picture book Kamyla Chung and the Creepy-Crawlies on Caren Glasser’s Live show.
I can’t wait!
Robin Woods is a former high school and university instructor with two and a half decades of experience teaching English, literature, and writing. She earned a BA in English and an MA in education.
In addition to teaching, she has published six highly rated novels and has multiple projects in the works.
When Ms. Woods isn’t chasing her two school kids around, she’s spending time with her ever-patient husband.
Another world tragedy, 2020 is just full of them. This year is definitely teaching us that we must work together to solve our problems. We are all connected.
My heart goes out to the people of Beirut.
Save the Children is raising money to help with the relief effort.
To donate please visit: https://support.savethechildren.org/site/Donation2?df_id=4455&mfc_pref=T&4455.donation=form1&smtrctid=AAZI3q&cid=Email::Emer_Beirut:Donors_0_12_Month:080520
By way of introduction, here is Yuno Imai’s bio.
Yuno Imai is a Los Angeles based children’s book author and food & travel writer. She specializes in writing heartwarming stories that help readers cope with death or develop a healthy understanding of difficult subjects.
She is originally from Japan and came to the United States alone at 17, speaking very little English. Yuno is passionate about inspiring people through her stories and also bridging Japan and other countries, especially America, where she calls her second home.
Thank you for having me.
Yes. I’m a writer/journalist for Japanese media. I mainly write about food & travel trends and entertainment news.
Professionally, for 7 years.
Two children’s books – Trevor and Me and The Last Meal in English and the same titles in Japanese.
I specialize in writing heartwarming children’s books that help readers cope with death or develop a healthy understanding of difficult subjects. Death and food are common topics in my stories.
I’m currently working on the third children’s book. It’s about a picky eater and funeral of a particular vegetable.
Trevor and Me is based on my real life friendship with my elderly friend Trevor.
For The Last Meal, I intentionally chose birds because I did not want to attach certain facial features or race to death row inmates. I also chose the birds, because of “birds in the cage”.
What’s most rewarding for me is connecting with readers who found my books helpful or could get value from them.
I really appreciate it when readers share their stories or feedback with me – A reader who has terminal cancer wanted to leave my book for his daughter, another reader had recently lost her daughter and is helping her granddaughter with the transition, a grief therapist who lost her father at a young age thinks resources like my books could be beneficial to children.
Those are the readers I write for, in hopes of helping them cope with difficult times.
I’m a new author myself, but I believe perseverance is a key. I think of this journey as a marathon and try to keep myself motivated as I take a step towards my goals every day.
I love being inspired and to inspire others. I hope my stories will inspire or entertain you or help you heal.
My stories introduce topics (some are difficult subjects), such as death, reincarnation, and death row inmates, in a compassionate manner.
The Red Shoes, The Rainbow Fish, The Gashlycrumb Tinies.
Before the pandemic, I used to spend a lot of time visiting restaurants and traveling (partially for my work as a food & travel writer), taking hot yoga and pole dance classes, attending my partner’s events, going to shows and cooking regularly.
Now, I spend my free time playing with my kitten, doing yoga, walking while listening to podcasts by the Lake Hollywood and still cooking regularly, haha.
For Trevor and Me, I’d have to play “Me” since the story is based on my real life.
In general, I’d love to play a pole dancer or a firefighter in a movie!
Website – IKnowYouKnowYuno.com/Books
Instagram – instagram.com/yunobook
Instagram – instagram.com/iknowyouknowyuno
Facebook – facebook.com/yunobook
Amazon USA – amazon.com/author/yunoimai