Penguins and Pals

Thanks so much to the Hear Us Roar Podcast for the incredible feature and podcast interview of Moorea, one of our authors! Thanks also to Mochi Magazine for their feature!

It's fun listening to Moorea talk about how she, her brother, and cousin transformed the PO-LING POWER principles into the Penguins & Pals series to help children be successful!

Gives us hope for a brighter future!



Inspiring Diversity

https://saraporritt.com/hur/mooreafriedmann

This week's spotlight is on Moorea Friedmann an eleven year old published author, and the daughter of Betty Ng! Moorea is half Asian and proud of it. Her ten year old brother and co-author, Jasper, means the world to her.

Being fascinated with politics, she really wants to become President of the United States to create a better world. Sadly, Moorea will have to wait a bit. She is always begging her parents for a puppy, a kitten, or another cute, furry pet.

Not only did Moorea and Jasper write “Meet the Persevering Penguins and Pals”. They've released a second book, called “The Persevering Penguins and Pals”. Her cousin Emma illustrated both books.

Click here for more on Moorea and to check out our podcast minisode: https://saraporritt.com/hur/mooreafriedmann

What a great way to wrap up 2019! So proud that we were able to share our Penguins and Pals resources for social emotional learning with the S&P Global community. Inspired by the PO-LING POWER framework for propelling your authentic self and others to success, it's exciting to see our resources being shared with parents to help teach and role model these important behaviors to their children.

https://www.penguinsandpals.com/

Wow! It was so exciting that our Penguins and Pals books and activities were highlighted during Betty Ng's segment on FOX 5 / Fox5NY.com Good Day Street Talk with host Antwan Lewis Fox 5 News!

Here's the link to the segment: https://www.fox5ny.com/video/627059

So excited that our mom (Betty Ng) got to share more about what we're up to at Penguins and Pals on FOX 5 / Fox5NY.com! Looking forward to sharing the link soon!

So thrilled that award winning author Ruth Chan Ohtruth Illustration got to see and flip through our book, Meet the Persevering Penguins and Pals! Ruth is such an incredible role model to us and we wish her lots of success with her books! Thanks for cheering us on, Ruth! Inspiring Diversity

Seriously over the moon that Jon Scieszka autographed our copy of Astro Nut! When our mom (Betty Ng, Inspiring Diversity) told him that we had published a couple of books including Meet the Persevering Penguins and Pals, he encouraged us to keep at it! We will indeed persevere, Jon Scieszka! Thank you!

Super excited that our mom, Betty Ng Inspiring Diversity , had a chance to meet award winning author, Salina Yoon, and to share our book (Meet the Persevering Penguins and Pals) with her! Love Salina's work and we hope to write as many books as she has some day... Thanks for your encouragement, Salina!

What an incredible New York City School Library System Library Services 30th Annual Fall Conference! Shout out to Melissa Jacobs and her team for an amazing event. A truly fantastic lineup of very knowledgeable and engaging speakers: Donalyn Miller The Book Whisperer , Jessie Janowitz , Rebecca Shoaf Boogie Down Books , Susannah Richards, Doug Salati, Salina Yoon, Ruth Chan Ohtruth Illustration , Author Anika Aldamuy Denise , Torrey Maldonado, and Jon Scieszka. Inspiring Diversity

Such exciting news about being a #1 bestseller across three categories!