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Adam’s Stepsons Book Giveaway
Enter for a chance to win ONE of TEN copies of the award-winning psychological scifi novellette Adam’s Stepsons! Runs from October 13 to November 15 on Goodreads. Click here for details on the story. Click here to enter!
Adam’s Stepsons – BookWorks Featured Author
BookWorks has selected me as their weekly “Featured Author.” Please check out the BookWorks pages for me and for Adam’s Stepsons, where you will find a free Chapter 1 (PDF). http://bit.ly/2fOVB4X
Adam’s Stepsons Wins Award
It’s official now! Adam’s Stepsons won “Honorable Mention” in the Readers’ Favorites yearly contest in the “Best Short Story/ Novella” category. Stoked! Read the reviews on Readers’ Favorites here: https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/adams-stepsons And don’t forget to enter for a chance to win a Kindle version of the novella! https://readersfavorite.com/giveaway?sort=title (Don’t forget to check out the author’s interview […]
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Tag Archives: education
Farewell, Nursery. Hello, Kindergarten
After turning five in January, our youngest daughter finally made to the end of nursery school (“nen-cho,” 年長). Or so we thought. We had heard rumors in previous years that the system might change. It turns out that in this … Continue reading
Posted in day care, education, Japan, Japanese, Japanese culture, Japanese society, nursery school, school
Tagged education, hoikuen, Japan, kindergarten, kodomoen, MEXT
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Home for the holidays (Part 2)
As I wrote a couple days ago, I’ve been spending the New Year’s holidays with my wife’s family in Kagoshima for a decade now. In that span of time, there have been five children born into the immediate extended family, … Continue reading
Year Two: Nursery School
Starting April 1st this year (the beginning of the school year in Japan), I went back to work and my daughter started her first year at a nearby private nursery school. Even prior to the official first day, we attended … Continue reading
Posted in day care, Japan, parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged child care, child education, child-raising, day care, education, fatherhood, half-Japanese, Japan, Japanese, kindergarten, nursery school
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