It has been 2 months since Kiwi and Pear made their debut on the iTunes and it’s official, the critics love Kiwi and Pear’s World Adventure! Below are just a sample of the various reviews have been coming in about these adventurous monkeys and their trip around the world:
 
Best Apps for Kids: 5 out of [...]

Kiwi and Pear’s World Adventure iPhone and iPod Touch app for children has finally launched! Learn more, read reviews, and download on the iTunes App Store
 

 
Based on my picture book Greetings from Kiwi and Pear and produced by Zephyr Games, Kiwi and Pear’s World Adventure, is an interactive/animated storybook that follows the two lovable [...]

The wonderful people at Jade Magazine, the online magazine aimed at professional Asian and APA women in their twenties and thirties, interviewed me recently for a profile piece about myself and my company Wanart. I’ve provided an excerpt below, to read the entire interview visit their website here.
 
In the Cards: An Interview with Joyce Wan
 
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I did a reading of my book Greetings from Kiwi and Pear for a 1st grade class at Nest+m a few weeks ago and got a stack of letters from the kids a week later. The letters are SO freakin’ cute! I’ll post them here every now and then. It’s stuff like this that makes [...]

I was excited to find that Greetings from Kiwi and Pear was mentioned in National Geographic’s mywonderfulworld.org December newsletter and was touted as  “A great gift for budding geographers!”
My Wonderful World is a National Geographic-led campaign—backed by a coalition of national business and non-profit organizations—to expand geographic learning in school, at home, and in communities. [...]

I recently had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Lillie Forteau and Dr. Jessie Voigts of wanderingeducators.com for my book Greetings from Kiwi and Pear. Wandering Educators is an amazing resource for discovering extraordinary travel destinations, fascinating people, and global artists and photographers, among other articles as well as being the largest source of travel [...]

I have google alerts set up for my book so that I get notified through email any mentions of my book on the web and was excited to find another glowing review about my book today from the blog Good Reads with Ronna for L.A. Parent Magazine. Here’s an excerpt:
“I can’t say enough about the [...]

Despite the crazy pouring rain in Boston on Saturday, my book reading at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) was a success! I’m so thankful to the people who braved the stormy weather, especially with small children, to see me read my book Greetings from Kiwi and Pear.
 
I made the event more fun and interactive [...]

I recently booked my first reading for my book Greetings from Kiwi and Pear. I’m really excited because it will be in my hometown of Boston. Also, this event is somewhat personal to me in that with the event being held in Boston’s Chinatown, there will be some children attending who come from a similar [...]

Well, it’s starting to feel like summer here finally but I thought I’d heat things up a bit more by offering one signed copy of my book “Greetings from Kiwi and Pear” to one lucky reader! Thanks to all of you who have already purchased the book!!
If you’d like to enter for a chance to win, [...]