Beato Goes To Indonesia
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Author Stories
Why Reading Can Mean Life or Death
Early childhood reading is taken too lightly in our country. Research shows that third grade reading scores often predict a child’s future success, and even prison convictions.
Real Characters Featured in Beato Goes To Brazil
Beato Goes To books actually portray the people from each country. Many of the characters in the book – including my real cat Beato – are people who I actually met during my travels.
How To Write a Children’s Book
Over the past few years, I have been asked this question a lot. Honestly, till I started writing ‘Beato Goes To’ books, I wanted to ask this question to every children’s book author I had met. So, what is involved in writing a children’s book? How long does it take? Is it easy to do? …
Marketing Yourself as an Indie Author
There are pros and cons of being a ‘traditionally published’ vs ‘self published’ author. I won’t go into the discussion of working with publishers and agents, owning rights to your contact, royalties, etc. What I would like to tell you is how to ‘market’ your books. As a self-published indie author, I am my own …
Overcoming Hearing Impairment and Becoming an Illustrator
You may remember seeing the name ‘Alexandra Abagiu’ on the cover of all Beato Goes To books. Alexandra is the illustrator responsible for drawing the images based on my travels and bringing the children’s books to life. Alexandra is also a young Romanian girl who has been deaf since birth and does not speak, yet …
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Meet Beato Goes To Illustrators
Did you know that ‘Beato Goes To’ books have a young, energetic and diverse team behind them? We are all-female author and illustrators in our 20’s and 30’s.
Secrets Behind Beato Goes To Japan
My 4th book, Beato Goes To Japan just released in June 2018! This book required years of research, where I traveled to the country three times, exploring some of the small towns and the unique cultural etiquettes.
We Were at Bucharest BookFest 2018
When I received an invitation from the US Embassy in Romania to attend International BookFest 2018 or Salonul Internațional de Carte, I was super excited! Not only was I picked as one of the four honorary authors to represent the country fostering US-Romania relations at this esteemed book event, I would also get a chance …
Ruso – The Wise One
You may have noticed that every Beato Goes To book begins with a conversation between Ruso (the dog) and Beato (the cat). Ruso is Beato’s elder and “wiser” brother who offers him advise and disciplines him when needed. He knows a lot about the world since he has lived much longer than Beato. In fact, …
