PR From The Heart

Chicago really knows how to rally behind an underdog. 🐾❤️🐾 Yet for pups awaiting adoption in the Windy City, there are no cheering crowds or championship parades. Their victories come in quieter moments—a visitor who stops, a connection that clicks, a kennel door that opens onto a new life. 🥹 And so, in honor of Adopt A Shelter Dog Month, one 12-year-old trailblazer is championing their comeback—and calling on Chicago families to put hometown pride into action and give homeless paws a home. 🐶👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🏙️ 12-Year-Old Philanthropist, Amelie Anastasia, joins @KyeMartinNBC on @NBCChicago News Today to share how the Second City and our neighbors nationwide can give shelter dogs a second chance—and the stories behind her new children’s book, Shelter Dogs: Stories of Rescued Furever Friends. 🐕📖📺 All online sales of Shelter Dogs during the first two weeks of November will be donated to @PAWSChicago to support their rescue efforts, provide lifesaving care, and help end the overpopulation of homeless animals in the Windy City: bit.ly/4yGJ8S9. 🐾🫶🐾 #AmelieAnastasia #ShelterDogs #StoriesOfRescuedFureverFriends #Chicago #BookTour #AmWatching #NBCChicago #AdoptAShelterDogMonth #RescueDogs #PAWSChicago #PRFromTheHeart #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #ChildrensAuthors #PR #Publicity

For parents, getting children excited about reading can take more than finding a good story. Sometimes, it starts with a question that makes them want an answer. 🤔 Science delivers both surprises and compelling stories for today’s youth. Bold ideas. Failed experiments. Breakthroughs that reshaped our world. Behind each success is a story of trial and error—where setbacks build suspense and the search for a solution keeps kids turning the page. 🔬💡📖 And so, in celebration of National Book Month, one @USNavy graduate is inspiring families across the country to transform science into storytime—pairing the power of reading with the pull of discovery. ⚓📚🚀 Jennifer Swanson joins @WBALJFro on @WBALTV 11 Saturday Morning to share how big breakthroughs can build a love of literacy in kids—and give us a look inside her new book, @AtlasObscura's Explorer’s Guide to Inventing the World (co-authored by @DylanThuras | published by @WorkmanPub): bit.ly/4sqnfoX. ⚙️🌎📺 A heartfelt thank-you to the @WBALTV11 Saturday Morning team (@WBALJFro, @JenyneWBAL, & @DalenciaWBAL) for opening your doors to Jennifer and shining a spotlight on children’s literacy in Charm City. 🚪🌠🏙️ #NationalBookMonth #STEM #STEMEducation #STEMForKids #ScienceForKids #ScienceEducation #AtlasObscura #TheAtlasObscurasGuideToInventingTheWorld #BookTour #Baltimore #WBAL #WBALTV #PRFromTheHeart #MiddleGradeBooks #ScienceBooks #KidLit #MiddleGradeAuthors #PR #Publicity

From the shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario to the trails and parks where families spend their weekends, nature gives children across Western New York, Southern Ontario, and around the world plenty of reasons to care about the planet. 🌊🌳🌎 But when conversations turn to climate change, wonder can give way to worry—and leave young minds questioning whether small steps can make a difference. 😔 And so, in recognition of International Day of Climate Action, one former kindergarten teacher is turning the page on that uncertainty—showing children that a changing world is still a world they can help shape. 👦🏿👦🏽👦🏻🌱👧🏻👧🏽👧🏿 Award-Winning Children's Author, @JyotiGopal, sits down with @BTPMNews' @RyanZRadio share how parents and educators can turn storytime into a starting point for climate action and guide children from concern to confidence—and a lopk inside inside the pages of her new book, Arctic Adventure: A Tundra Tale (published by Feiwel & Friends | @MacKidsBooks): btpm.org/2026-10-22/author-j…. ❄️📖📺 @HGLiterary @zandramims @MacKidsSL #InternationalDayOfClimateAction #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #ArcticAdventure #ATundraTale #BookTour #Buffalo #WNY #BTPM #PRFromTheHeart #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #ChildrensAuthors #PR #Publicity

With the new school year underway, children across the country have settled into classrooms where their progress will be measured in letters, scores, and percentages. But those marks can only show how a child is performing—not who that child is becoming. 📋🏫🌱 Grades measure right answers—not the courage to ask questions, the compassion to include others, the creativity to think differently, or the determination to try again. Yet when achievement becomes the only scoreboard, children can begin mistaking a number for their worth. 😔 And so, an Australian educator is looking beyond the grades and across the globe—ready to shift the back-to-school conversation and remind families and educators that a report card may record a child’s progress, but it should never write the story of their potential. 👦🏿👦🏽👦🏻🌏👧🏻👧🏽👧🏿 Jennifer Louise sits down with @ABC6NEWS to share the meaning behind her new book, Pearl: A children’s book about growing through adversity (published by @MiriamLaundry Publishing), and how she hopes it will help kids navigate challenges during the school year and beyond. 🦪📖📺 #Pearl #AChildrensBookAboutGrowingThroughAdversity #Minnesota #BookTour #AmWatching #KAAL #ABC6News #KAALTV #PRFromTheHeart #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #ChildrensAuthors #PR #Publicity

From the astonishing life hidden in the Amazon to the ingenious inventions hiding in plain sight, there’s a story behind how things thrive—and how things work. 🌴🔍⚙️ For kids, a closer look can turn an everyday observation into a question worth pursuing—and a moment of surprise into a spark for learning more. 💡 And so, one standout science communicator is connecting nature’s wonders with human ingenuity—showing young readers how much there is to learn when curiosity leads the way. 👦🏿👦🏽👦🏻✨👧🏻👧🏽👧🏿 Please join us in welcoming Award-Winning Children's Author & Speaker, Jennifer Swanson, as the newest member of the @PRFromTheHeart family: bit.ly/47o4Pvm. 🤗 @WorkmanPub @Charlesbridge #NationalBookMonth #STEM #ScienceForKids #STEMEducation #AmReading #AtlasObscura #3WeeksInTheRainforest #PRFromTheHeart #MiddleGradeBooks #KidLit #MiddleGradeAuthors #PR #Publicity

A new school year asks children to do more than learn. It asks them to find where they fit. 🧩🏫🧩 One cutting comment in the hallway, one empty seat at lunch, or one invitation that never arrives can change how a child walks into the classroom the next morning. While parents may notice the silence, the shrinking confidence, or the sudden wish to stay home, knowing how to reach a child who has begun closing themselves off is not always simple. 😔 And so, a North Minneapolis native-turned-Australian educator is returning to the Twin Cities with a timely message for families across the country this fall: the moments that leave a child feeling left out can become the very moments that teach them to stand tall. 🇦🇺🧍💜 Jennifer Louise joins @KellyMOConnell & @ShayneWellsFOX9 on @FOX9GoodDay to share how families can help children move beyond hurtful labels and turn setbacks into strength—and the inspiration behind her new book, Pearl: A children’s book about growing through adversity (published by: @MiriamLaundry): bit.ly/4snfS1z. 🦪📖📺 #BullyingPreventionMonth #Pearl #AChildrensBookAboutGrowingThroughAdversity #TwinCities #BookTour #PRFromTheHeart #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #ChildrensAuthors #PR #Publicity