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We just took the kids on their first trip to Trinidad and Tobago, and they are already begging to go back – to stay! This cold weather we are having is certainly not helping me to get the kids to want to stay put.<\/p>\n

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Khamini Leston, author of ” Grandpa Take Me To T&T<\/a>, a “fun rhyming educational story about a little boy who lives in Brooklyn whose desire is to go to his grandfather’s home country,” will be chatting with me live on February 20th about her book, and what it means to be Trinidadian mom in America.<\/p>\n

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Khamini Leston is a 26 year old Trinidadian writer\/poet. She has been living in New York since 2008. “Grandpa Take Me T&T” is her first published children’s book, \u00a0released in December 2013. She is currently promoting her book and raising her son Joshua.<\/p>\n

Participate on Twitter using the hashtag #TakeMe2TT, talk with us on the Facebook event page (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/416137315188841\/<\/a>) and Google+ event page (https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/events\/cqg6i0ab1bhikh9t7ctv9mmcv5g<\/a>), and watch on Youtube.com\/socamomusa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Grandpa Take Me To T&T<\/a> (paperback) |\u00a0Grandpa Take Me To T&T<\/a> (ebook\/Kindle) | Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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