Author Marcelle Alvarado

Dear Diary, The school bell rang and signaled the end of recess. As I got in line with Mrs. Ohnoki’s 3rd grade class, I repeated to myself a conversation I just had with a little boy. You’re not...

Dear Diary, In a house filled with four children under four-years-old, the television is always tuned in to a cartoon. Sometimes when the children are asleep, I forget to change the channel. An hour later,...

Dear Diary, Recently, I went to see a new kids flick--Earth to Echo. The movie, about an adorable alien, hits the big screen July 2. It was refreshing to see new faces, including one of hip hop’s youngest...

Dear Diary, I was about 10-years-old when I was running errands with my mom. We were driving through our neighborhood and down Vermont Avenue. It was just the two of us--my three younger siblings were at...

Dear Diary, Have you seen the first How to Train a Dragon movie yet? If you have, this sequel will not disappoint! The kids are all grown up,  and the dragons are no longer a threat to the island of Berk....

Dear Diary, As a child a climbed to the top of Mount Everest, took a submarine to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, I hopped aboard a train to the wild west and took a time machine back to see Jesus walk...