{"id":713,"date":"2021-08-19T20:22:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/?p=713"},"modified":"2022-08-20T06:54:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T06:54:23","slug":"interview-with-the-childrens-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/interview-with-the-childrens-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with The Children&#8217;s Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Children&#8217;s Book Review\u00a0Interview in partnership with Mariam Shapera, author of\u00a0<em>Up Up You Go Jo!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mariam Shapera is a graduate of the University College of London Medical School and currently works as a Family doctor. She lives in San Diego, CA, with her husband and three young musical and outer-space-loving kids. She has always had a passion for writing children\u2019s books and poems, but there never seems to be enough time in the day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Mariam Shapera\u2019s middle child, Joseph, has an immense love and talent for music and space! The book\u00a0<em>Up Up You Go Jo!<\/em>\u00a0was inspired by Joseph and dedicated to all children whose passion for music and space is out of this world.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What was your inspiration for writing a book about lost musical notes?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My inspiration for the idea of lost musical notes came from my middle son. He has a huge passion for both music and outer space. Therefore, I wanted to combine the two themes\u2014the idea just sort of sprung to my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Music is an integral part of this story. Why do you think music education is important for children?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe music education is very important in child development. I introduced the names of the music notes, intending to hopefully spark an interest and curiosity in music, especially at an early age. Whether taking part in music lessons or being a patient in music therapy, it has been shown to enhance memory, reduce stress, promote wellbeing and improve communication, especially in those children with speech delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechildrensbookreview.com\/2021\/08\/mariam-shapera-discusses-up-up-you-go-jo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">thechildrensbookreview.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Children&#8217;s Book Review\u00a0Interview in partnership with Mariam Shapera, author of\u00a0Up Up You Go Jo! Mariam Shapera is a graduate of the University College of London Medical School and currently works as a Family doctor. She lives in San Diego, CA, with her husband and three young musical and outer-space-loving kids. She has always had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariamshaperatales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}