Press

Crave-Minneapolis/St. Paul-Edition 2 inspires readers with another round of featured Twin Cities female entrepreneurs

The CRAVE Company, "CRAVE Minneapolis St. Paul: The Urban Girl's Manifesto"

Women's Press, "Colorful characters"

Marine Max, "Just Your Imagination"

MCTC Alumni's The Groove, "JoAnne Pastel: Charting a New Path"

MARQ, "A New Chapter on Realism"

MultiCultural Review, Review

LearningMagazine.com, Teachers Choice Awards

Lake Minnetonka Living, "Local authors highlight diversity, personal health in children's books"

Lake Minnetonka Magazine, "A Mom's Mission"

ColorsNW,"Reading inspires get-up-and-go in kids of color"

AppelyValley Magazine, "An Apple Valley author and mother helps children learn through her books"

Apple Valley, Rosemount & Eagan Sun-Current, "AV mom's passion awarded"

Escape Magazine, "Complimentary 'Bur Bur & Friends In-Flight Activity Book'

Escape Magazine, "Farmer's Hat Productions: Bur Bur and Friends® create the right conditions for a child's mind to bloom

Minnesota Business, "Play and Learn"

Mom Talk, "Farmer's Hat Productions: Notable Minnesota Moms"

Family Times, "Bur Bur & Friends Series"

Family Time Magazine

Sun Country Airlines Partners with Children's Book Series Bur Bur & Friends® to Launch New In-Flight Activity Books for Children

St. Paul Pioneer Press, "Moms write books for multiracial kids"

New Jersey Family Magazine

University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, "The Mothers Who Could"

Minnesota Parent, "Books for and about real kids"

The Salt Lake Tribune, "'Bur Bur' series reflects diversity of American families

GeorgiaFamily.com, Book Review

Letter from Barack Obama

Centennial Lakes Office Park, "Have You Met ... Kakie Fitzsimmons"

Website Mentions/Accreditations

• Children's Tumor Foundation
• October
• July 2011: School Library Journal about our introduction of Raj
• July 2011
• University of Minnesota MN Medical Foundation: Finding the Best in Research and Care
• September 2010. Working Mother Blog "Educators use Award Winning Bur Bur's Boating ABC's Children's books as Part of Pre-School Curriculum"
• Christina Rodriquez' BlogArt Crush Wednesday: Kakie Fitzsimmons
• School Library Journal - "Farmer's Hat Productions: Everyday People"Follow your passion." Bur Bur and Friends continued"
• School Library Journal - "Kakie Fitzsimmons: Growing Kids Through Diverse Learning Experiences"
• School Library Journal - School Library Journal - Ok, maybe we're exaggerating, but Minnesota does produce a humongous amount of books.
• Projectwild.com - Children's Book List

Past Events

• Saturday, October 1st, 2011 The St. David's Center Fall Festival: Get Out and Grow! Guest appearances and book signing
• Sunday July 31st NF Walk - Join Jacqueline's Team Walk Away
• April 30, 2011 The Bookcase of Wayzata - St. David’s Center Children’s Author Series , 607 East Lake Street, Wayzata, MN
• October 2010: Bur Bur and Anna Mascots to Star in the Twin Cities Marathon Invitational
• August 2010 2010 Bur Bur and Friends Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball Camp Blake Highcroft Campus, Wayzata, MN
• Bur Bur & Friends® - Meet Bur Bur and Anna - Mall of America, July 21-22, 2009
• Bur Bur & Friends® - "Storytime" - Mall of America, July 24, 2007

Video Interviews regarding Farmer’s Hat Productions and Neurofibromatosis

• CBS LOCAL:Overlooked Disease Affects 1 in 3,000 children
• Channel 5 Orono Mom Fights for a cure for her daughter