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Kakie's Write

By Kakie Fitzsimmons
Balance, parenting, working and life. Kakie Fitzsimmons is an award winning co-author and co-creator of Bur Bur & Friends®, a diverse cast of multicultural characters who are based off of real children and educate kids about diversity, inclusion, sports and outdoor exploration. There are 12 characters in the series, 6 of whom have disabilities.
Thanks for helping us get the message out about the good work we are doing. Our multicultural characters and products continue to fill the need of teaching kids about friendship, diversity, sports and self esteem. We are humbled and grateful for your ongoing support ... Read more...
  Meet my little friend Jacqueline. Isn’t she adorable? She has a genetic tumor disorder called neurofibromatosis (also referred to as “NF”) and was recently diagnosed with myopic glioma, tumors that grow inside the brain. Jacqueline also has a tumor on ... Read more...
  When I was a young girl, my mother gave us the gift of affirmations. We taped them to the bathroom mirror and our bedrooms so we could recite them before we went to sleep. It was a great topic of conversation. Recently I pulled some of my own together ... Read more...
 Recently educator Mandy Swan of the Kinderberry Hill Child Development Centers in Plymouth, Minnesota , used  the very popular Bur Bur's Boating ABC ... Read more...
Many of you know I am an author for the award winning children's book series, Bur Bur and Friends. The series is based off of real life children, including my own. Recently, our blog, Bur Bur and Friends Blog, was nominated for Best blog Minneapolis / S ... Read more...
Tune in to channel Minneapolis NBC affiliate Kare-11 on June 11th at 6:20am and 4:00pm to see Kakie Fitzsimmons, co-Author of the award winning Read more...
February is Black History month. I want to honor it with my son because when I was young, we didn’t learn much about black history in school. My son is biracial ... Read more...
I called my son’s school and asked what they would be doing for the inauguration. The teacher was really happy to hear my voice and invited me to come to the school and watch the ceremony with the class. I called my mother and asked her to join us, which she d ... Read more...
The moment: I didn’t feel this was something I wanted to watch alone in my living room, so I called my son’s school and asked what they would be doing for the inauguration. The teacher was really happy to hear my voice and invited me to ... Read more...
Book Review: As we were writing the awar ... Read more...