{"id":1539,"date":"2022-06-06T19:58:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T23:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/?page_id=1539"},"modified":"2025-02-17T18:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T23:12:33","slug":"melissa-h-mwai-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello &amp; Hola Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 51%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name is Melissa H. Mwai. I <a href=\"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/books\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1627\">write<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/art-portfolio-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1452\">illustrate<\/a> for kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are also special pages for <a href=\"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/for-kids\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1595\">kids<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/activity-guides-for-teachers-parents\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1761\">teachers\/parents<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To read interviews or articles, learn how to pronounce my last name (it&#8217;s easy-peasy), or meet my pet bunny, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/press-kit\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1618\">about me<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s chat all things kidlit.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"http:\/\/melissamwai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CoverPhoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2007 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Melissa H. Mwai. I write and illustrate for kids. There are also special pages for kids and teachers\/parents. To read interviews or articles, learn how to pronounce my last name (it&#8217;s easy-peasy), or meet my pet bunny, visit the about me page. Let&#8217;s chat all things kidlit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1860,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1539","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1539"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2302,"href":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1539\/revisions\/2302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}