I LOVE BLUEBERRIES! + interview with Author Shannon Anderson + a GIVEAWAY!

The title of the book I’m sharing today couldn’t be more true: I LOVE blueberries! I eat them every morning on top of my oatmeal, and who can resist a blueberry muffin or pancake? (Um, not me!) I LOVE BLUEBERRIES, written by Shannon Anderson and illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett, released …

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Cover Reveal! WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE & Interview with Illustrator Youa Vang

I’m thrilled to reveal the cover of my next picture book, WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE, illustrated by Youa Vang! It’s a nonfiction biography of a Chinese boy who was sold to an American ship captain in 1855 and raised by the captain’s family in Connecticut. …

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A book, a blog post and a podcast: Things to check out if you’re a kidlit fan

Hello fellow children’s book lovers. Today’s post is a collection of things I’ve stumbled across recently in the picture book world that I’ve really, really liked. Let’s begin. A BOOK If you’d asked me to name Australian picture book authors, I would have started and ended with Mem Fox, the …

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Happy book birthday, SPIDER LADY, + an in-depth chat w/author Penny Parker Klostermann!

Look at this baby, would ya? SO APPEALING. Even if you weren’t a fan of spiders, I think you’d want to open this book and read about this woman who seems so confident with all. those. spiders she’s clearly keeping for some reason. Penny mentioned this story to me a …

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