GRANNY SMITH WAS NOT AN APPLE + an interview w/Sarah Glenn Fortson
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My friend Sarah Glenn Fortson has a new nonfiction book perfect for October. From Sarah, illustrator Kris Aro McLeod, and Peter Pauper Press, I give you: I found this entire book fascinating from cover to cover. It’s geared toward independent readers, but an apple-loving younger kiddo would get lots from …
I smell fall! Time for ACORN WAS A LITTLE WILD, by Jen Arena & Jessica Gibson
Jefferson Measures a Moose, by Mara Rockliff & S.D. Schindler
Get Ready for School! A chat with Janet Nolan
With a little help from our friends….
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Something different today, audience participation required. (Well, not required. But very sincerely appreciated.) Each summer, as we’ve been doing for many years, my friend Linda Skeers and I co-host a summer picture book writing retreat/workshop. Each summer, we raid our personal bookshelves and lug hundreds of picture books to the …
ONE SMALL THING + a chat with Marsha Diane Arnold
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Want to show a kiddo how one small act of kindness, multiplied, can make a real difference to somebody in need? There’s a book for that… Marsha Diane Arnold’s latest story, One Small Thing, features forest characters who exemplify kindness and thoughtfulness after their friend Raccoon’s home is destroyed. None …