With a little help from our friends….

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 …

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Introducing STINKBIRD HAS A SUPERPOWER, and a chat with Bob Shea (+ a giveaway x 3!)

I’m especially excited today because it’s PUBLICATION DAY for my newest book, Stinkbird Has a Superpower (Putnam), book #1 of a new series featuring animals with superpowers. As you can see, this one’s illustrated by Bob Shea … still hard not to call him The Bob Shea, because that’s how …

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Book giveaway! FINDING FAMILY – The Duckling Raised by Loons + an interview with Laura Purdie Salas

Oh, readers. This book. Talk about a work of art. Here at PBB, we like to talk about a book’s one outstanding element. But I’m really not sure where to begin with FINDING FAMILY – The Duckling Raised by Loons, the latest from Laura Purdie Salas and Alexandria Neonakis, because …

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The Lost Words

Dictionaries are always evolving and changing, of course, as our language does the same. But adding words means removing others to make room. Understandable, right? But when Oxford University Press, back in 2007, removed 40 common nature words from their Oxford Junior Dictionary—words like acorn, bramble, dandelion, kingfisher, pasture, weasel, …

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This Cowgirl Ain’t Kiddin’ About the Potty + an interview with debut author Sarah Glenn Fortson + a giveaway!

Debut authors. We love ’em. Especially when they’re also super nice people and friends, like Sarah Glenn Fortson. Sarah agreed to a visit so we could talk about her new book, THIS COWGIRL AIN’T KIDDIN’ ABOUT THE POTTY (illustrated by Russ Cox, published by Peter Pauper Press). A bit about …

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