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Please welcome my guest author today, Marsha Diane Arnold. Her newest book is about a steam engine train, and she has a list of 7 Train Books to get Young Readers on the Right Track! We are giving away a copy of Big Boy 4014 and the Steam Team. To enter, please fill out the…
Please join me for a Storytime and Craft at Ten Trees Books in Natick, MA Ten Trees Books 22Main Street (Located inside The Hive) N Main St Natick, MA 01760 May 24 at 11 am I’ll be reading The Traveling Taco and making origami French Fries! Registration isn’t required, but if you…
It was so much fun to attend Elly Swartz’s Same Page book launch party at Wellesley Books! Many fellow children’s book creators turned out, but I missed getting photos with some of them! Here is a video of her event: p.s. Related posts: 18 Middle Grade Books for Summer Reading 5 Middle Grade…
To all the publishers and authors that have sent me children’s books to review: I have made over 1100 short videos on children’s books on my YouTube channel over the past decade. Recently, I have had four videos flagged. Three were from Medicine Wheel Publishing. This recent one is from Web Capio for a…
I am humbled and honored to receive these honors for We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court, illustrated by Victor Bizar Gomez. ALSC Notable Children’s Book Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book Notable Social…
I had the great honor of sitting next to Nikki Grimes at my first Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival and it was wonderful to see her again this past one a few months ago. She told me about her newest picture book, A Cup of Quiet, and offered to share a poem. It is such a…
Thank you to author Sarah Hunter for including We Sing From the Heart in her BookList Essentials article on History in Trials! p.s. Related posts: We Sing From the Heart is a Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner! WE SING FROM THE HEART wins California Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award WE…