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Thank you to Erin Dealey for featuring two of my picture books in her wonderful round-up of books: It’s the most WONDERFUL time of the year: a VERY SPECIAL ICYMThem Book List p.s. Related posts: WE SING FROM THE HEART book trailer featured on Shelf Awareness!! We Sing From the Heart on…
I am thrilled for We Sing From the Heart to be included in Shelf Awareness, a publishing company based in the United States that produces two e-zines focused on bookselling, books, and book reviews. The book trailer for We Sing From the Heart was featured! And this is the WE SING FROM THE HEART book…
Please welcome my guest author and friend, Padma Venkatraman, with her list of 7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures. We met at an SCBWI conference in Springfield many years ago. The author signings were lined up alphabetically so I had the great pleasure of sitting next to her. Her middle grade book, The Bridge Home,…
Lisa Rogers was kind enough to invite us to her Little Golden Book launch of Elvis Presley in this music-themed book party, complete with a karaoke machine! There was music! There was dancing! And, a lot of fun was had by all! Here are highlights of our event: Elvis Presley: A Little Golden Book…
In support of Read Your World’s inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival, Tui T. Sutherland is doing a book event at West Newton Cinema. Together with the Newton Children’s Book Festival and Newtonville Books, West Newton Cinema welcomes you to a children’s book event with Tui T. Sutherland, the New York Times best-selling author of…
I had four minutes to talk about my newest picture book, We Sing From the Heart, with my publisher, Angus Yuen-Killick of Red Comet Press, on the SLJ Webcast showcasing The Best of the Best from Small Presses: Picture Books for Fall. Angus and I met separately to practice our portion. It’s harder than you…
Lorien Lawrence, Janae Marks, Dan Poblocki, and Mia Wenjen gave this panel at NCTE Boston 2024. Every day, teachers ask students to be brave and take risks with both academics and social interactions. Sometimes, though, students doubt their own bravery. That’s where books come in — they’re the perfect medium to model courage…