Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
Lisa Rogers, Nancy Tupper Ling, Andrew Hackett, and I are doing a Story Time together at Newtonville Books! Please join us on Saturday, August 10th, from 11 am to noon! We will be reading our picture books and doing fun activities! Hint: I am bringing boxing gloves and mitts for the kids! Picture Book…
It was so wonderful to meet Ruth Behar at Newtonville Books. She was on a book tour for her newest book, Across So Many Seas. Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar This is Ruth’s story of the women in her family across multiple generations and the immigrant journeys each took. “Spanning over 500 years,…
Please welcome my guest author, Gennifer Choldenko. Her latest book is The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman has garnered 4 starred reviews thus far and is a Junior Library Guild selection. It is an Indie Next pick for July and August 2024 and the Amazon pick for the best children’s…
I met Schulyer Bailar at the Harvard Asian American Alumni Association event. We were both at the author signing event, but the bookstore providing the books did not come through. Despite having no books, he was so nice about it and handed out postcards about his upcoming book event in Harvard Square which he invited…
School is out and July is a slow month for children’s book list-related events, but here is what I have. 4th of July 6 Favorite Diverse Picture Books for 4th of July Here’s a video interview of Janet Wong on her inspiration behind writing Apple Pie Fourth of July: July 14th: Shark Awareness Day 22…
I made a book trailer! We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Victor Bizar Gomez A compelling account of Simon Tam’s fight for free speech that ended with a landmark Supreme Court decision Music is a way to transcend…
Thank you to my husband for taping our NCTE panel: Food: The Universal Language that Connects Us All panel What’s a more universal experience than sharing a meal? Food brings people together, connects communities, and unites generations through tradition. In this moderated panel, four authors will discuss how food is a multidimensional cross-curricular topic that…