TheFire.org’s recent article by Ronald K. L. Collins featuring my upcoming picture book, 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 (Red Comet Press, Fall 2024). Forthcoming children’s book on The Slants — the band that fought…
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10 Picture Book Biographies to Celebrate Women’s History Month & Signed Book GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author, Ronni Diamondstein. I met her at the Chappaqua Book Festival this past year through my agent. We have the same agent! Jackie and the Books She Loved by Ronni Diamonstein, illustrated by Bats Langley Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis might be best known as First Lady to President John F. Kennedy, but…
Save the Date! Andrew Hacket and I will be at Newtonville Books for our Book Launch!
Please join Andrew Hacket and Me Newtonville Books 10 Langley Rd Newton, MA 02459 Storytime Book Launch Sunday, May 19th 11:00 am Save the Date! Here’s an interesting twist! Newtonville Books will donate 20% of your purchases all day Saturday to schools and nonprofits IF YOU GIVE THEM THE NAME OF…
8 Books For Aspiring Writers and 5 Book Giveaway of UNSTUCK by Barbara Dee!
Please welcome my guest author, Barbara Dee. She may have never experienced serious writer’s block as this is her fourteenth middle grade novel! Her newest book is about writer’s block and she offers a list to help with that, Books for Aspiring Writers. Unstuck by Barbara Dee Barbara Dee channels middle school in this…
More Reader Reviews for Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!
Thank you to Cindy and Beth for reviewing Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! Here are their reviews on Twitter/X: Cindy G. | she/her @cindygreene314 @pragmaticmom does it again! Check out her very clever and hilarious Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! Dad struggles to get his child to take a nap, told in a 3-round boxing match. Lots…
25 Voting and Election Children’s Books
The United States was founded on principles of equality, justice, and the pursuit of happiness, but not everyone was allowed to vote when the country was founded. In fact, it would be centuries before all its citizens became eligible to vote. Voter suppression continues in many forms even today here in the United States. Unlike…
Beautiful Noise: The Music of John Cage Book Launch
I always enjoy going to Lisa Rogers’ book events. I didn’t realize that I was slightly familiar with John Cage, the subject of her most recent picture book, Beautiful Noise: The Music of John Cage, illustrated by Il Sung Na. At her book launch at Wellesley Books, I learned that he was a kind of…