Modern Singapore was founded in the 19th century, thanks to politics, trade and a man known as Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Singapore’s prosperity suffered a major blow during World War II, when it was attacked by the Japanese on 8 December 1941. The invaders arrived from the north, confounding the British military commanders who had expected…
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Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
Cover Reveal! Food for Hope: How John van Hengel Invented Food Banks and Fed the Hungry
Today, there are 41 million people, including 9 million children, who are food insecure right here in America. That’s 12% of the U.S. population according to The Barbeque Lab. This is not a new problem. In the 1960s, John van Hengel opened the first food bank. Jeff Gottesfeld tells his story. We are both…
6 Children’s Books About the Berlin Wall
Do you remember where you were when the Berlin Wall fell? It was a big moment in history. I actually have a stronger memory of people who went to Berlin right after it fell and returned with a chunk of the wall as a memento. I didn’t know too much about The Berlin Wall or…
Josh Funk and Carrie Finison at Brookline BookSmith
It was so fun to hear the story behind the story from Josh Funk and Carrie Finison for Picture Book Hour Live at Brookline Booksmith. The basement space was full and there were plenty of enthusiastic littles including Carter Hasegawa’s! Carter is an editor at Candlewick Press and I was thrilled to meet him! I…
Pippa Park Scavenger Hunt Box GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author, Erin Yun! She’s back with book two in the bestselling Pippa Park middle grade series about identity, family, friendships, and peer pressure: Pippa Park Crush at First Sight. Pippa Park picks up right where she left off . . . trying to balance basketball, school, friends, working at the struggling family laundromat,…
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Red and Green and Blue and White
Please join us for Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE and virtual multicultural children’s picture book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. December’s event will be held on December 1st and we are celebrating interfaith holidays, Christmas + Hannukah using Red and Green…
The Forbidden Island Blog Tour + 7 Book GIVEAWAY to 3 Winners!
Buy | Goodreads | Trailer A heart-pounding final showdown changes the life of Cruz Coronado forever in the seventh and final book in this thrilling fact-based fiction series. Amid assignments that take the Explorer Academy recruits from the iceberg-filled waters of Antarctica to the bone-dry deserts of Argentina, Cruz Coronado is scrambling to complete the last piece…







