Here is Wonder Why by Lisa Varchol Perron storytime book event at Molly’s Bookstore in Melrose, Massachusetts! Wonder Why by Lisa Varchol Perron, illustrated by Nic Henderson Giant sky, brightest blue, like an artist painted you. How I wonder, wonder why, why are you so blue, big sky? This is a charming picture book…
Category: Reading Lists: Picture Books
Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
10 STEM Picture Books about Planet Earth & GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author today, Lydia Lukidis. She has a list of 10 STEM Picture Books About Planet Earth. We are giving away a copy of her newest book, Up, Up High: The Secret Poetry of Earth’s Atmosphere. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. —- I’m a big fan of…
WE SING FROM THE HEART is Carter G. Woodson Book Award Honoree!
Thank you to NCSS for this award, and congratulations to everyone on this list. I am humbled and honored to be amongst you all! NCSS established the Carter G. Woodson Book Awards for the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers that depict ethnicity in the United States. First presented in 1974, this award is…
The Traveling Taco on Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025!
Thank you to Reading Rockets for including The Traveling Taco on their Summer Reading Guide 2025! p.s. Related posts: Origami French Fries: Activity for THE TRAVELING TACO Today is My Book Birthday for The Traveling Taco & 10 Book GIVEAWAY! The Traveling Taco book trailer! Kirkus Reviews My Newest Picture Book: THE TRAVELING…
Cover Reveal for Fight for the Right to Read
I’m thrilled to be doing the cover reveal for a new picture book biography on a timely topic! Award-winning author Jeff Gottesfeld and #OwnVoices co-writer Michelle Y. Green introduce us to another important historical figure who deserves to be better known. Fight for the Right to Read: Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike…
We Sing From the Heart makes Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year 2025!
I am thrilled to announce that We Sing From the Heart has been selected as Bank Street’s Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025! Congratulations to everyone on the list, and thank you so much to Bank Street College of Education for this honor! We Sing From the Heart by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Victor…
Sumo Joe turns 6 Years Old and 6 book GIVEAWAY!
My debut picture book, Sumo Joe, turns 6 today. I had entered the Lee and Low New Voices competition, and … I didn’t win! I did get an offer for editorial support from the Lee and Low team and seven months later, after at least four rounds of revisions that included a new backmatter section,…