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…
Category: Reading Lists: Picture Books
Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
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…
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…
24 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…
10 Diverse Picture Books about Gardens, Community, and Kindness
Please welcome my guest author, Erin Dealey! Her list includes diverse picture books about gardens, community, and kindness, all wonderful things to consider this winter. Her newest book is Just Flowers, and it releases on March 15, 2024, just in time for spring! Now is a good time to dream about gardens, especially for me…
Food for the Future: How to Grow Shitake Mushrooms
I have a mushroom farm set in Mexico in my picture book, Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World. The location was deliberate. The illustrator, Robert Sae-Heng grew up in Mexico and his family had a mushroom farm! What an incredible coincidence! Have you ever wondered how to grow mushrooms? Most commercial mushrooms…