Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
I was thinking about the banners, Hata-jirushi (旗印), that my ancestors used on the battlefield during medieval Japan. It would have our clan name via the kamon, or logo if you will. The banners would denote the regiments of an army within a particular samurai clan. image from Wikipedia Flags around the world are a…
Please welcome my guest authors, Sabrina and Eunice, sisters, and co-founders of Hello!Lucky, a design studio, and creators of Get Outer My Space: The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella. They created a list of their favorite Space-Themed Children’s Books! I’ve added a few picks of my own for a total of 16 wonderful space-themed…
Barefoot Books has partnered to create edible for KIDS, a four-page insert that is in EdibleBoston and other cities that are part of the Edible Community magazine series. Here’s a video of the four-page spread for Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World. Have you seen this in your city? Please…
Please welcome my guest author, Joan Schoettler, with her 7 children’s books on Armenia, Celebrating Armenia and the Armenian Culture through Picture Books and Middle Grade Novels. October is Armenian Cultural Month so this is a great time to learn about Armenia’s rich cultural heritage. We are giving away two signed copies of The Honey…
Please welcome my friend and guest author today, Nancy Tupper Ling, with her list of Tiny But Mighty: 10 Picture Books with a Big Heart and perhaps a Wee Message, Too! I’ve known and loved Nancy for years. I think we met at an author book event a long time ago. I think it was…
Please join us for our Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. November’s event will be held on November 2nd and we are celebrating Indigenous People’s Month using, illustrated by Julie Flett. …
Please welcome my friend and fellow author, Lisa Rogers, with her 10 Picture Books About Listening to the World Around Us list! Her newest picture book celebrates musician John Cage. We are giving away a copy of Beautiful Noise AND a picture book critique for a manuscript that is less than 700 words and non-rhyming….