Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
Please welcome my guest author, Valerie Bolling. We were both on the Equity and Inclusion Committee for NESCBWI. I really enjoyed working with her. She has a steadiness and voice of reason which is always helpful when doing work in diversity and inclusion! Her latest picture book is part of a pair. It’s part of…
Please welcome my guest author today, Debbie Zapata. She has a list of picture books on community, kindness, and inclusion … all things that are much needed in our world. We are also giving away a signed copy of her book, Up and Adam. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. …
Please welcome my guest author today, Hope Lim with her newest picture book, Mommy’s Hometown. Hope has a list that is personal, a group of Korean American picture book creators that have inspired her along her own author journey. We are also giving away a signed copy of Mommy’s Hometown. To enter, please use…
Asking kids what they want to be when they grow up has become an age-old question. If you want to think big, this question is an excellent one to ask! A number of answers can be discovered, including some genuinely interesting and inspiring books for kids about careers. In addition to the important lessons for…
Please welcome author Maria Gianferrari with her newest picture book, Being a Dog: A Tale of Mindfulness, illustrated by Pete Oswald. Being a Dog: A Tale of Mindfulness by Maria Gianferrari, illustrated by Pete Oswald Join a young child and their dog as they experience every minute of the day to its fullest—from the second…
It was so wonderful to see Mitali Perkins back at Newtonville Books for her latest book, Bare Tree and Little Wind: A Story for Holy Week. She raised her two boys in Newton but relocated to the Bay Area about five or so years ago. Bare Tree and Little Wind: A Story for Holy Week…
When I submitted my picture book manuscript, Sumo Joe, to Lee and Low’s New Voices competition, I received a response that my picture book had not won, but that I had the opportunity to receive feedback from editors at Lee and Low. My editor, Kandace Costin, found only one sumo picture book at the time…