Please welcome my guest today, author Korey Watari, with her debut picture book I Am Able to Shine! She has a list of Japanese American Joy picture books that celebrate joy through creativity! We are giving away 5 copies of I Am Able to Shine! To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom….
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Photograph My Books in the Wild GIVEAWAY!
@GwenBlumberg on Twitter sent me this photo: And here’s one more! I See You See from Richard Jackson & @patrice_barton. It is in good company on display in our book room right next to a fan favorite @pragmaticmom I was thrilled to see Sumo Joe out in the wild of her library! And that…
8 Picture Books About Riding a Bike & GIVEAWAY!
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…
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Yu and Me Books
Please join me for our tenth 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. May’s event will be held on May 5th and we are celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month using I…
Bare Tree and Little Wind: A Story for Holy Week by Mitali Perkins
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…
6 Children’s Books Featuring Sumo & GIVEAWAY!
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…
9 Gingerbread Men Stories from Different Cultures & GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author today, Harshita Jerath! She has a book list of gingerbread men in different cultures! We are also giving away a copy of her book, The Leaping Laddoo! To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. The Leaping Laddoo by Harshita Jerath, illustrated by Kamala M Nair In this…