If a Bumblebee Lands on Your Toe – Perfect Picture Book Friday

* I’m thrilled when I’m surprised by the juxtaposition of illustration and text in...
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Mamiachi and Me – Perfect Picture Book Friday

* I love seeing picture books that celebrate women claiming their space in what...
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Authors for Children and Their Books

As a children’s book author, I vow to protect the letter E from being...
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Family Downtime & The Last Bookstore

Hello everyone! Taking a break this week to enjoy my son being home from...
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Love in the Library – Perfect Picture Book Friday

When I first heard Maggie Tokuda-Hall talk about her book based on her grandparents,...
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Who Are You? Gender Bias – #KidLitWomen

In 2015, I sat in a darkened auditorium in a hotel in Los Angeles,...
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Reading Gender Into It – Children’s Books and Beyond

There’s an ongoing discussion in the kid lit world about why boys don’t want...
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Umberto Eco – On Memory, Books, and Computers

Umberto Eco died on February 19, 2016. He was a brilliant man who wrote...
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One More Reason to Buy Books

In the spirit of improved public health,   a librarian friend sent me a link...
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Book Hoarding – Delve into the Psyche

I knew someone like Penelope Lively could explain why I hoard books (see post “Revealing...
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