Nightmare Jones – Perfect MG Picture Book Friday

* As you might guess from the cover of NIGHTMARE JONES, this picture book...
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Fly Like a Bird – Perfect Picture Book Friday

* In FLY LIKE A BIRD, Olga Ptashnik inhabits the mind of a chickadee...
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Nigel and the Moon – Perfect Picture Book Friday

There’s a book I kept checking out from the library that I finally decided...
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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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No Bears Allowed – Perfect Picture Book Friday

This week, I’m pleased to present a fabulous new book that takes aim at...
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After the Fall – Perfect Picture Book Friday

STOP THE PRESSES!!! Announcing the first picture book to win both the Caldecott and...
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Night Hiking & Writing – Facing Your Fears

As part of my son’s school curriculum, the entire 4/5th grade classes (about 40...
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Open Mic Fright

And so my eight-year-old son, the voracious reader but painfully reluctant writer, has progressed...
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