ALPHABEDTIME by Susanna Leonard Hill, illustrated by Betsy Snyder. Special BLOG TOUR PPBF!

By Beth | October 28, 2022 |

Blog Tour Stop! Everybody ready? Susanna Leonard Hill’s new ALPHABEDTIME! has frolicked onto bookstore shelves all over, and we’re celebrating here, there, and everywhere. Today I have an extra-special Perfect Picture Book Friday, to celebrate the newest book-baby of our very own PPBF Founder, Susanna! Title: Alphabedtime! Author: Susanna Leonard Hill (yes, THE Susanna Leonard Hill) Illustrator: Betsy…

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Susanna Leonard Hill is FOR WRITERS!

By Beth | October 7, 2021 |

Many of you already know Susanna Leonard Hill and the myriad things she does to benefit the writing community, but there may be a few of you who aren’t familiar with all she does. Besides, Susanna is worth being celebrated! Susanna is a prolific picture book writer (although with all the other things she does,…

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The Blue Whale by Jenni Desmond — Picture Book Recommendation

By Beth | September 27, 2017

Title: The Blue Whale Author/Illustrator: Jenni Desmond Publisher: Brooklyn, NY: Enchanted Lion Books, 2015 Genre: Picture book, NON-FICTION Audience Age: 4-9 Themes/Topics: Whales, endangered species, reading Opening Sentences: Once upon a time, a child took a book from a shelf and started to read. He read that the blue whale is a mammal of gigantic…

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Anywhere Farm — Perfect Picture Book Friday

By Beth | September 22, 2017 |

Title: Anywhere Farm Author: Phyllis Root Illustrator: G. Brian Karas Publisher: Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2017 Genre: Picture book, fiction Audience Age: 4 to 8 Themes/Topics: Nature/Gardens, Neighbors Opening Sentences: For an anywhere farm, here’s all that you need: soil and sunshine, some water, a seed. Synopsis: In simple, delightful verse and equally simple, delightful illustrations,…

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April Fool Phyllis! — reprise over at Susanna Hill’s

By Beth | April 1, 2016

No foolin’! To celebrate the fact that Perfect Picture Book Friday is on April Fool’s Day, there’s a reprise of my post about Susanna Leonard Hill’s delightful APRIL FOOL, PHYLLIS! over on Susanna’s blog. (For those not in the know, Susanna is the originator and host of Perfect Picture Book Friday.) Thanks, Susanna! You are…

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Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold — Perfect Picture Book Friday

By Beth | January 22, 2015 |

Title: Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold Author: Joyce Sidman Illustrator: Rick Allen Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014 Genre: Picture book, poetry and non-fiction Audience Age: 6 to 12 Themes/Topics: Animals, Winter, Poetry Opening Sentences: Dusk fell and the cold came creeping, came prickling into our hearts. As we tucked beaks into feathers…

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Perfect Picture Book Friday CELEBRATION!

By Beth | June 12, 2014 |

I don’t have a Perfect Picture Book to share with you today (my last PPBF of the season was posted in May — The Very Fairy Princess: Graduation Girl), but something very special is going on in Perfect Picture Book Land today, and I wanted to help celebrate!   Susanna Leonard Hill’s amazing brainchild, PERFECT…

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