Posts Tagged ‘book recommendation’
Face to Face with Whales — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Perfect Picture Book Friday is back for its THIRD year! (Actually, it started up again last week, when I was participating in Erik’s blog tour.) Although this book is very different to the sort of books I usually share for PPBF, I came across it while doing research for a middle grade novel, and decided…
Read MoreThe Adventures of Tomato & Pea — Blog Tour Review and GIVEAWAY!
It is so exciting when a writing colleague is published for the first time. It is even more exciting when that colleague is eleven years old! I first became aware of Erik, the Kid Who Reviews Books, when we both participated in Picture Book Ideas Month in 2011 (that link leads to a guest post…
Read MoreBlog Tour Announcement for The Kid Who Reviews Books!
The blog tour for The Adventures of Tomato and Pea, Book One: A Bad Idea, written by none other than Erik, the Kid Who Reviews Books, kicked off yesterday with a cover reveal on Erik’s blog, and continues daily (and sometimes twice daily) all around the blogosphere from today, September 9th until September 20th. There…
Read MoreOceanology — a book with a difference
Perfect Picture Book Friday will begin next week (although since that’s the day I’m involved in Erik’s blog tour, my first PPBF pick won’t be posted until September 20th.) Today I’m sharing a book that, although it has 32 pages like a picture book, and has text and illustrations, it isn’t a picture book. The…
Read MoreThe Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood
On Tuesday of this week, the members of the Children’s Book Hub had the treat of hearing Emma interview author Maryrose Wood, who writes both middle grade and YA fiction. In preparation for this interview, I began reading her middle grade series, The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, and I have been devouring it. Well,…
Read MoreTurning the Spotlight on “Fireflies and Shooting Stars”
When I went to the SCBWI LA conference (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) in 2011, one of the first people I met was a tall, friendly man named Ed Raarup. I was immediately impressed by his warmth and his enthusiasm for his writing project, which he was working on with my friend and…
Read MoreSusan Verde, Debut Author — Interview
I met Susan Verde last summer, on the first day of the Stony Brook Southampton Children’s Literature Conference, when Pat Tilton eagerly introduced us to each other as fellow Children’s Book Hub members and picture book writers. I soon learned that Susan was looking forward to the publication of her first picture book, and I…
Read MoreTraditions Old, Traditions New, Traditions Treasured…
(Note: there is no Perfect Picture Book post today. Instead, if you go over to Susanna Leonard Hill’s blog, you will find the finalists for her holiday story contest, and you will be able to cast your vote for your favorite story.) This time of year, usually referred to under the umbrella title of “The…
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