Families: Poems Celebrating the African American Experience Family relationships are explored and affirmed in this joyful anthology of poems celebrating the diversity of African American families. Michael Strickland, has collaborated with his mother, noted educator Dorothy Strickland, to bring us this warm collection. Rich and powerful poems by Eloise Greenfield, Lucille Clifton, and others are…
Category: Children’s Literature
EXCERPT from Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities) by Shannon Messenger
Read the full excerpt from Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities) WE HAVE TO go,” Fitz said, bursting through the doors of Everglen’s upstairs guest room. He found Sophie sitting alone on the edge of the giant canopy bed, already dressed in some of her old human clothes. “I thought we were waiting another hour?”…
Pre-PiBoIdMo Day 6: Let’s Get Visual with Mike Ciccotello (plus a prize!)
Originally posted on Writing for Kids (While Raising Them):
Today’s post comes from the mind (and pencil) of illustrator Mike Ciccotello. Inspiring minds wanna know! Mike is an aspiring children’s book illustrator. He received a BFA with a concentration in painting from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He has 13 years…
Five Reasons NOT to Self-Publish & Five Reasons You Should
Originally posted on Writing for Kids (While Raising Them):
As one of the top kidlit writing websites, one that appears first in numerous Google searches, with thousands of followers, thousands of daily hits… …I’m here to tell you that this platform doesn’t necessarily yield book sales. It yields emails from writers asking how to self-publish.…
Help Children Explore the World of Books and Develop a Love of Reading
HarperCollins’s I Can Read! books and PBS KIDS are collaborating on a national I Can Readathon campaign. Now in its second year, the campaign is designed to get kids learning every day through fun, engaging activities that encourage them to explore the world of books and develop a love of reading. From now through spring…
Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times: Alternate-worlds with a Steampunk Twist
“Every theory of the course of events in nature is necessarily based on some process of simplification of the phenomena and is to some extent therefore a fairy tale .” – Sir Napier Shaw, Manual of Meterology, in The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan “So full of verve and imagination that the sinister…
Experience the hilarious animal antics of an English county show Farmer David: The Dunst
Cherry Blossom Farm is snuggled in the hills near to the beautiful English village of Dunster in Somerset. Each year Farmer David and his wife Kaci enter both produce and farm animals in the prestigious Dunster Show, a huge summertime event that everyone enjoys! The hilarious antics of animals thrill the crowds of visitors and…
Illustrators Introduce a New Generation to Margaret Wise Brown
HarperCollins Children’s Books announced the acquisition of New York Times bestselling and award-winning illustrators Anna Dewdney, Loren Long, Jerry Pinkney, Greg Pizzoli, and Christian Robinson to illustrate several works from Margaret Wise Brown, the beloved storyteller who brought us Goodnight Moon. Starting in 2016, readers are invited to explore the world of Margaret Wise Brown…
INVESTING IN THE FUTURE C of I, Caldwell School District team up to provide summer math/science institute
The seventh-grade students waited with anxious anticipation. What would the lab results show for the objects they had swabbed? They definitely didn’t expect the toilet to have less bacteria than their own mouths. Since 2009, The College of Idaho and the Caldwell School District have worked in conjunction to offer the week-long Math and Science…
Bedtime for Chickies: Perfect for bedtime or story time!
Cheep cheep cheep! What does it take to get little Chickies to sleep? Meet the Chickies in their very first padded board book! With engaging rhymes, endearing illustrations, and a soft padded cover, these books are perfect for babies and toddlers to enjoy. Young readers will love to fall asleep along with Bedtime for Chickies board…
Young People's Pavilion 