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Pop-Up Interviews at the Gaithersburg Book Festival (The Children's Book Podcast #447)
THE GAITHERSBURG BOOK FESTIVAL The Gaithersburg Book Festival happens each May in beautiful, downtown Gaithersburg, Maryland, just...

First Look at DRESS LIKE A GIRL by Patricia Toht and Lorian Tu-Dean
Once upon a time ago I met this illustrator through #kidlitart named Lorian. I loved the way she drew. Period. There was love in every...

Indie Crushes - June 25, 2018
I have a monthly picture book recap series wherein I share the recently published picture books that I found to be quite outstanding for...

Danielle Anderson-Craig (The Children's Book Podcast #446)
THE MAGIC OF WE Danielle Anderson-Craig (@Dandersoncraig) is the author of THE MAGIC OF WE, a beautiful debut picture book about what it...


Our End-Of-Year Library Report
Today I thought I'd give you a peek into my every day as a school librarian. I love what I do and I feel absolutely blessed that...

May 2018 Picture Book Recap
Yeah. We're more than halfway through June. Yeah. I've been holding onto this list for a few weeks. HECK YEAH! We're on summer break and...

Sheetal Sheth (The Children's Book Podcast #445)
ALWAYS ANJALI Sheetal Sheth (@sheetalsheth) is the author of ALWAYS ANJALI, an affirming picture book about deciding for ourselves how we...

WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES (Podcast Bunny Presents #11)
It's summer break and we're back with another Podcast Bunny Presents! To those new the series, I do a lot of interviews for the...

Mitali Perkins (The Children's Book Podcast #444)
TIGER BOY Mitali Perkins (@MitaliPerkins) is the author most recently of YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR, but the paperback release and...


Children's Activity Calendar: July 2018
The children's activity calendar I created for Upstart for the month of July is now available online for FREE. Share with teachers,...

Arree Chung (The Children's Book Podcast #443)
MIXED: A COLORFUL STORY Arree Chung's newest picture book is called MIXED: A COLORFUL STORY and it's due out at the beginning of July....

Master List of Kidlit Podcasts
I love podcasts. In addition to hosting The Children's Book Podcast I pretty much listen to an endless stream of podcasts at all hours of...

Become a Patron of The Children's Book Podcast
I started a Patreon page, a way that you can directly support the podcast and help make more awesome things happen for and through the...

Rob Sanders (The Children's Book Podcast #442)
PRIDE: THE STORY OF HARVEY MILK AND THE RAINBOW FLAG Rob Sanders (@RobSandersWrite) recently published his first nonfiction picture book,...

HEDGEHOG NEEDS A HUG Book Trailer Premiere
Jen Betton's make her author-illustrator debut this June with HEDGEHOG NEEDS A HUG. I had a chance to meet Jen at the New England Society...
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