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Dallas Hunt (The Children's Book Podcast #532)
AWASIS AND THE WORLD-FAMOUS BANNOCK Dallas Hunt ( @Dallas_Hunt ) shares AWASIS AND THE WORLD-FAMOUS BANNOCK . Awâsis is bringing some...


Adib Khorram (The Children's Book Podcast #531)
DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY Adib Khorram ( @adibkhorram ) shares DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY . In Adib’s debut novel we meet Darius,...


Back to School
Here at Kidlit These Days, Karina Yan Glaser, NYT bestselling author of the Vanderbeekers series, and I are your kidlit connoisseurs,...


Diversity-Focused Publishing
Here at Kidlit These Days, Karina Yan Glaser, NYT bestselling author of the Vanderbeekers series, and I are your kidlit connoisseurs,...


Mariana Llanos and Anna López Real (The Children's Book Podcast #530)
LUCA'S BRIDGE/EL PUENTE DE LUCA Author Mariana Llanos ( @marianallanos ) and illustrator Anna López Real join Matthew in conversation...


Susie Ghahremani (The Children's Book Podcast #529)
BALANCE THE BIRDS Susie Ghahremani ( @boygirlparty ) is the author-illustrator of BALANCE THE BIRDS and STACK THE CATS . Susie’s books...


Andrea Beaty (The Children's Book Podcast #528)
THE QUESTIONEERS Andrea Beaty (@andreabeaty) is the author of ROSIE REVERE, ENGINEER and its sequels as well as author of the...


Rashin Kheiriyeh (The Children's Book Podcast #527)
THE BOOK TREE Rashin Kheiriyeh (@rashinkheiriyeh) is the illustrator most recently of THE BOOK TREE, authored by Paul Czajak, and STORY...


5 Questions You Need to Be Asking Yourself for Next School Year
An article I wrote for DEMCO's Ideas & Inspiration blog was recently published and I thought I'd share a preview of it with you here....


Children's Activity Calendar: September 2019
The children's activity calendar I created for Upstart for the month of September is now available online for FREE. Share with teachers,...


Angie Manfredi (The Children's Book Podcast #526)
THE OTHER "F" WORD Angie Manfredi (@misskubelik) is the editor of THE (OTHER) F WORD: A CELEBRATION OF THE FAT & FIERCE. The book...


Kyle Lukoff (The Children's Book Podcast #525)
WHEN AIDAN BECAME A BROTHER Kyle Lukoff (@Shekels_Library) is author of A STORYTELLING OF RAVENS and WHEN AIDAN BECAME A BROTHER, the...
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