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...

ALWAYS ANJALI Sheetal Sheth (@sheetalsheth) is the author of ALWAYS ANJALI, an affirming picture book about deciding for ourselves how we...

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...

TIGER BOY Mitali Perkins (@MitaliPerkins) is the author most recently of YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR, but the paperback release and...

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

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....

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...

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...

PRIDE: THE STORY OF HARVEY MILK AND THE RAINBOW FLAG Rob Sanders (@RobSandersWrite) recently published his first nonfiction picture book,...

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...

I write a blog post for Upstart each month on one selected topic from the children's activity calendars for their Ideas+Inspiration blog....

The folks over at Scholastic Press approached me about doing a cover reveal for Natalie Lloyd's newest middle grade novel, entitled OVER...

ALAN COLE IS NOT A COWARD Eric Bell (@IAmEricBell) made his middle grade debut with ALAN COLE IS NOT A COWARD, a funny and poignant story...

THE LIFTERS Dave Eggers recently published a middle grade novel called THE LIFTERS, which centers around a boy named Gran who's looking...

MOMMY'S KHIMAR Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Ebony Glenn are the author and illustrator of MOMMY'S KHIMAR, a story about young Black...