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...
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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...
How to Celebrate Pride Month in Your Library or Classroom at Ideas+Inspiration
I write a blog post for Upstart each month on one selected topic from the children's activity calendars for their Ideas+Inspiration blog....
First Look at OVER THE MOON by Natalie Lloyd
The folks over at Scholastic Press approached me about doing a cover reveal for Natalie Lloyd's newest middle grade novel, entitled OVER...
Eric Bell (The Children's Book Podcast #441)
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...
Dave Eggers (The Children's Book Podcast #440)
THE LIFTERS Dave Eggers recently published a middle grade novel called THE LIFTERS, which centers around a boy named Gran who's looking...
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Ebony Glenn (The Children's Book Podcast #439)
MOMMY'S KHIMAR Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Ebony Glenn are the author and illustrator of MOMMY'S KHIMAR, a story about young Black...
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