Category: Authors and Books

MOVING TO MARS + 7 Questions and a DARE with author Stef Wade = Happy MARS Book LAUNCH!

It’s Book Birthday celebration time for MOVING TO MARS, written by Stef Wade / Illus. Erin Taylor / Capstone which LAUNCHED (see what we did there?) recently. 7 Questions –and a DARE! Q 1. The space theme continues with MOVING TO MARS– (from the same team that brought us A PLACE FOR PLUTO/ 2018). Did… Read more »

10 Qs with #kidlit author Megan Hoyt + THE GREATEST SONG OF ALL: How Isaac Stern United the World to Save Carnegie Hall = Happy (almost) Book Birthday!

I’m thrilled to have my friend Megan Hoyt on the blog today to celebrate the (almost) Book Birthday of her latest nonfiction picture book, THE GREATEST SONG OF ALL: How Isaac Stern United the World to Save Carnegie Hall (Preorder here from Park road Books.) “Hoyt pays tribute not just to the renowned violinist but… Read more »

5 Qs with author Lynne Marie + Fractured Fairy Tales + STEM = THE THREE LITTLE PIGS AND THE ROCKET PROJECT

You know how I love fractured fairy tales, right? I may have actually written a few myself…including GOLDIE LOCKS HAS CHICKEN POX <–(pair it with these Goldie titles.) and LITTLE BO PEEP CAN’T GET TO SLEEP <–(read aloud fun)! So it was cool to stumble onto this #STEM version of the Three Little Pigs, THE… Read more »

Father’s Day Special–> SOME DADDIES + 7 Qs with author Carol Gordon Ekster = Happy (belated) Book Birthday!

This post is for all the DADs in our lives–related or not. I’m so thrilled to spread the word about SOME DADDIES, by Carol Gordon Ekster (Illus. Javiera Maclean Álvarez, Beaming Books, 2022). What a perfect book to celebrate Father’s Day! Carol and I met up at nErDcampCT recently and I had to know more…

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Happy Book Birthday to POO-DUNIT? A Forest Floor Mystery + 4 Qs for author Katelyn Aronson = a SCATalogical celebration!

I’m thrilled to welcome author Katelyn Aronson back to the blog to celebrate the launch of her latest picture book: POO-DUNIT? A Forest Floor Mystery, Illus. Stephanie Lebaris (Candlewick). Katelyn and I met via the DREAM TEAM, a group of go-getter #kidlit authors & illustrators whose goal is to help spread the word about our… Read more »