Category: Teachers: Fun Ideas for Your Classroom

Thankful for YOU. A Happy #HalfBirthday post for all the Thanksgiving babies! (Guess who?)

Party time! Not just because May 25th marks the one month birthday of our pb, THE HALF BIRTHDAY BOOK, illustrations by Germán Blanco / Genius Cat Books. This week is full of 1/2 Birthdays for those who were born on or around Thanksgiving. (Guess who?) We think they deserve a special celebration! Here are our… Read more »

8 Qs with Two PB Authors = Happy (belated) #BookBirthday to Travel Guide for Monsters PART DEUX: A Canadian Adventure

I’m excited to talk to Lori Degman & Jocelyn Watkinson about their NEW picture book, Travel Guide for Monsters, Part Deux –a Canadian Adventure (Sleeping Bear  / Illus. Marcus Cutler) which released April 15th!   Did we say PART DEUX? A giggly geography lesson for trip planners and daydreamers.” — Kirkus Reviews And now it’s… Read more »

9 Questions + TWO #Birthday Picture Books = a Double #BookBirthday Celebration on National Library Workers Day + National School Bus Drivers’ Day + National Zucchini Bread Day!

Today we’re celebrating TWO #BookBirthdays for TWO #Birthday picture books! What? EVERY DAY’S A HOLIDAY: Winnie’s Birthday Countdown by Stef Wade, Illus. by Husna Aghniya (Running Press Kids) follows Winnie, who can’t wait for her next birthday, as she counts down the days by celebrating other special days throughout the year. “A great read-aloud picture… Read more »

Happy #BookBirthday to My Dog Is *NOT* A Scientist = 7 Qs with debut author Betsy Ellor

Congratulations to Betsy Ellor on her debut picture book, My Dog Is NOT a Scientist! (Illus. Luisa Vera / YeeHoo Press) which releases next week! Winning the science fair would be easy if it wasn’t for Renzo. This playful dog turns the scientific method on its ear ruining Yara’s experiments. Or are they ruined? With… Read more »

Happy #GreenPB2023 #BookBirthday x 2 = 7 Qs with #nonfiction author Laurie Ann Thompson

It’s a double #GreenPB2023 #BookBirthday today, with #Kidlit author Laurie Ann Thompson talking about her new books, YOU ARE A HONEY BEE & YOU ARE A RACCOON (Illus. Jay Fleck / Dial Books). Aren’t they cute? I first met Laurie through SCBWI, when we were both co-regional advisors –Laurie for the SCBWI Western Washington region, while I… Read more »