Tag: picturebook

Happy #BookBirthday to WHEN PB MET J = 5 Qs with #kidlit author Katelyn Aronson and a wink to Romeo & Juliet!

But soft! What light in yonder fridge… Hear ye, Hear ye— Happy #BookBirthday to Katelyn Aronson‘s clever picture book, WHEN PB MET J, a hilarious wink to Romeo & Juliet, or perhaps a kitchen condiment retelling of West Side Story… “A friendship story with a heaping helping of puns.”  –Kirkus Reviews You may remember Katelyn… Read more »

THE GENTLE BULLDOZER + 5 Qs with debut author Amy Baron = Time to celebrate!

Today we’re welcoming #debut author Amy Baron to the blog with her picture book, THE GENTLE BULLDOZER. (Illus. Rogério Coelho, YeeHoo Press) Because a new picture book out in the world by a new #kidlit author deserves a celebration–right? BANG! CRASH! SLAM! Bulldozer spends his days on a construction site. He and his friends are… Read more »

Happy #BookBirthday SO MUCH SNOW + 6 Qs with #kidlit author Kristen Schroeder = so much fun!

Today we’re celebrating the Book Birthday of SO MUCH SNOW by Kristen Schroeder, Illus. Sarah Jacoby (Random House Studio.) On Monday, it starts to snow. Silent swirling. How high will it go?   Follow seven forest creatures, from a tiny mouse to a giant moose, as they hunker down in a snowstorm. As the week… Read more »

It’s #Hockey season! 7 Qs with Jocelyn Watkinson about THE THREE CANADIAN PIGS: A Hockey Story = win-win!

I’m super excited to welcome Jocelyn Watkinson, author of THE THREE CANADIAN PIGS: A HOCKEY STORY (Illus. Marcus Cutler / Sleeping Bear Press) to the blog today! We saved this FUN, fractured fairytale picture book, for October because– helloo– it deserves a HOCKEY SEASON CELEBRATION–right? But don’t take my word for it: “Lessons about the… Read more »

Happy Book Birthday to Building Bridges: Peace, Salaam, Shalom = 8 Qs about connections, communities, and moving mountains…together.

It’s a Happy (almost) #Book Birthday for BUILDING BRIDGES: Peace, Salaam, Shalom –and we’re celebrating the Oct. 18th release of this lovely book created by 3 #kidlit authors + 1 illustrator –with 8 questions! Callie Metler, Shirin Rahman, and Melissa Stoller & Illustrator Kate Talbot are the same team behind PLANTING FRIENDSHIP: PEACE, SALAAM, SHALOM,… Read more »