Honored to have COUNT ON US! featured on the wonderful Celebrate Picture Books blog today for Young Readers Day!
Making Those All Important Book Reviews A Little Easier
Great advice from Susanna Leonard Hill!
I know.
It’s Sunday!
What the heck am I doing in your inbox?
We’re all supposed to be eating pancakes in the shape of alphabet letters, still in our pajamas, doing nothing even remotely work-related to interfere with our family morning!
I agree completely. I’m right there with you! I’m even wearing my zebra slippers.
But I’ve been thinking about something (because I have book due out in two days – 2!!!) that I thought might have crossed your minds too (because a lot of you have books out, or will at some point, or you’ve been asked to write reviews), and this was an open day for a blog post 😊
I think it’s fair to say we are all readers. As readers, we have probably all looked to online reviews to help us make decisions on which books should get our hard-earned money. (Also which vacuum is…
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Perfect Picture Book Friday: EVIE’S FIELD DAY
Title: EVIE’S FIELD DAY: More Than One Way to Win Written by: Claire Annette Noland Illustrated by: Alicia Teba Cardinal Rule Press, 2020 For ages: 4-8 Themes/topics: Field Day, sportsmanship, winning, kindness First page: Evie loved to win. She could jump the highest, run the fastest, and hop the farthest. Summary (from the publisher): Tackling the…
Perfect Picture Book Friday – WOOD, WIRE, WINGS: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane
Title: WOOD, WIRE, WINGS: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane Written by: Kirsten W. Larson Illustrated by: Tracy Subisak Calkins Creek/Boyd Mills 2020 For ages: 7-10 Themes/topics: inventions, STEM, perseverance First spread: To Emma Lilian Todd, problems were like gusts of wind: they set her mind soaring. Sometimes the problems seemed small, like where to find…
TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE Cover Reveal (plus a giveaway)
COVER REVEAL for my debut picture book!
by Gabi Snyder & Robin Rosenthal
Thank you, Tara, for hosting the cover reveal for TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE!
READY TO EMBARKON A JOURNEY?
When the gate is left open, one dog escapes the yard for an adventure on tricycles, trolleys, and trains. This hilarious story counts up to ten and back down again as more pups join the fun—and one very determined cat goes on the chase!
Coming in May 2020!
We (author Gabi Snyder and illustrator Robin Rosenthal) “met” for the first time over video chat to discuss our experiences creating TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE, which is the debut picture book for us both!
RR: What inspired TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE?
GS:I’d say one part real-life and one part kidlit! The dog versus cat dynamic that plays out in the story was inspired, in part, by my childhood pets. I grew up with a cat…
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New Year’s Anti-Resolutions
Julie Hedlund’s anti-resolution revolution (http://www.juliehedlund.com/2016-anti-resolution-revolution/) resonates with me. In the past, resolution writing has felt very much like a chronicle of failures: last year I failed to do X, Y, and Z. But somehow, magically, this year will be different! This approach always feels kind of icky and in the back of my mind…
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