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Teach Your Children About Different Cultures Now! by Kids VS Life

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Today’s guest article comes to us from the folks at Kids VS Life, a company“dedicated to introducing mature concepts, placesand things to young children using interesting stories and music videos.” Their site is brimming with fun, informational eBook picture books for kids, all free! They stopped by today to tellFrog on a Blog readers about twoexciting new books designed to introduce kids to different cultures.

Teach Your Children About Different Cultures N...

Picture Books At The Library 71

I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all, but I can share them. Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.)

Henry is having a horrible time camping. So Herman comes up with a plan to help his best friend have the time of his life.

An ugly dumpling is ignored and sad until an encouraging cockroach sees the dumpling’s inner beauty and helps him see it t...

Teri’s Tenacious Tommy Teesox by Teri Roche Drobnick

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Artwork for Tommy Teesox is by Jamie Drobnick, daughter of Teri Roche Drobnick.

Children’s book authors are creative in many ways, not limited just to writing. I know authors who are also visual artists, craftsmen,or performers. I was a floral designer for ten years, so I’d like to think I have a bit of artisticcreativity in me too.

Today’s guest article is by Teri Roche Drobnick, creator of Teesox, adorable hand-stitched animals made from reclaimed clothin...

My First Picture Book: A Q&A With Karlin Gray

Recently, I had the extreme pleasure of answering some questions about my debut book experience for Karlin Gray, author of Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still,which was published June 7, 2016 by HMH. Karlin says, “Since I am new to the picture-book world, I wanted to learn from other writers. What inspired their stories? How did they go about crafting their first book? What did they do when they finally received that offer?” Those are just a few of the fun questions Karlin asks on her blo...

Picture Books At The Library 70

I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all, but I can share them. Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.)

Homer the dog goes away to wolf camp to learn how to bring out his inner wolf.

Simple text follows a young boy and the many animals he meets on his adventure through the jungle.

Mouse enlists the help of his friends Mole and Rabbit to help him r...

help you help me

Fellow writers, what do you do while you’re waiting? Vicky Lorencen has some great ideas (as usual).

frog on a dime

Photo by Vicky Lorencen

Every writer I know is a “waiter.” We wait for our muses to return from Rome. We wait for feedback from critique partners. We wait for emails from editors and agents. We wait for books to launch and reviews to post. For those of us who are pre-published, we wait (and wait and wait) for our first big break into print. Given that waiting is a given no mat...

Picture Books At The Library 69

I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all, but I can share them. Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.)

Young Raj is a natural at playing the piano, so his father sends him for lessons, but the more he practices, the less he enjoys playing.

A little girl hears her father mowing the lawn one day, in the process destroying her favorite flowers–the d...

My View Book Review: Imagine by Karen Kilpatrick

Title: Imagine

Author: Karen Kilpatrick

Illustrator: Tara Louise Campbell and Matthew Wilson

Publisher/Year: Nina Charles Publishing/2015

Series: Pumpkinheads

Back Cover Blurb: Slide down rainbows and swing from stars! Bounce on clouds and drive fast cars! Join the Pumpkinheads as they switch the world around in a silly adventure that explores the power of imagination and the differences that make the world beautiful.

Imagine you could fly like a super hero. Imagine you’re a shark in the oc...

Picture Books At The Library 68: Browsing Encouraged

I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all, but I can share them. Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.)

Don’t have time to drop by the library or bookstore this week? No worries! ‘Picture Books At The Library’ is your one-stop browsing shop. Browse recent picture book titles here, then go and find them out there.

Join this little Adelie penguin ch...

Picture Books At The Library 67

I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all, but I can share them. Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.)

On his first day of work, Maxi the little taxi zooms around town splashing in puddles and getting very dirty. Soon, no one wants to ride in him–until a little boy convinces Maxi to go to the car wash.

Pig siblings Henry and Henrietta love their...