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Blogging From A-Z Challenge: Letter W

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Classic and New Picture Book CharactersWithNames That Start With The Letter W:

Wemberly

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Winnie-the-Pooh

Wolfie the Bunny

Woolbur

Mr. Wuffles

This is clearly just a short list of all the picture book characters I could come up with that start with the letter W. If you can think of others, classic or more recent, please list them in the comments. Thanks!

Mommy’s Little Wordlings Blog Tour + Agent or No Agent by Linh Nguyen-Ng

Congratulations to author/illustrator Linh Nguyen-Ng on the release of her new children’s picture bookMommy’s Little Wordlings,published by Anaiah Press. I’m happy to participate in this blog tour to help spread the word about this very special book.

Linh shares her thoughts on agents in the article below, but first, let’s learn a little bit more about Mommy’s Little Wordlings.

Little words hold big meanings. The Little Wordlings are children who use their simple words to express their feel...

The Amida Tree by Bonnie Ferrante

Title: The Amida Tree

Author/Illustrator: Bonnie Ferrante

Publisher/Year: Single Drop Publishing/2015

First Line: A little girl loved a wild apple tree.

The Amida Tree is a truly lovely story that touched my heart. It’s about a young girl and her relationship with a wild apple tree. And it is through this relationship that the girl learns to respect and care for nature, so much so that she goes off touniversityto learn more about the environment, and eventually even writes a book in order to...

Blogging From A-Z Challenge: Letter V

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Classic and New Picture Book CharactersWithNames That Start With The Letter V:

Verdi

Very Hungry Caterpillar

Violet

Violet

This is clearly just a short list of all the picture book characters I could come up with that start with the letter V. If you can think of others, classic or more recent, please list them in the comments. Thanks!

Blogging From A-Z Challenge: Letter U

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Classic and New Picture Book CharactersWithNames That Start With The Letter U:

Dear Blog Followers and Picture Book Enthusiasts, I searched high and low for picture book characters with names beginning with the Letter U and found none–zip, zero, zilch. This tricky letter of the alphabet has me stumped. If you know any picture book character’s names, not titles, that start with “U”, please list them in the comments. T...

Blogging From A-Z Challenge: Letter T

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Classic and New Picture Book CharactersWithNames That Start With The Letter T:

Thomas

Mr. Tiger

Tillie

Tilly

Timmy

Tommy

Tony

Traction Man

This is clearly just a short list of all the picture book characters I could come up with that start with the letter T. If you can think of others, classic or more recent, please list them in the comments. Thanks!

Blogging From A-Z Challenge: Letter S

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Classic and New Picture Book CharactersWithNames That Start With The Letter S:

Sal

Scaredy Squirrel

Scuffy

Shrek

Skippyjon Jones

Splat

Spot

Stellaluna

Strega Nona

Swimmy

Sylvester

This is clearly just a short list of all the picture book characters I could come up with that start with the letter S. If you can think of others, classic or more recent, please list them in the comments. Thanks!

Blogging From A-Z Challenge: Letter R

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Classic and New Picture Book CharactersWithNames That Start With The Letter R:

Mr. Rabbit

Rainbow Fish

Ralph

Red

Rocket

Roslyn Rutabaga

Miss Rumphius

Ruthie

This is clearly just a short list of all the picture book characters I could come up with that start with the letter R. If you can think of others, classic or more recent, please list them in the comments. Thanks!

Blogging From A-Z Challenge: Letter Q

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Classic and New Picture Book CharactersWithNames That Start With The Letter Q:

Queen Victoria

Queenie

Miss Quimby

Quinn

Quito

This is clearly just a short list of all the picture book characters I could come up with that start with the letter Q. If you can think of others, classic or more recent, please list them in the comments. Thanks!

Blogging From A-Z Challenge: Letter P

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Classic and New Picture Book CharactersWithNames That Start With The Letter P:

Paddington

The Peddler (I added this one just for fun. This is my debut picture book, set to be released September 1, 2015. It’s available now for pre-order on Amazon. :) )

Pete the Cat

Peter Rabbit

Petunia

Phyllis

Pigeon

Ping

This is clearly just a short list of all the picture book characters I could come up with that start with the lett...