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Happy Book Birthday GYRO AND THE ARGONAUTS! aka the BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN* + 10 Qs with mg author Joshua Pruett

It’s the Book Birthday of Gyro and the Argonauts! aka the BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN*: *About a Kid Named After a Sandwich (Volume 1 /Andrews McMeel Publishing) and we are celebrating with Emmy Award-winning TV Writer and New York Times bestselling author Joshua Pruett! About the Book In this totally (mostly) true story of the first “Greek […]

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Happy mer-magical BookBirthday to ORPHELINE: A Mermaid Lost and Found Story + 8 Qs with the kidlit team of Katelyn Aronson & Dow Phumiruk

It’s the mer-magical Book Birthday of ORPHELINE: A Mermaid Lost and Found Story Written by Katelyn Aronson and Illustrated by Dow Phumiruk (Candlewick) I am so thrilled to be celebrating this sweet book by two very wonderful #kidlit friends: Katelyn Aronson grew up in southern California. She now lives and writes in an old farmhouse […]

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Happy sweet Book Birthday to THIS COOKIE WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE + 7 Qs with mg author Ann Dee Ellis.

It’s a sweet celebration of Ann Dee Ellis’ new middle grade, THIS COOKIE WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE, a recent release from Peachtree. I’m a big fan of books about community and unlikely friendships and this book combines both, with imperfectly likeable characters on a quest full of obstacles. About the Author: Ann Dee Ellis is […]

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Happy Book Birthday to The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I. M. Pei = 7 Qs with kidlit author Jeanne Walker Harvey + a FREE Activity Kit!

Today is the #BookBirthday of Jeanne Walker Harvey’s newest pb biography, The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I. M. Pei, Illustrated by Khoa Le (Atheneum/ Simon & Schuster). About the Book: The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I. M. Pei tells the story of the […]

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Happy Book Birthday to No One Told Sandra Day O’Connor What to Do: The First Woman to Serve on the United States Supreme Court + 7 Qs with author Molly Golden

I am so very excited to celebrate the recent Book Birthday of… No One Told Sandra Day O’Connor What to Do: The First Woman to Serve on the United States Supreme Court by Molly Golden, illustrated by Julia Breckenreid (Sleeping Bear Press). Not only have Molly and I have been #kidlit friends for years, her […]

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Happy delicious Book Birthday wishes to THE TRAVELING TACO + 8 Qs with Mia Wenjen

We’re so happy to have Mia Wenjen back on the blog today to celebrate the recent release of THE TRAVELING TACO: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of Your Favorite Foods, illustrated by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong (Red Comet Press).   Readers may bemember celebrating her nonfiction pb We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® […]

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Happy Book Birthday to The City of Jasmine = 10 Qs with debut author Nadine Presley + illustrator Heather Brockman Lee

It’s a Book Birthday party here today with both the author and illustrator of The City of Jasmine Nadine Presley & Heather Brockman Lee (Harper Collins) About the Book “A breathtaking narrative of love, courage and optimism.” — STARRED Kirkus About the Author: Nadine Presley is a Syrian Canadian author who grew up in Damascus. […]

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Happy Book Birthday BIG BOY 4014 and the Steam Team: The World’s Largest Steam Engine Roars Back to Life! + 5 Qs with author Marsha Diane Arnold

All aboard! We’re thrilled to have kidlit author Marsha Diane Arnold back to celebrate her newest picture book, BIG BOY 4014 and the Steam Team: The World’s Largest Steam Engine Roars Back to Life!  Illus. Adam Gustavson (Sleeping Bear Press) About the book: In the 1940s, there were twenty-five 600-ton steam locomotives in the United […]

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Happy (almost) Book Birthday SEVEN, A Most Remarkable Pigeon = Six Qs with kidlit author Sandra Nickel

Today we’re celebrating the Book Birthday of Sandra Nickel‘s latest picture book, SEVEN, A MOST REMARKABLE PIGEON, illustrated by Aimée Sicuro (Candlewick), which releases May 6th. (Still time to pre-order.) About the Book: A young pigeon shows that the ways in which we are different can also be the ways in which we become heroes. […]

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Seven Qs with author/photographer Kelly Crull = Happy Book Birthday THE BLACK MAMBAS

Today we’re celebrating the Book Birthday of Author/Photographer Kelly Crull’s new nonfiction picture book, THE BLACK MAMBAS: The World’s First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit (Millbrook/ Lerner), which released April 1st. About the Book Author and photographer Kelly Crull traveled to South Africa to see firsthand how the Black Mambas Anti-Poaching Unit are making a difference―for animals […]

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