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Book Festivals Galore!

Photo by Stephanie Stanton, with author Eva Chen

One of the things I treasure about working in the world of children's books is our wonderful, generous community. The people I've met — children and their grownups, teachers and librarians, booksellers, authors and illustrators — have all enriched my life in more ways than I can say. They — you— are an inspiration, reminding me why I do what I do…

To read more about where I’ve been this year, check out my most recent eNewsletter!

Upcoming Fall Events:

October 15, 2022: Chappaqua Book Festival, Chappaqua, NY

October 8, 2022: Warwick Children’s Book Festival, Warwick, NY

October 1, 2022: Rye Children’s Book Festival, Rye, NY

A 3rd ⭐️ for TINY DINO!

⭐️“ Balancing the informative and the wondrous , the book offers a tribute to the way the interconnections among species ensure that the past remains present.”

🌟Thank you, Publishers Weekly!🌟

⭐️“Freedman... folds in lessons on both science and the dangers of assumptions. An innovative introduction to the relatedness of all animals that will delight budding biologists and dino mavens alike.” — Kirkus Reviews

⭐️"...The characters are also flat-out darling, and their adamant declarations beg to be read aloud. It’s an absolute delight to learn and laugh with this curious animal crew." — Booklist

Hello, Writers' Rumpus!

New interview alert!

Many thanks to Writer’s Rumpus for hosting me and to writer René Bartos for this wide-ranging chat — about inspiration, my writing & illustrating process, and finding a community. Hope you will take a look!

Thumbnail sketches for TINY DINO by Deborah Freedman

Tiny Gold Standard

I’m so honored that Tiny Dino has been selected by Junior Library Guild for their subscription service that sends “buzz-worthy books” to libraries every month. Thank you, Junior Library Guild, for your faith in this book!

Blogging Tiny Dino

Many thanks to the bloggers who take the time to review children’s books, including Tiny Dino!

From Margie Myers-Culver, Librarian’s Quest:

With absolute conversational clarity, author Deborah Freedman takes readers into the story of a hummingbird that proves his truth . Each time Hummingbird declares he is a dinosaur, one of his friends counters with facts they believe disproves his statement. He then shows they are wrong with supporting evidence. In this manner, Deborah Freedman introduces an engaging cadence while providing information about dinosaurs, birds, and other animals...

… read by an individual or as a group read aloud, you can expect to have it read repeatedly.

And Pamela Kramer, “Nonfiction picture books to inform and entertain”:

One of the most important tasks for educators is to teach children to think critically. To think outside the box. To wonder and question. To examine what they are told and use their reasoning skills to logically consider what people are saying. It’s those skills that will enable the next generation to determine what is true and what is patently false...

The combination of narrative and informational text and the detailed illustrations in white on top of the colorful watercolors make this a book that will be cherished and used over and over again both in schools and homes .

Author Chat & Book Party, with River Bend Bookshop

I cannot wait to celebrate my newest book at a real-live-in-person Launch Party at River Bend Bookshop in Glastonbury, CT—with reading, an art demo, and refreshments—on May 7 at 11:00 am.

I’d love to see you there!*

In the mean time, if you’d like to hear about my inspiration for the book and other booktalk, here’s an interview I did with Ernio, one of the wonderful booksellers at the store.

*Even if you can’t make it to my in-person celebration on May 7, I’ll be signing books that day for readers wherever they live. Just visit the “Deborah Freedman Shop” to order copies of any of my in-print books!

Happy Earth Day!

The giant dinos didn’t see that asteroid coming.

We, however, have sadly seen another mass extinction coming for years, and I can’t lie—writing Tiny Dino definitely had me thinking about that.

But whether or not anyone catches that in my newest book, I mostly hope that readers also catch the joy in Tiny Dino—while learning something about about connections between creatures to their evolutionary ancestors, to each other… and to us.

Happy Earth Day, everyone!

An Online Picturebook Celebration!

TOMORROW, 1:00: an online celebration of new picturebooks with Books of Wonder !

Four wonderful new picture books for your inquisitive young readers and all the exciting things they love! From books full of exciting Earth facts to celebrations of the floatiest, flyest, coolest sneakers, these titles are absolutely perfect additions to any picture book collection.

Meet DEBORAH FREEDMAN, the author/illustrator of Tino Dino , STACY McANULTY, author of Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth , KAREN JAMESON, author of Where the Wee Ones Go , and VAN. G. GARRETT, author of Kicks!

Register HERE for this crowdcast event.

A 2nd ⭐️ for TINY DINO!

⭐️“Freedman... folds in lessons on both science and the dangers of assumptions. An innovative introduction to the relatedness of all animals that will delight budding biologists and dino mavens alike.”

🌟Thank you, Kirkus Reviews!🌟

A Read-Aloud for Spring!

"...The characters are also flat-out darling, and their adamant declarations beg to be read aloud. It’s an absolute delight to learn and laugh with this curious animal crew."

From the first review of my next book, Tiny Dino—and it's a star!

🌟Thank you, Booklist!🌟