Sara O'Leary's Blog

Kids' Indie Next Pick

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Very happy to see our book on the Nov/Dec Kids' Indie Next List.

The Little Books of the Little Bront��s

Reviews are starting to come in for my new book with Briony May Smith.

A Kid is a Kid is a Kid

The nice people at Groundwood Books put together a little informational video on A Kid is a Kid is a Kid and so I thought I would share it here. Big thanks to Fred Horler and also to Canadian Children's Book Centre and t...

Gemma and the Giant Girl

It's publication day for Gemma and the Giant Girl, illustrated by Marie Lafrance. My publisher Tundra Books describes the book as:

A Kid is a Kid is a Kid

This book feels like it was a long time in the making. It was part of the original conversation with Groundwood's then-publisher Sheila Barry when we were working on A Family is a Family is a Family, although I'm pretty ...

Mentoring

I have been mentoring picture book writers and writer/illustrators for a number of years and owing to a number of recent enquiries I have created a new page on this site for those who are interested.

Gemma and the Giant Girl

Thrilled to share the cover for my book with Marie Lafrance. It's called Gemma and the Giant Girl and will be published October 3 by Tundra Books.

This is Ruby (& Sadie)

This is Ruby is a companion book to This is Sadie, The book is illustrated by Alea Marley and published by Tundra Books.

This is Ruby

Always nice to see the first review for a new book. This is Ruby is illustrated by the wonder that is Alea Marley and is published by Tundra Books on May 25.

A Friend for Sadie

Very happy to be introducing a friend for Sadie!