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This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 66 & giveaway: When You Love a Book, by Kaz Windness and Heather Brockman Lee

Welcome to the 66th episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with Kaz Windness and Heather Brockman Lee about the dedications they wrote for their picture book, When You Love a Book (Flamingo Books, 2024). When You Love a Book is just one of the titles [...]

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This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 65 & giveaway: Breathe and Count Back from Ten, by Natalia Sylvester

Welcome to the 65th episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with author Natalia Sylvester about the dedication she wrote for her YA novel Breathe and Count Back from Ten (Clarion Books, 2022). Breathe and Count Back from Ten is just one of the titles included [...]

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Saying “I am glad that you are here today with me” — and meaning it

My first author visit after the election was Thursday, November 7, at an elementary school just north of San Antonio — three presentations focused on How to Make a Book (About My Dog), each one to 115 or so students gathered in the library. I began the morning's first session with the greeting that you [...]

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November 2024 book giveaway: Win 1 of 4 signed copies of a Mighty Truck early reader!

This month I'm giving away a signed copy of one of my Mighty Truck early readers -- Mighty Truck: On the Farm, Mighty Truck: The Traffic Tie-Up, Mighty Truck: Zip and Beep, or Mighty Truck: Surf’s Up! -- to each of four subscribers to my monthly Bartography Express newsletter (folks can sign up here). And [...]

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This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 64 & giveaway: Stokes, by Ty Chapman

Welcome to the 64th episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with author Ty Chapman about the dedication he wrote for his picture book biography Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA's First Black Superstar (co-written with John Coy and illustrated by Lonnie Ollivierre; Millbrook Press/Lerner [...]

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This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 63 & giveaway: Operation Sisterhood, by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Welcome to the 63rd episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich about the dedication she wrote for her middle grade novel Operation Sisterhood (Crown Books for Young Readers, 2022). Operation Sisterhood is just one of the titles included in the November 2024 [...]

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This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 62 & giveaway: How Carrot and Cookie Saved Christmas, by Erica S. Perl

Welcome to the 62nd episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with author Erica S. Perl about the dedication she wrote for her picture book How Carrot and Cookie Saved Christmas (illustrated by Jonathan Fenske; Penguin Workshop, 2024). How Carrot and Cookie Saved Christmas is just [...]

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Good environmental news for glitter lovers (and for everyone, really)

I’m really proud that in Glitter Everywhere! Where It Came From, Where It’s Found & Where It’s Going we were honest with our young readers about (among other things) glitter being a microplastic, which meant we also had an opening to discuss biodegradable glitter made from cellulose. Kids like being told the truth -- and [...]

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October 2024 book giveaway: Win 1 of 4 signed copies of Glitter Everywhere!

This past week I just did my first-ever author visits in Illinois and my first Glitter Everywhere! presentations of the 2024-25 school year -- more than enough reason, in my book, to celebrate with a glittery* giveaway. (*Ironically, Glitter Everywhere! contains no actual glitter. I'm sorry/You're welcome, as the case may be.) If my most [...]

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This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 61 & giveaway: Thirst, by Varsha Bajaj

Welcome to the 61st episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with author Varsha Bajaj about the dedication she wrote for her middle grade novel Thirst (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2022). Thirst is just one of the titles included in the October 2024 book giveaway that I'm [...]

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