I recently attended a webinar "Feel the Feelings: Crafting Picture Books" with Bethany Hegedus, author and founder of The Writing Barn. As a result, Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is front and center in my brain. Bethany emphasized that readers should be able to take away kindness, empathy, understanding, bravery, and inclusion after reading picture books. Here… Continue reading TWO FUN PICTURE BOOKS with IMPORTANT MESSAGES: ROCK AND VOLE and WHERE'S MY COW?
Congratulations to Danielle Hammelef who won the ARC of Between Sam and Me. Stay tuned! You'll have another chance to win an ARC in October.*******The holidays will be here before you know it and my shelves are overflowing with Sleeping Bear Press Books to review and give away. Win them now and stash them for… Continue reading Three Picture Books for the Youngest Readers (and their Parents) from Sleeping Bear Press + Two Giveaways!
Congratulations to Gwen Porter who won "A Boy Like You" and to Linda Townsend who won "A Fist for Joe Louis and Me." ******* If you didn't win last week, here's another chance at winning an adorable picture book, also courtesy of Sleeping Bear Press. Little Sock This debut picture book by Kia Heise and… Continue reading Two Socks, One Giveaway
Congratulations to Gail Hurlburt who won the Skype visit with Sophia Gholz. As I mentioned last week, I'm donating the books I recently received from Sleeping Bear Press to an impoverished Eastern European classroom. As I handle each book, I picture it in the hands of happy children delighted to receive these additions to their… Continue reading Sleeping Bear Press Part II: Silly Picture Books and a Skype Giveaway
Thanks to Sleeping Bear Press, I receive their new picture books. This is good news for all of you--more picture books to give away! JUNK What kid (or adult, for that matter) wouldn't be drawn to a book with the title of Junk? Where most people see trash, Sylvia Samantha Wright sees possibilities. But even… Continue reading Two New Picture Books–Two Giveaways!