LitWorld is such a terrific organization. You might remember, they sponsored World Read Aloud Day. Here are easy ways to help with their summer endeavor. LitWorld is spreading the power of story from Kenya to Harlem and we need your help sparking our LitSummer! We are calling out to our community to donate books and… Read more »
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Children’s Author Chris Barton Takes on a New Identity
Bestselling children’s author, Chris Barton, is known for his award-winning picture books The Day Glo Brothers and Shark Vs. Train. But these days, he’s donning a new disguise – or genre, if you will. His young-adult book Can I See Your I.D.? True Stories of False Identities recently hit bookstore shelves with rave reviews. Publisher’s… Read more »
Picture Book Peek Week #11 Begins April 25th!!
Spring Has Sprung – Peek Week #11 – April 25th! It’s a Petunia Popping Picture Book Peek Week – Free critique of a selected picture book manuscript It begins April 25th!Here’s how it works: Sign up for a critique by entering your picture book WORKING TITLE in the comment section of this blog post anytime… Read more »
Experiencing serious cover love!
Thank you, Margaret Chodos Irvine.Light Up the Night comes out this October from Disney Hyperion
Random Read Alouds – “Books and Blankets”
This Wednesday March 9th is World Read Aloud Day. You can read more about that here. In the morning I’ll be doing Skype Read Alouds with the following schools: Early Childhood School, Frisco, TX Pembroke Hill & Village Schools, Pembroke, NH Bellerose Avenue Elementary, Northport, NYBut for the afternoon, I’m thinking about a random read… Read more »
Strong Feelings from Light Hearted Article
When I wrote my article Preschool Wardrobe Wars which appeared Monday in the New York Times Motherlode blog, I knew the topic was universal. After all, that’s why I wrote TOO PURPLEY! But I didn’t expect so much emotion to surround what I considered a humorous and mostly harmless issue. Based on the growing list… Read more »
World Read Aloud Day – March 9th!! – Where Will You Be Reading?
World Read Aloud Day (WRAD), an international event being held by LitWorld, a global literacy organization based in NYC, is being celebrated on March 9th. And you can be part of the movement. WRAD’s mission is not only to celebrate the power of words and stories, but to rally together and stand up for the… Read more »
Books Change Lives: LitWorld Holiday Book Drive
Just one book can change a life. Imagine what a difference that one book would make if it were put in the hands of a little girl or boy who had never before held a picture book, let alone had one for their very own. You can make that possible through LitWorld’s annual Holiday Book… Read more »
The Wheels on This Bus …
Ha ha ha. For some strange age-induced, hard-drive-overload, blocked-childhood reason, it never occurred to me that the title of my latest picture book is the repeating stanza of the song I sang to my kids endlessly. YIKES! Here’s the PM announcement: Author of TOO PURPLEY! and TOO PICKLEY! Jean Reidy’s ALL THROUGH THE TOWN, with… Read more »
Picture Book Peek: Critique and Copies for a Cause!!!
Bridget Zinn’s family and friends are stepping up again with another auction to help Bridget in her battle with cancer. My Thanksgiving Picture Book Peek Week will be a part of this auction. I’ll be donating one fiction picture book (up to 1000 words) manuscript critique as well as signed copies of TOO PURPLEY! and… Read more »
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