By Erin Hagar & Joanna Gorham
Julia Child: An Extraordinary Life in Words and Pictures is by Erin Hagar and illustrated by Joanna Gorham (Duopress, 2015). From the promotional copy:
Julia Child knew how to have fun, and she also knew how to whip up a delightful meal.
Happy Monday! Couldn’t make it to the Bologna Book Fair? Need a smile?
Watch this video. It won’t take long, and you’ll feel happier and more connected to the big, wide world of children’s literature.
Hello from 2015 Bologna Children’s Book Fair… by snottypig
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Congratulations to Liz Garton Scanlon on the release of her debut novel, The Great Good Summer (Beach Lane, 2015)! From the promotional copy:
Ivy and Paul hatch a secret plan to find Ivy’s missing mom and say good-bye to the space shuttle.
Ivy Green’s mama has gone off with a charismatic preacher called Hallelujah Dave to The Great Good Bible Church of Panhandle Florida.
Courtesy of Jesse Gainer
Director, Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award
The Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award will be celebrating its 20th anniversary Sept. 25 and Sept. 26. In addition to showcasing exemplary Mexican American children’s and young adult literature, the program strives to share examples of powerful ways to engage young people in culturally responsive teaching and learning with the award winning literature.
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I will always remember the first time I had a panic attack.
I was in fifth grade, in the middle of a math lesson, and I don’t remember what triggered the attack, although I assume it had something to do with the fact that I was in the middle of a math lesson.
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Danica Davidson is the first-time author of
Escape from the Overworld (Skyhorse, 2015). From the promotional copy:
Eleven-year-old Stevie, who comes from a long line of Steves, doesn’t feel as if he fits in the Minecraft world. His father is great at building and fighting off zombies,
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Reem Faruqi is the first-time author of Lailah’s Lunchbox, illustrated by Lea Lyon (Tilbury House, 2015). From the promotional copy:
Lailah is in a new school in a new country, thousands of miles from her old home,
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Chukfi Rabbit’s Big, Bad Bellyache: A Trickster Tale by Greg Rodgers (Choctaw)(Cinco Puntos, 2013) won the children’s division of the Oklahoma Book Award. Note: Finders Keepers by Roy Deering (RoadRunner) won the YA division. See more information about the Oklahoma Book Awards.
I remember the day I finished my first middle-grade novel, The Battle of Darcy Lane (Running Press, 2014), pretty vividly. I sat there for a minute, stared out the window of my office, and thought: “Now I need a new middle-grade idea.”
So I started to root around my brain for inspiration by asking myself the question,
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Sarah McGuire is the first-time author of Valiant (Egmont/Lerner, 2015). From the promotional copy:
Reggen still sings about the champion, the brave tailor. This is the story that is true.
Saville despises the velvets and silks that her father prizes far more than he’s ever loved her.
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