Check out the cover for Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness by Donna Janell Bowman, illustrated by Daniel Minter (Lee & Low, 2016). From the promotional copy:
A horse that can read, write, spell, and do math?
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Author Interview: Heather Lang on Fearless Flyer & Writing Strong Women
Visit Heather Lang’s official author site & @Hblang
Congratulations on your new picture book biography Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine (Calkins Creek, 2016) and the starred reviews from Booklist and School Library Journal!
I was captivated by your account of Ruth Law’s record-breaking flight from Chicago to New York City one hundred years ago,
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Author Interview: Deborah Hopkinson on Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig
What was your initial inspiration for writing Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig, illustrated by Charlotte Voake (Schwartz & Wade, 2016)?
Actually, several years ago my agent, Steven Malk, mentioned that it might be fun to do a book about Beatrix Potter.
Author Tonya Bolden to Receive 2016 Nonfiction Award from Children’s Book Guild of Washington, D.C.
From The Children’s Book Guild of Washington, D.C.
The Nonfiction Award Committee announces the selection of noted and prolific author Tonya Bolden as the award’s next recipient. The Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award is presented annually to an author for a body of work that has “contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children.”
Guest Interview: Kate Hosford & Cynthia Levinson: Children’s Authors & Circus Fans (Part III)
By Kate Hosford & Cynthia Levinson
Earlier this week, we interviewed each other about our respective new circus-themed book releases.
Don’t miss the interview about Cynthia’s Watch Out for Flying Kids! How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community (Peachtree,
Guest Interview: Kate Hosford & Cynthia Levinson: Children’s Authors & Circus Fans (Part II)
By Kate Hosford
Cynthia Levinson’s book Watch Out for Flying Kids! How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community (Peachtree, 2015) is an in-depth look at the world of social circus —a movement that brings kids from different cultures together to perform.
Cynthia follows the story lines of nine kids in two circuses: Circus Harmony in St.
New Voice: Laura Woollett on Big Top Burning: The True Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and The Greatest Show On Earth
Laura A. Woollett is the first-time author of Big Top Burning: The True Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and The Greatest Show On Earth (Chicago Review Press, 2015). From the promtional copy:
Big Top Burning investigates the 1944 Hartford circus fire and invites readers to take part in a critical evaluation of the evidence
The fire broke out at 2:40 p.m.
Interview: Author Erin Hagar & Illustrator Joanna Gorham on Julia Child: An Extraordinary Life in Words and Pictures
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.
Guest Post: Janet Nolan on PB&J Hooray! Your Sandwich’s Amazing Journey from Farm to Table
By Janet Nolan
I admit it.
I have a favorite sandwich. It’s peanut butter and jelly.
Loved it when I was a kid, and I still do.
So, when I first started thinking about writing a picture book that examined where our food comes from, I didn’t have to look any further than the ingredients in my favorite sandwich: peanut butter,
Guest Post: Candace Fleming on The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
I first read Robert K. Massie’s Nicholas and Alexandra (Atheneum, 1967) the summer between my seventh and eighth grade year after pulling it off my mother’s bookshelf.
“You’re not going to like that,” she warned. “It’s pretty dense history.”
She was right.