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,
Kate Hosford’s book, Feeding the Flying Fanellis and Other Poems from a Circus Chef, illustrated by Cosei Kawa (Carolrhoda, 2015), is a complete delight.
The concept of combining cooking with circus is genius. Both activities are popular with and appealing to kids,
Check out the book trailer for Little Tree by Loren Long (Philomel, 2015). From the promotional copy:
In the middle of a little forest, there lives a Little Tree who loves his life and the splendid leaves that keep him cool in the heat of long summer days.
Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vera B. Williams, 88, Dies; Brought Working Class to Children’s Books by Margalit Fox from The New York Times. Peek “Vera B. Williams, a writer and illustrator for young people whose picture books centered on the lives of working-class families, a highly unusual subject when she began her work in the 1970s,
From the team behind Mine! (Knopf, 2011)
Check out the book trailer for Uh-Oh! by Shutta Crum, illustrated by Patrice Barton (Knopf, 2015). From the promotional copy:
A charming summer story that’s just right for toddlers, from the team behind the critically acclaimed picture book “Mine.”
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Check out the book trailer for Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by Rob Dunlavey (Atheneum, 2015). From the promotional copy: Counting has never been this much fun or this jazzy!
Count along with the cool crows in this book trailer sung by Laurel Kathleen with music by Cooper Appelt.
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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.
Matt Phelan is the first-time author of Druthers (Candlewick, 2014). From the promotional copy:
With warmth and humor, award-winning author-illustrator Matt Phelan follows a child as she leads her daddy on some rainy-day flights of fancy.
It’s raining and raining and raining,
By Dianne White
I haven’t always been a writer – at least not in the way I assume my friends who write must have been as children growing up.
I never wrote stories I couldn’t wait to share with my parents and teachers; I was not the kid who stapled lined pages together to write and illustrate my own books;
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Miriam and Lucy
Miriam Busch is the first-time author of
Lion, Lion, illustrated by Larry Day (Balzer & Bray, 2014). From the promotional copy:
A little boy is looking for Lion.
Lion is looking for lunch.
