Author-Illustrator Interview: Lita Judge on Born in the Wild: Baby Mammals and Their Parents

Author-Illustrator Interview: Lita Judge on Born in the Wild: Baby Mammals and Their Parents

By Cynthia Leitich Smith

From the promotional copy of Born To Be Wild: Baby Mammals and Their Parents by Lita Judge (Roaring Brook, 2014):

What do grizzly bear cubs eat? Where do baby raccoons sleep? And how does a baby otter learn to swim? 

Every baby mammal,

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Guest Post: Jane Sutcliffe on The White House is Burning & Bridging a Two-Century Gap

Guest Post: Jane Sutcliffe on The White House is Burning & Bridging a Two-Century Gap

By Jane Sutcliffe

The seed of The White House is Burning: August 24, 1814 (Charlesbridge, 2014) was planted on 9/11.

Sometime during that day, as we all tried to get a handle on what had happened, a TV reporter compared the terrorist attacks with other national tragedies like Pearl Harbor.

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