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First Virtual Wilde Awards Live
November 24, 2020A week ago I had the wonderful experience of presenting many of my favorite books at the 2020 Wilde Awards “Live” virtually at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill. Once again, I miraculously talked 50 favorite books in an hour! If read more »
Sneak Peek 2020 Wilde Awards
November 16, 2020This Wednesday, November 18th, at 6pm I will be revealing the 2020 Wilde Awards. That means, once again, I will do the impossible– talk almost 50 fabulous new books for babies to young adults within an hour. Here’s the read more »
Finding Home
November 14, 2020Three new books show finding home by refugees from different times and places. Below find a video that describes them all. You can support me, Indie books and children by clicking on the covers pictured below: Butterflies Belong Here: read more »
Pandemic Relief: Part 2
November 3, 2020We recently returned from a looooong drive to Green Bay, Wisconsin. Green Bay is not just the center of Covid, but home of my daughter, son-in-law and Baby Natalie. When we last saw Natalie, she couldn’t crawl. Now she’s running. read more »
Pandemic Boredom Relief for 14 months to 10 years
Here are links to the two engrossing hands-on books by Page Street Books. You can order them by clicking on their covers. This supports me, Indie bookstores, and the children with whom you share them! and
Reluctant Listener on Long-Distant Read-aloud Sessions? Humor & Hyperbole Works
October 25, 2020Right now visiting our 14-month-old granddaughter who backs up into your lap for a read-aloud at least six times a day. But what do you do if you have a reluctant read-aloud listener and worse yet are trying to read read more »
New discovery in Newbery week
October 17, 2020In February, in the week that the Caldecott and Newbery books were announced and Valentine’s Day was a smidge away, I discovered this love of a book, In a Jar by Deborah Marcero. Llewellyn collects buttercups, heart-shaped stones and sky read more »
Pandemic Reading Relief
October 11, 2020Any one who knows me, knows I’m a slow reader who avoids long books. But I’ve recently discovered a new author who can engage me, even in the midst of the reading-challenging pandemic! Proof? I leapt right from completing Alix read more »
Launching a universe: NC author’s first YA novel debuts on NYT Best Sellers list
September 25, 2020published in the News and Observer, Friday, September 25th, 2020 North Carolina author Tracy Deonn was at a loss for words Wednesday when her first young adult novel, “Legendborn,” debuted at No. 5 on The New York Times’ Best-Sellers List. read more »
Changing my possum position? New writer and new picture book deal with anxiety
I have had two wonderful fictional encounters of the possum variety in the past month that have me re-thinking my position on possums. One of my newer writers is penning an adorable book about Little Possum who wants to be read more »
