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REVIEW: How to Make Friends with the Dark #YA novel by Kathleen Glasgow

March 5, 2019 Marti Johnson

One of the things I like best about being a writer actively involved in critique groups is the opportunity to review ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies).

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Through Another’s Eyes: Review of BORN SCARED by Kevin Brooks

September 11, 2018 Marianne Knowles

I received an Advanced Reader Copy of the U.S. edition in return for an honest review. Thirteen-year-old Elliot lives in constant fear of everything. Some

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Book Review: That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnson YA

July 20, 2018 Alison Potoma

That Inevitable Victorian Thing, a YA novel by E.K. Johnson is delightfully historically mind-bending. The premise: What if Queen Victoria I persevered and grew the British

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Interview of talented author and teacher, Susanna Leonard Hill

July 18, 2017 Kirsti Call

I discovered Susanna Leonard Hill’s blog when I first began writing children’s books.   I loved her Perfect Picture Book posts and I was even

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Picture Book-Storybook Hybrid? YES, Please!

March 31, 2017 Carrie Charley Brown

You say you love picture books, but you’re ready to venture into chapter books? Look no further! Princess Cora and the Crocodile, a picture book-storybook hybrid, just arrived and features the best of both worlds. The reader will not be disappointed by the Newbery/Caldecott winning pair of Laura Amy Schlitz and Brian Floca.

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Love Picture Books? Three New Releases you Must Read

February 7, 2017 Kirsti Call

I firmly believe that picture books are for everyone.  In my work as a marriage and family therapist I utilize bibliotherapy (the use of books

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World of Books: Turkey and Germany

January 6, 2017 Joyce Audy Zarins

As we start this new year 2017 of writing and illustrating books, consider all the children of this earth. Universal themes underlie the best stories

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Book Review: BIG MAGIC: Creative Living Beyond Fear

January 3, 2017 Marianne Knowles

I didn’t expect to read about being creative over my holiday vacation week. I expected to BE creative, to do some writing during a family

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World of Books: Picture Books from Cuba

December 2, 2016 Joyce Audy Zarins

  Recently I traveled almost the length of Cuba on a people to people, educational tour, something only possible recently because I am an American.

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7 Reasons Why Everyone Should Read Award Winning EVERY LAST WORD by Tamara Ireland Stone

February 16, 2016 Kirsti Call

1. Sam is an authentic teenaged girl with OCD who has successfully hidden her condition from her friends. She spends every second worrying about how

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Ish, A Fantastic Picture Book

April 11, 2014 Carol Gordon Ekster

By Carol Ekster I read everything I can about children’s books – the SCBWI Bulletin, Children’s Writers Magazine, kidlit blogs, Publisher’s Weekly, etc., so I

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