Light the candles! Get ready to sing! It’s a Happy Book Birthday for a fabulous new picture book by one of my friends and critique buddies, Maryann Coccoa-Leffler!
One of the loveliest things about being in this kidlit community is when a friend has a new book coming out. ESPECIALLY when you’ve seen the story in it’s early draft stages!
I’m so thrilled to be sharing this special day with such a special friend…today is the birthday of SWEET DREAMS, SARAH, as well! Woo-hoo!!!
And guess what??? If you leave a comment, you will be entered into the giveaway of a copy of this fabulous brand new book!
Julie Abery and I are training to the Bologna Book Fair today…and meeting up with kidlit friend Maria and fellow Storm agency teammate, Fiona. I’ll have the opportunity to connect with some of my editors…what fun! And we’ll be seeing some of the wonderful 2019 books on display…I’ll be looking for GROWING SEASON at the Sterling Books booth and my books at Creston, Holiday House, and Pomegranate.
VIVIAN KIRKFIELD - Writer for Children 
This looks adorable! Thank you for the post. And happy book birthday to Sarah. Enjoy your adventures, Vivian!
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Sweet and poignant plot and darling illustrations make this a perfect book for young elementary students at various stages of growth (and self-consciousness). I look forward to reading it!
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What a sweet premise and illustrations! Congratulations to Maryann and congratulation to Vivian on Sweet Dreams, Sarah – another beautiful book.
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Happy book birthday to both books! These illustrations are so sweet and I love gardening, so this sounds extra fun.
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Congratulations Maryann and Vivian. I enjoy seeing all these book birthdays today.
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Congratulations to Maryann! This looks like such a sweet book.
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This book looks so adorable. And I LOVE the illustrations!! Can’t wait to get my hands on it.
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This book looks adorable. Congrats to both you and Maryann for your April book birthdays.
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This looks wonderful, Maryann. Congratulations.
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Maryann and Vivian,
Thank you for such incredible books! You are both amazing.
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Perfect season for this book birthday! Congratulations on such a cute book! Can’t wait to read it!
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Thank you for sharing this new book with us, Vivian! Maryann, this looks lovely and I can’t wait to read it. Happy book birthday! 😊
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This book looks wonderful. Thank you for sharing, Vivian. Happy book birthday to all!
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Hi Everyone! Happy SPRING & Happy GROWING SEASON! Thank you for your nice comments on my book’s BIRTH-DAY! Thanks to my friend Vivian for spreading the word. (Proud to be sharing my Book-Birthday with SWEET DREAMS SARAH!) As part of the celebration- I am giving away 10 autographed Growing Season books. Go to: http://maryanncoccaleffler.blogspot.com/ to learn more!
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Happy Book Birthday! I love the illustration style. So bright and fun!
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