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About viviankirkfield

Writer for children - Reader forever - Mom of 3, educator, author of FOUR OTTERS TOBOGGAN: AN ANIMAL COUNTING BOOK (PomegranateKids, PIPPA'S PASSOVER PLATE (Holiday House), SWEET DREAMS, SARAH (Creston Books); MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD: THE INSPIRING FRIENDSHIP OF ELLA FITZGERALD AND MARILYN MONROE (Little Bee Books); FROM HERE TO THERE: INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WAY THE WORLD MOVES (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jan 19, 2021); PEDAL, BALANCE, STEER: Annie Londonderry, First Woman to Bike Around the World (Calkins Creek/Astra, Feb 20, 2024) picture book junkie, lover of travel, hiking, fly-fishing, cooking, and playing Monopoly with my grandson.

Happy Book Birthday: WHEN YOU FIND A HOPE

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It’s that joyful time again, dear friends! It’s time to sing Happy Bithday to a brand new book!

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Happy Mother’s Day – And Happy #50PreciousWordsforKids

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Happy Mother’s Day to every person who fills that role – moms, grandmothers, teachers, babysitters, daycare providers, neighbors…and yes…sometimes dads!

My daughter and grandson – 16 years ago!
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Cover Reveal: DARK SKIES – Another #50PreciousWords Success Story

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Hello dear friends! Today we have one of my favorite posts…a book cover reveal. And it’s especially meaningful to me because this story was a #50PreciousWords prize winner in 2023. Read on to find out exactly how this happened – author Lindsey Hobson stopped by to chat with us. PLUS, I’m also attaching the flyer for #50PreciousWordsforKids because today is the first day of Children’s Book Week – and as always, I’m inviting parents and teachers to email me their children’s stories which will be posted on my blog for Mother’s Day next Sunday.
But for now, let’s welcome Lindsey!

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