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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: FINDING BEAUTY Plus Giveaway

Light the candles on the cake! And get ready to sing Happy Birthday to a beautiful new book that launches today!!

Written and illustrated by Talitha Shipman
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Perfect Picture Book Friday: SUNDAY RAIN Plus Giveaway

Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, dear friends. I’ve got an amazing picture book for you – it launches next month, on March 2nd. It’s beautifully diverse, filled with heart, and written by one of my favorite authors, Rosie J. Pova. And if you leave a comment and share on social media, you’ll be entered in the giveaway of some awesome swag!

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Happy Book Birthday: WHO LOVES THE DRAGON Plus Giveaway

It’s a good thing I don’t get a year older every time I sing Happy Birthday to a new book that launches!

I’m really thrilled to strike up the band for today’s birthday book and the author who is a huge supporter of the kid-lit community. Bianca Schulze is the founder and editor of The Children’s Book Review – a resource devoted to children’s literature and literacy. Bianca is also the bestselling author of 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up (an Amazon “Book of the Month” in 2016) and the highly enjoyable and interactive picture book Don’t Wake the Dragon. She is a reader, reviewer, mother, and children’s book lover. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, Bianca now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado. To learn more, visit https://www.biancaschulze.com/ and https://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/

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