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.

2019: A Look Back – A Look Ahead – A Book Blog Tour – And More

Posted on December 13, 2019 by viviankirkfield

It’s been a banner year, for sure.

We’ve had dozens and dozens of giveaways…books, picture book critiques, and more. And today we have two more:

Last month, the lovely Katrina Moore offered a copy of ONE HUG. And the lucky winner is…

CATHY STEINQUIST

And then last week, the talented Amalia Hoffman donated a copy of DREIDEL DAY. And the lucky winner is:

BETH TALMAGE

I’ll be in touch with all of you ladies!

But right now, I’m going to share my look back and a look ahead:

2019 in the numbers:

3 debut picture books

6 countries visited on a round-the-world trip

1 new book deal signed

9 school visits

4 SCBWI presentations

300 stories submitted to my #50PreciousWords Writing Contest

And so much more – here’s a little gallery of photos with some of this year’s highlights:

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Perfect Picture Book Friday: DREIDEL DAY Plus GIVEAWAY

Posted on December 6, 2019 by viviankirkfield

Hurray for December! Hurray for all of the wonderful holidays that will soon be upon us…Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza. And hurray for the potpourri of children’s books about them.

Before I share today’s Perfect Picture Book Friday, which is a wonderful board book that can help Continue reading →

NCTE – Up-Close and Personal PLUS NF Fest: An Upcoming Challenge

Posted on November 26, 2019 by viviankirkfield

Hello dear friends!

I’m out and about again…right now, in Philadelphia, enjoying a whole bunch of family time. I’m staying with a cousin who has a Thanksgiving meal planned for twenty-one people – that’s a whole lot of meal-planning, for sure!

But just a few days ago, I was in Baltimore at the #NCTE…the National Council of Teachers of English…one of the biggest and best teacher’s Continue reading →