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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.

Perfect Picture Book Friday: THE LOUD LIBRARIAN Plus Giveaway

Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, dear friends. I have a special connection with today’s featured book. Some of you might know that my very first real job was working in a library while I was in college. I remember we had those big metal boxes and I had to pack them with books that had been returned to our branch of the Brooklyn Public Library…but they were originally borrowed from a different location and needed to be sent back. For me, it was magical no matter what job they gave me to do because all through my childhood, libraries were like a second home. And so, when I heard about THE LOUD LIBRARIAN, I knew it was a book I’d want to share with all of you.

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Happy Book Birthday: KITTY AND CAT: Opposites Attract Plus Giveaway

It’s time to sing Happy Birthday and welcome another new book to our shelves!

Written and illustrated by Mirka Hokkanen – Published by Candlewick
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Happy Early Book Birthday: LOVE WILL TURN YOU AROUND Plus Giveaway

Dear friends…I was SO excited to help celebrate the book birthday for LOVE WILL TURN YOU AROUND that I couldn’t wait another day!

Written by Mary Munson – Illustrated by Kate Talbot
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