Happy Mother’s Day – And Happy #50PreciousWordsforKids


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

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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Perfect Picture Book Friday: I WILL ALWAYS BE

Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, dear friends.
This has been a busy blog week…We had posts on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and now, Friday. Plus, I am the guest blogger over at the Official SCBWI blog for the month of May – and my first post went live yesterday: https://scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/05/just-do-it-why-i-love-writing-contests.html it’s a 5-minute read and so I hope you’ll pop over there after you read this wonderful Perfect Picture Book Friday post:

Truly, our country and our world are facing challenging times…and books like today’s feature, I WILL ALWAYS BE, are more important than ever. And we are so lucky because author Rebecca Levington stopped by to share a bit about the story behind the story.

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