Perfect Picture Book Friday: THE OLDEST STUDENT – How Mary Walker Learned to Read PLUS Giveaway

Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, dear friends! This is the FIRST post of the new year!

I’m so excited about this book…for many reasons. The subject of the story is an amazing woman! The author and her publisher are generously offering a copy of the book as a giveaway! And the text and illustrations are INCREDIBLE! You are in for a real treat. Continue reading

12 Days of Christmas – SUCCESSES of 2019

Children’s author Julie Hedlund, challenged participants of her 12 Days of Christmas for Writers series to post SUCCESSES (rather than resolutions) on our blogs this year. She believes the way New Year’s resolutions are traditionally made come from a place of negativity – what DIDN’T get done or achieved in the previous year.  Instead, she suggests we set goals for the New Year that BUILD on our achievements from the previous one. I decided to participate in this Anti-Resolution Revolution! Here is my list for 2019. Continue reading

Cover Reveal: NO PARTY POOPERS

It’s holiday time…and that means it’s party time.

Perhaps you love celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanza. Or maybe you get wild, whirling noisemakers and watching the ball drop at Times Square. Whatever way you party, I’m sure that no matter what, you absolutely positively don’t want to have any Party Poopers at your place.

Did someone say Party Poopers? Definitely NOT. What I say is…

A COVER REVEAL FOR:

Look at this cover! So much going on here…just like at Continue reading