Happy Book Birthday: WHERE WILDFLOWERS GROW Plus Giveaway

I always love singing Happy Birthday to new books…and especially when they are debut books for new authors…like WHERE WILDFLOWERS GROW by Hà Dinh, illustrated by Bao Luu, published by Waterbrook. This is such a beautiful story…and Hà Dinh is a beautiful writer…in fact, the entry she submitted for the 2021 #50PreciousWords won spot #1.

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BARRY WITTENSTEIN: Will Write for Cookies Plus Giveaway

WILL WRITE AND ILLUSTRATE FOR COOKIES

INSIGHT – INFORMATION – INSPIRATION

FOR WRITERS, ILLUSTRATORS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS,
AND BOOK LOVERS EVERYWHERE

TODAY’S GUEST

BARRY WITTENSTEIN
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Perfect Picture Book Friday: YOU GO FIRST Plus Giveaway

Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, dear friends! Here comes another book from a dear kid-lit friend, Ariel Bernstein. I met Ariel when my first book, Sweet Dreams, Sarah was supposed to come out in 2017 and I joined the Picture the Books 2017 debut picture book author group. Of course, it turned out that my book was pushed back, first to 2018 and then to 2019. But the other members invited me to stay in the group – and I did. And guess who some of those other members were: Andrea Lonely, Marcie Colleen, Katey Howes, Chana Steifel, Carter Higgins, Jannie Ho, Annie Silvestro…and so many more with long lists of award-winning books…but that was the first year for all of them! So, dear writer friends, if you are in the trenches, searching for an agent or waiting for that first book deal, please take heart…every published author didn’t have any books until they did.
And I know you are going to love this new one, YOU GO FIRST!

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