Happy Book Birthday: IF ANIMALS TRIED TO BE KIND Plus Double Giveaway

I’m definitely dancing for the launch of two new board books from one of the kid lit community’s favorite people! Ann Whitford Paul’s Writing Picture Books: A Hands On Guide From Story Creation to Publication was the FIRST book on the craft of writing that I read! How about you?

But Ann is a prolific writer of picture books and board books, too! Did you know that? And these two new ones are part of a fabulous series sure to delight all the littles you know.

This one launched on August 2nd:

Written by Ann Whitford Paul – Illustrated by David Walker – Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux
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SUE LOWELL GALLION: Will Write for Cookies PLUS Giveaway

WILL WRITE FOR COOKIES

 

Plate of Cookies

INSIGHT – INFORMATION – INSPIRATION

FOR WRITERS

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TODAY’S GUEST

SUE LOWELL GALLION

I hadn’t taken a picture book writing class since 2014, but last year I noticed that Marcie Colleen was going to be teaching an online Writing Barn course entitled: The Heart and Humor of Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Little did I know that Continue reading