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Picture Book Debuts 2018

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A Book Birthday Filled with Gratitude

Today is Porcupine's Birthday!

Half Marathon or Picture Book Publication?

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A Book Birthday Filled with Gratitude

I am so thrilled to be celebrating the book birthday for my debut picture book, BEFORE YOU SLEEP: A BEDTIME BOOK OF GRATITUDE. But I am...

Today is Porcupine's Birthday!

I am so thrilled to be celebrating my very first book birthday! But Porcupine isn't a newborn today. She's not even one or two. Would you...

Half Marathon or Picture Book Publication?

Which is easier, running a half marathon or publishing a children's book? In my situation, I think running a half-marathon was easier! ...

Book Birthday Blog: I’d Like to Thank . . . REJECTION!

Look! It’s a book! I can’t believe it’s mine. Actually, one could reasonably argue it isn’t. By the time a picture book gets released, so...

SETTING WRITING GOALS YOU CAN REACH

A vital part of successful writing is setting writing goals. This may sound straightforward, but it’s not quite as simple as you might...

Happy Book Birthday to Cloud Conductor!

Kellie Byrnes is thrilled that her first book, a children’s picture book titled Cloud Conductor, is now available! Kellie is a freelance...

Happy Book Birthday!

Kaye Baillie’s chapter books, Diving at the Pool and Train Music (Cengage Learning) were published many years ago for the educational...

Why Getting Published is Like Winning the Lottery... and Why It's Not

The publishing world is tough. So tough that it seems like the chances of being published are the same as winning the lottery. This is...

Salamander Sky Emerges

Today, our new picture book, Salamander Sky emerges into the world. But really, it's been a long time coming. I wrote the poem that...

Happy Book Birthday!

Hello Fellow Kidlit fans, Today is the day my debut picture book How the Finch Got His Colors is released! I’ve waited two years for this...

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