Tag Archive | children’s books
Tips for Indie Authors: All You Never Wanted to Know about the Dash and a Giveaway
Originally posted on Jennie Sherwin:
? ? In the thirty plus years that I’ve been editing the drafts of other writers, I’ve found the dash in its many forms to be the most misunderstood mark of punctuation. First of all, there is more than one type of dash. Second, each type is used for a…
Staff Spotlight July: Merrilee!
Originally posted on BookPeople:
Merrilee’s spotlight display in BookKids for the month of July. ~post by Merrilee Like Ellen did in April, for my turn in the staff spotlight, I spent a certain amount of time thinking of a theme. I got a great idea, changed my mind, changed it again, thought of something else…
Cynthia Leitich Smith: “This Book is For You”
Originally posted on BookPeople:
Guest Post by Austin Author Cynthia Leitich Smith This is the second week in a series of author guest posts about diversity in children’s literature and the BookPeople Modern First Library initiative. For more about BookPeople’s Modern First Library initiative, and for more recommendations of wonderful new and classic picture books to read, visit…
Modern First Library Guest Post: Cynthia Leitich Smith
Originally posted on BookPeople:
Guest Post by Austin Author Cynthia Leitich Smith This is the second week in a series of author guest posts about diversity in children’s literature and the BookPeople Modern First Library initiative. Author Chris Barton shared his thoughts last week here and here. For more about BookPeople’s Modern First Library initiative, and for more recommendations…
A Modern First Library List from Chris Barton
Originally posted on BookPeople:
Guest Post by Austin Author Chris Barton ___________________________________ I can’t promise that the titles on my list for Modern First Library will sound as fresh to parents on their twentieth reading as they do on their first one. But in putting my list together, I strove to remember how fun it…
Introducing BookPeople’s Modern First Library
Originally posted on BookPeople:
~post by BookPeople’s Children’s Book Buyer, Meghan G. I am thrilled to announce the launch of BookPeople’s Modern First Library initiative. Under the banner of this program, we will be featuring a broad range of books, new and old, that we think belong on the shelves of the very youngest readers.…
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