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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish People I’d Like to Meet
I’ve been really lucky to meet a lot of amazing authors at conferences across the country. I also “know” a lot of authors, illustrators, and other bookish people on social media. But, for today’s Top Ten Tuesday post, I pulled together a list of people I’d love to meet and…
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2023 YA Debut Titles (August – December)
Today is the final post in my series featuring debut authors this month. You’ll see that in this list there isn’t as much information available and that’s to be expected – right now publishers are focusing on titles being published before summer sets in. Just a special note about this…
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2023 YA Debut Titles (May – July)
Today I’m sharing YA debut titles for summer reading! There are literally so many debut titles being published, I had to break down the lists in a weird way so these blog posts weren’t forever long! Make sure to take a look at the YA debut titles being released at…
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2023 YA Debut Titles (January – April)
I’m back again with even more debut authors! This time for the 2023 YA Debut Titles (January – April). There are so many YA authors publishing for the first time this year that I had to break the content up into three separate posts. So, don’t forget to stop back…
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2023 Debut Picture Book Authors
It’s my favorite time of the year when my TBR list grows exponentially with all the amazing new books being published this year. For the past few years, I’ve made it a goal of mine to share debut authors’ and illustrators’ works. It is extremely difficult to get published and…
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Cover Reveal for The Great Caper Caper by Josh Funk and Brendan Kearney
I am so excited about today’s post! I’ve known Josh for a few years having first met him on social media and then later getting to hang out at the Princeton Children’s Book Festival together. Josh is an absolutely fantastic writer and can rhyme just about everything (and do it…
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Debut Middle Grade, June-December 2022
As promised, here’s part two of the debut middle grade list! Don’t miss the first half of the list on yesterday’s post. And ;ast week I posted a list of debut picture books, so definitely don’t miss all those great titles. Today, I’m sharing my second list of middle grade…
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Debut Middle Grade, January-May 2022
I’m so excited! There are literally so many debut middle grade titles being released this year that I had to break this post into two! But let’s take a step back for a minute. Last week I posted a list of debut picture books, so definitely don’t miss all those…
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2022 Debut Picture Books
These are some of my most favorite posts! I love sharing brand-new books, especially from debut authors. Publishing a book is a HUGE accomplishment. And as a debut author and/or illustrator it can be hard to be heard through all the book news. In other words, there are thousands of…
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RIP Jerry Pinkney
The children’s literature world received another crushing blow yesterday with the news that Jerry Pinkney has passed away. Pinkney, the patriarch of the Pinkney dynasty was a prolific illustrator creating over 100 books during his lifetime. Pinkney’s wife, two of his sons and their wives are also writers and illustrators…
