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Colleen Paeff
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The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
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Firefly Song: Lynn Frierson Faust and the Great Smoky Mountain Discovery
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From Idea to Book: Writing a Picture Book About Rescuing Puffins in Iceland’s Westman Islands
I often find ideas for books in something I’m reading or someplace I’m visiting, but every once in a while, an idea is gifted to me by a friend. That’s what happened on March 28, 2023, when I received an email from my friend, and fellow author, Caroline Hatton, with a subject line that read, “Your next PB?” The email linked to this article:
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| You can’t go wrong with a good Halloween book, but one with interactive elements that puts readers in the middle of the action? Even better! I read this to a group of preschoolers and they were giggling, cheering, and having so much fun. Highly recom ...more | |
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| So much more than a counting book! Not only does this book offer a chance to count in many different ways (by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s), it also gives snippets of factual information about each of the animals that are being counted. Then it offers back ma ...more | |
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| Enough to Share is the kind of book that could make an environmentalist out of anyone (of any age!). It tells the true story of what’s happening in the Great Bear Rain Forest of B.C., Canada, by showing the impact of over-fishing, logging, and climat ...more | |
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| This awe-inspiring book is packed with information in both the text and the illustrations. Educators and parents will appreciate the layered text that allows younger readers to simply enjoy the gorgeous pictures and the main text, told in perfect rhy ...more | |
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| When Nunu’s big emotions sweep her out to sea, she finds solace – and a way home – by creating friends to keep her company on her long journey. Isabella Kung’s beautiful book, NUNU AND THE SEA, will help young readers see that though emotions can be ...more | |
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| Abi Cushman is a master of hilarious read-alouds for kids and PENGUINS DON’T WEAR PANTS is no exception. It has humor, absurdity, a cookie recipe (!!), penguins doing all kinds of un-penguin like activities, asteroids, and more. This book is bound to ...more | |
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| I am in love with this quiet beautiful book. The combination of Angela Kunkel’s spare and lyrical text with the E.B. Goodales soft, almost misty illustrations perfectly capture the magic of an early morning excursion to witness one of nature’s great ...more | |
“Writing is a miserable, awful business. Stay with it. It is better than anything in the world”
― This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
― This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
“It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.”
― Bel Canto
― Bel Canto
“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
― Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews, 2nd Series
― Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews, 2nd Series
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