Tag: picture books

We’ve Got the 2019 Caldecotts (And Lots of Other Award Winners)

February 2, 2019 Activism, Booklists, Children's Books, Events and Celebrations , , , , ,

I went to ALA Midwinter while it was happening in Seattle last weekend, and it was amazing to walk the exhibits space and just see so many great books. I’m not as current with what’s happening in children’s lit since I left teaching, and I really miss it. I love being a full time, working writer, but…I love children’s books, and I love sharing them with kids. I was at ALA on Sunday, and then Monday morning they held the ALA Youth Media Awards, where they announce all the big winners in kidlit. This is what I watch every year for the announcement of the Newbery and Caldecott books, and then I immediately buy all of the Caldecotts for H’s collection–we have them all for every year of her life, plus the year I was pregnant (and lots of other years because I just love Caldecott books). I also picked up a lot of the other award winners announced on Monday, and by Tuesday they’d all arrived.

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Corduroy Quilt for Cloud9 Fabrics

August 15, 2016 Children's Books, Quilting Stuff, Sewing , , ,

Earlier this summer Cloud9 Fabrics asked if I would make a Corduroy version of the Easy Peasy Quilt I did for their Knuffle Bunny fabric collection. The Corduroy line of prints just launched this month, and the quilt is now up on their site! I don’t think this stops being exciting, it’s just really cool to see something you’ve made out in the world like that.

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Pete the Cat with Kindergarten

February 25, 2015 Children's Books, Teaching , , , ,

I spent the end of January and half of February reading James Dean and Eric Litwin’s Pete the Cat books, singing Pete the Cat songs, and making Pete the Cat pictures with the kindergarteners. I love the Pete the Cat!!!

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What We’re Reading at Home This Week, 2/17/15

February 17, 2015 Booklists ,

This should really be titled what I’m reading at home this week. And actually, it was last week. Anyway, H hasn’t been in much of a mood to try new books, although she is still reaching for some of the Caldecotts we just bought. These are three I’d checked out of the library for her, but I really enjoyed them myself. Two of them were on a lot of Mock Caldecott lists as contenders this year.

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Halloween Books

October 20, 2009 Children's Books , , , ,

I thought I’d get into the spirit of the season with some Halloween books since I haven’t done a booklist in a while. My booklists are no longer as comprehensively long as when I worked at the public library, but judging by my books read count so far this year (down 137 books from 2008 right now) this is because I have less time to read than in the past. But I make up for it with class activities (I hope).

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