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Announcing the release of Leaping Lemmings! September 6, 2016! Just because it looks very cool: Leaping Lemmings! in Mandarin. Announcing the release of Pete Seeger, The People’s Singer … Continue reading
Making Sense of Your Book’s Readability Statistics
Is your picture book really written at an 8th-grade level? You’ve just completed your first picture book. Congratulations! Now you run it through the spell-checker to see if it’s a … Continue reading
Mary Dyer’s Impact on the First Amendment
Sunday, May 25th, was the 227th anniversary of the Constitutional Convention. It’s not one of those anniversaries that’s easy to remember, like the 200th (1987), but it’s worth remembering because … Continue reading
Thoughts on Rush Limbaugh’s Win as (Gulp!) Children’s Author of the Year
Was children’s literature really damaged? It came as a bit of a shock in the passive, upbeat and immensely caring world of children’s publishing last Wednesday when Rush Limbaugh was … Continue reading
The Best Moms in Children’s Books
Children’s books are often filled with traditional families and loving parents, but even in that world of positive role models, a few moms stand out. So here’s a (short) list … Continue reading
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