PictureBookGold Friendsgiving Giveaway

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I’m very excited to share a special Friendsgiving post full of book joy with some friends from my promotion group PictureBookGold! Each of us is offering a book giveaway as we give reflect on what we are thankful for and what we are looking forward to in the year ahead.

As always, please comment on the post to enter the giveaway and share on your social media to help us spread the word to share book joy for these fantastic books and the generous authors.

Laura Roettiger

I’m thankful for all the wonderful friends and support in the writing community and especially this week as I’m lucky to spend time with Lisa Rogers and will meet so many of my virtual friends in person at the NCTE conference in Boston! And of course, I’m grateful for all of the love my new book, An Accidental Hero: A Mostly True Wombat Story received in 2024 from reviewers and friends.

In 2025 Book-wise, I’m looking forward to meeting more readers and visiting schools. Otherwise, I’m looking forward to more time with Charlie and his friends, some travel, and hopefully some productive writing and maybe book news.

Songju Daemicke

I’m thankful for the support of my family, friends, and writing community.  I’m thankful for the six weeks of wonderful time I had in China this summer with my siblings and old friends. I’m also thankful for good health and the beautiful places I traveled.

In 2025, I’m looking forward to sharing Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope (to be released on 3/6/2025) with the world. I’m also looking forward to spending time with my family, especially my first grandson, due in December.  Grace Lee Boggs was an incredible personality, an influential thinker, philosopher, and an inspiring social activist, who lived to be 100. So proud to be able to tell the story of one of her most famous endeavors. Today, I would love to share one of her wise quotes, “The only way to survive is by taking care of one another.”

Jill Dana Author of Butternut & The Flying Butter illustrated by Anusha Santosha
Jill Dana

I am thankful for so much in my life.  If I narrow it down and focus on the book world, I’m thankful for the children’s book community (including you Laura), for readers, for my books, for everyone I’ve collaborated with, for the inspirations behind the Butternut series including young readers, nature, food, everyone who works to provide food for us, and more… On a personal level, I do want to add that I’m thankful for my family, my friends, my home and I could go on and on…  I am very grateful.

In reference to my books in 2025, I am looking forward to more Butternut books on the way.  BUTTERNUT & BOBO (book 4 of the series) is available in Singapore and several other countries already.  And, I can’t wait for readers in the U.S. to get the opportunity to read it in 2025.  Plus, there are Butternut series paperback editions that are in the works.  And, another project that is not in Butternut’s supermarket world, that is in the works too.  It’s a dog story and I’m a huge dog fan.  Lots to look forward too!

Judith Valdéz B and her book Ofrenda for Perro illustrated by Carlos Vélez Aguilera
Judith Valdéz B

I am thankful for the opportunities to work on creative projects and collaborate with other talented creatives this year and look forward to creating more stories in 2025.

Lisa Rogers and her beautiful book Beautiful Noise: The Music of John Cage illustrated by Il Sung Na
Lisa Rogers

I am thankful for my hound’s loud, noisy, and beautiful music, and I look forward to sharing three inspiring new books with young readers in 2025!

Published by authorlaurablog

I'm a reading specialist and award winning educator from Chicago. While living in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado for nine years, I spent time hiking on the trails with my Goldendoodle Charlie and friends, writing, working in a literacy program at the Boulder Public Library, and mentoring writers and teachers. I love visiting schools. My books combine STEM and Kindness. "Aliana Reaches for the Moon" a picture book that draws inspiration from the moon and the curiosity of children, inviting children to be creative, explore, and experiment. "An Accidental Hero: A Mostly True Wombat Story" a picture book told in the form of a newscast which skillfully balances the serious subject of forest fires with compassion and humor to help children navigate this important topic through the real events of 2020. I moved to Northern New Jersey in 2025 and am working on new projects.

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  11. Happy Thanksgiving! I’m so thankful for amazing kidlit authors who create books like these to share with young readers to show them the joy in being a reader!

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