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Winner Announcement 3/27/25

Congratulations to Natalia Cobelli winner of the giveaway from author Alison McGauley a copy of KENZIE’S LITTLE TREE, illustrated by Emilie Leduc! Thank you Alison for sharing this beautiful story and for the giveaway. Natalia, please email me at Ljrwritenow @ Gmail.com with your mailing address. Readers, please take time write reviews, tell friends aboutContinue reading “Winner Announcement 3/27/25”

Talking to kids about wildfires

Talking to kids about Wildfires In the aftermath of the LA fires, I offered to chat with some people to share my experience to help children navigate these scary situations. Here’s my interview with Founder & CEO of Little Justice Leaders, Shelby Kretz, Ph.D.  I’m grateful for the opportunity.

Welcome Author Alison McGauley – Giveaway Alert

Today I am happy to share my interview with debut author Alison McGauley who has written a book that truly comes from her heart and will absolutely touch yours when you read it! You have one more week to preorder KENZIE’S LITTLE TREE, illustrated by Emilie Leduc, available wherever books are sold on 3/11/2025. KENZIE’SContinue reading “Welcome Author Alison McGauley – Giveaway Alert”

Winner Announcement 1/30/25

Today I’m announcing the winner of the giveaway of Lesléa Newman’s incredible book JOYFUL SONG: A Naming Story, illustrated by Susan Gal and published by Arthur Levine. If you watched the American Library Awards on Monday, which is like the Academy Awards for those of us in children’s publishing, you saw that this amazing bookContinue reading “Winner Announcement 1/30/25”

Welcome Author Lesléa Newman – Giveaway Alert

Today it is an honor to share my interview with Lesléa Newman, an author I’ve admired for many years. When I was teaching, I created memories with my students while we read a few of her award-winning books. And now I have the opportunity to share her book JOYFUL SONG: A NAMING STORY, illustrated byContinue reading “Welcome Author Lesléa Newman – Giveaway Alert”

Friendsgiving Winners Announcement 12/3/24

There are so many wonderful things about the writing community and being able to share book joy on my social media and giveaways here on my blog. If you only follow my blog, you may not know that I spent the week before Thanksgiving in Boston. I spent the beginning of the week with LisaContinue reading “Friendsgiving Winners Announcement 12/3/24”

PictureBookGold Friendsgiving Giveaway

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 onContinue reading “PictureBookGold Friendsgiving Giveaway”

Winner Announcement 11/3/24

Congratulations to Karen McChesney you are the winner of author Danielle Sharkan’s picture book manuscript critique! Thank you Danielle for being on the blog. Karen, please email me at ljrwritenow @ gmail.com and I’ll connect you with Danielle so that you can coordinate details. Dear readers, I am organizing a group giveaway in November andContinue reading “Winner Announcement 11/3/24”