Wow, I got back into blogging about children’s books at exactly the right time. There are so many exciting things going on. One of the biggest is Multicultural Children’s Book Day, which is scheduled for Friday January 27, 2017. If … Continue reading
Things have been quiet here at Wrapped in Foil for the last two months, but it is for a good reason, not a bad one. I just broke the 59,000 word mark on a novel I’m writing! Be prepared to … Continue reading
Our next picture book biography nominated for a 2015 Cybils award in the Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction category, is the moving and powerful Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate. Those of us who are interested in … Continue reading
For the last day in our series on African-American ballerinas, we are emphasizing the “picture” in picture book with the illustrious photography of Susan Kuklin in Beautiful Ballerina by Marilyn Nelson. This book features photographs of four real girls from the … Continue reading