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March 7, 2021October 8, 2021

#50preciouswords Challenge: Beetle Small Talk

Vivian Kirkfield hosts a children’s story writing challenge each year. The idea is to come up with a story in 50 words or less.

Of course I thought of insects.

Beetle Small Talk

By Roberta Gibson

A lightning bug is a beetle,
Flying in the night.
No worries about getting lost
It carries a flash light.

Gently touch a milkweed beetle,
It will give a squeak.
Bet you didn’t know an insect
So very small could speak.

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021

2021 ALA Youth Media Winners Announced #Kidlit

Social media is all abuzz with the 2021 ALA Youth Media award announcements.

Turns out I have picked three of the picture book winners to review this year.

The 2021 Randolph Caldecott Medal

We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade – review

Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award

RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Frank Morrison.- review

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Eric Rohmann – review

Congratulations to all the winning authors and illustrators.

Nonfiction picture books did well this year! Yay!

November 1, 2019

#Cybils2019 Nominations: A perfect place to find the best #kidlit

Nominations for Cybils Awards (Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards) are now final. You should go check them out.

If you want to encourage young people to read, the nomination lists are fabulous places to find the best children’s books from the last year, separated by reading level/genre.

If your are a children’s author, comparing lists from past years can help you find out what current trends are in children’s literature. (I see big changes in the nonfiction list compared to last year).