Shark Girl has a black cloud following her. (Or is she following it? I couldn't tell!) When I met her at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Cincinnati, she seemed just like a fish out of water.
Read moreMaya Angelou's Great Books for Children - by Little Bear
Did you know that the great poet Maya Angelou wrote for children, too? She wrote one of my favorite picture books, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me"!
Read morePicture Books in Upper Elementary - By Emily Pickard
I work in a 4th/5th grade classroom and we read picture books every day. It's especially great seeing the 5th grade boys get pulled into the cute pictures in spite of themselves.
Read moreWHY I LOVE WRITING CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS - By Laura Duksta
When I was about seven or eight years old, I learned two very important things, one, that we're all brothers and sisters, and two, because of that everyone deserves our love, even if we don't agree with or like them. I remember very clearly thinking that I was going to travel then world, meet my brothers and sisters and share this message of love.
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