Happy book birthday to The Tree of Life! 🌳
Happy book birthday to The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Alianna Rozentveig.
The book earned a starred review from The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, which said, ★ "Focusing the narrative on the tree that came to be known as Etz Chaim, the Tree of Life, Boxer threads the delicate needle of keeping hope alight while also writing with age-appropriate frankness about the horrors of the Holocaust and the reckoning with its aftermath. This sensitive depiction of the experience of Terezin’s children is an essential addition to classroom collections andcurricula."
Learn more about the book and buy it here. (affiliate link)
Mark your calendars for February 7, 2024 — it’s World Read Aloud Day!
LitWorld started World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) in 2010 to honor the power and joy of reading. To celebrate, authors and illustrators come together each year to offer virtual classroom visits around the world.
Several Soaring ‘20s authors and illustrators still have spots available. Click here to read on.
Welcome back to our series, 20 QUESTIONS!,
where we answer questions about writing, reading, and author life.
(Note that we enjoy the series so much we’ve decided to just keep the questions coming!)
This month’s question:
What book are you looking forward to in 2024? (Not your own)
“Round and Round the Year We Go by Carter Higgins (Neal Porter Books). I love Carter’s unique perspective on patterns and I can’t wait to see how she handles the cyclical routines of a calendar year.”
—Candy Wellins, author of A GEODUCK IS NOT A DUCK, illustrated by Ellie Peterson (Little Bigfoot, 2024)
Candy Wellins
Read more about the books we are looking forward to here.
Mark your calendars...
California
March 2 from 11:20 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. Pacific.“Crank Up the Curiosity: Strategies to Ignite a Love Of Nonfiction in Young Readers with Kirsten W. Larson and Kristen Bott Nordstrom. Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Festival, University of Redlands, CA. Learn more and register here.
Massachusettes
March 2, 2024 @10:30 a.m. "Bears and Treats! Story Time" with authors Cathy Ballou Mealey and Carrie Finison. Read Dozens of Doughnuts and Make More S’Mores at Molly’s Bookstore, Melrose, MA
March 23, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern. Local Author Fair featuring Carrie Finison, Memorial Hall Library, Andover, MA
New Hampshire
March 29, 2024. New Hampshire School Library Media Association Spring Conference Author Panel featuring Carrie Finison. Grappone Conference Center, Concord, NH
Virtual
March 24 - August 18, 2024. Write. Submit. Support. for Nonfiction Writers with Kirsten Larson (spring semester). This is a comprehensive six-month mentorship program through The Writing Barn. Learn more and apply here.