Happy book birthday to World More Beautiful by Angela Burke Kunkel!
Plus cover reveals, new book deals, and events across the country
Happy birthday to World More Beautiful by Angela Burke Kunkel, illustrated by Becca Stadtlander, a biography of Miss Rumphius creator, Barbara Cooney.
Kirkus Reviews says, “a delight to eye and ear alike, this biography provides an abundant dignity and beauty worthy of its subject. Learn more and buy it here.
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Cover reveals
New book deals
Mark your calendars...
Note: All events are in person unless otherwise indicated.
California
September 21st from 11:20 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Pacific: Join Vicky Fang at the Children's Fairyland Children's Book Festival in Oakland. Learn more here.
Connecticut
October 21 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern: Join Carrie Finison for Connecticut Association of School Librarians Conference Authorpalooza! Wyndham Hotel, Southbury, CT
Maine
September 7 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern: Join Rajani LaRocca and Angela Kunkel at the Bath Book Bash, Library Park, 43 Summer St, Bath, ME 04530. More information
Massachusetts
September 14 at 11 a.m. Eastern: Pigs Dig a Road Launch Party! with Carrie Finison, Belmont Books, Belmont, MA
September 14 @ 10:30 a.m. Eastern: Join Soaring 20s Kelly Carey and Mia Wenjen (along with Erin Dionne) at the Niagara Coffee Haus in Millis for a Story time perfect for ages 2-8 plus musical stylings of Elijah T. Grasshopper. This is a FREE event!
September 22 at 11 a.m. Eastern: Story Time with Josh Funk and Carris Finison for Pigs Dig a Road & Attack of the Scones, lala books, Lowell, MA
October 24 (time TBD): Join Carrie Finison for Winchester Authorfest & Book Signing, Winchester Town Hall, Winchester, MA
October 26 @ 2 p.m. Eastern: Join Carrie Finison for Pigs Dig a Road Story Time, Newtonville Books, Newton, MA
New York
September 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern: Join Carrie Finison and Valerie Bolling at the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival, Chappaqua Train Station, Chappaqua, NY
October 5-6: Join Angela Kunkel at the Saratoga Book Festival, Saratoga, NY
October 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Join Abi Cushman and Valerie Bolling at the Warwick Children’s Book Festival, Stanley-Deming Park, Warwick, NY
Texas
October: Patricia Newman will visit the students at Annunciation Orthodox School, Houston, who are studying water conservation in their science class and environmental justice in the Brazilian rain forest in their geography class. Patricia will share her special blend of writing with hope and demonstrating our unbreakable connection to nature.
Vermont
September 21: Join Angela Kunkel for story time at Bixby Memorial Free Library, Vergennes, VT
Virtual
September 10 @ 7p.m. Eastern: Join Kirsten W. Larson for “Crafting Emotional Arcs in Nonfiction Picture Books” from SCBWI Mid-Atlantic. Learn more and register here.