Author Interview and GIVEAWAY with Vanessa Keel for National Puppy Day

Hey Math is Everywhere readers, Today is NATIONAL PUPPY DAY! From National Calendar: Observed each year on March 23rd, National Puppy Day celebrates the unconditional love and affection puppies bring to our lives. Their cuddles and wiggles make us smile and without a doubt, there are squeals of delight when there are puppies around! National … Continue reading Author Interview and GIVEAWAY with Vanessa Keel for National Puppy Day →

Prize Donor Feature, Kourtney LaFavre, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

Hi Math is Everywhere Readers and Spring Fling Kidlit Hopefuls, Today we have our twelfth prize donor in our Prize Donor Feature Series. She flawlessly connects education with fun and has such a beautiful outlook on our world… 🎉Kourtney LaFavre🎉 Kourtney is donating a picture book critique. What is your favorite thing about spring? Where … Continue reading Prize Donor Feature, Kourtney LaFavre, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020 →

Prize Donor Feature, Team Lacera, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

Hi Math is Everywhere Readers and Spring Fling Kidlit Contest hopefuls! Today, for our eleventh Prize Donor Feature, we have one of THE COOLEST author-illustrator teams in kidlit... 🎉The Laceras🎉 Team Lacera is offering WINNER’S CHOICE: picture book critique (manuscript or dummy), first 5 pages of a middle-grade ms, or a query critique We asked … Continue reading Prize Donor Feature, Team Lacera, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020 →

Author Interview and GIVEAWAY with June Smalls about her newest picture book: She Leads

Hi Math is Everywhere readers, Today we have one of the most wonderful writers I know, June Smalls! She's here today to talk about her next book, a beautiful tribute to elephants through lyrical nonfiction, She Leads: The Elephant Matriarch. Kaitlyn: Thanks so much for joining us today. June: I’m happy to be here. Thank … Continue reading Author Interview and GIVEAWAY with June Smalls about her newest picture book: She Leads →

Prize Donor Feature, Traci Van Wagoner, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

Hi Math is Everywhere Readers and Spring Fling Kidlit Hopefuls, Today we have our tenth prize donor in our Prize Donor Feature Series. She creates gorgeous, award-winning illustrations and is diving into a career as an author-illustrator... 🎉Traci Van Wagoner🎉 Traci is donating a picture book dummy critique. We asked Traci some spring-inspired questions so … Continue reading Prize Donor Feature, Traci Van Wagoner, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020 →

Prize Donor Feature, Lynne Marie, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

never forget that "child door in" when you are writing

Prize Donor Feature, Heather Bell, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

I grew up in the perpetual summer of Miami... But since I moved to Kansas City, seeing tiny pops of bright green shooting up from the frozen ground has made every winter worth it.

Prize Donor Feature, Jolene Gutierrez, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

Hi Math is Everywhere Readers and Spring Fling Kidlit Hopefuls, Our seventh donor feature for our 18 prize donors is one of the most devoted, generous writers I know… 🎉Jolene Gutierrez🎉 Jolene is donating winner’s choice: a non-rhyming picture book manuscript critique, 750 words or less or the first five pages of a middle grade … Continue reading Prize Donor Feature, Jolene Gutierrez, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020 →

Author Interview and GIVEAWAY with Dawn Young about her newest book Counting Elephants

Hi Math is Everywhere Readers, Today I’m extra, super excited because our guest shows the line between math and writing is less defined than you think. Dawn Young--engineer turned children’s author--is here to talk about her most recent book that blends math and magic to create chaos: Counting Elephants! Kaitlyn: Hi, Dawn, thank you so … Continue reading Author Interview and GIVEAWAY with Dawn Young about her newest book Counting Elephants →

Prize Donor Feature, Korrie Leer, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

Hi Math is Everywhere Readers and Spring Fling Kidlit Contest hopefuls! Today, for our sixth Prize Donor Feature, we have debut-author illustrator and one of my wonderful critique partners... 🎉Korrie Leer🎉 Korrie is offering a picture book dummy critique We asked Korrie some spring-themed questions so you can get to know her more, and here … Continue reading Prize Donor Feature, Korrie Leer, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020 →

Author Interview and Giveaway with Author Bethany Barton to Celebrate a New Math Holiday

Margaret Wertheim, who has a quote that I just adore: “Mathematics, in a sense, is logic set loose in a field of imagination.”

Author Interview with Laurie Wallmark to Celebrate SK Days and Numbers in Motion

What are possible different approaches you can use to pull a child into the story?... You often have to experiment a bit (like a scientist does!) to figure out the correct approach.

Prize Donor Feature, Lydia Lukidis, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

I used to be surprised at how generous and open the kidlit community was, but now I’m used to it, and grateful as ever! I try to return the favor when I can, and always respond when someone asks for help. What goes around comes around!

Author and Champion Spotlight and GIVEAWAY with Brian Gehrlein

Hi Math is Everywhere readers, Today I’m extra excited because I get to do a champion and author spotlight with Brian Gehrlein! Brian has been working tirelessly to give opportunities to picture book writers with his Picture Book Spotlight and PB Critique Fest all while writing his own wonderful books one of which has officially … Continue reading Author and Champion Spotlight and GIVEAWAY with Brian Gehrlein →

Prize Donor Feature: Alayne Kay Christian, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

Alayne is offering a package of her webinars to learn directly from her!

Prize Donor Feature: Yevgenia Nayberg, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

Yevgenia is donating a picture book dummy critique to the Spring Fling Kidlit Contest 2020

Guest Post: Illustrator Victoria Marble talking about Public Domain Projects

Hi Math is Everywhere readers, Today’s special guest is my talented illustrator friend Victoria Marble. She was lucky enough to be selected to re-create a classic, and she’s here today to tell us all about it! Victoria’s Bio: Victoria Marble is an illustrator specializing in character & narrative design, with a particular emphasis on children, … Continue reading Guest Post: Illustrator Victoria Marble talking about Public Domain Projects →

Prize Donor Feature: Charlotte Wenger, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

Charlotte is donating a winner's choice prize of a picture book manuscript or dummy critique or first 5 pages of young adult critique, or a query critique.

Prize Donor Feature: Vivian Kirkfield, Spring Fling Kidlit 2020

Writer for children—reader forever…that’s Vivian Kirkfield in five words.

Interview and GIVEAWAY with Debut Author Valerie Bolling

cover of Let's Dance book with two kids dancing

Tap, twirl, twist, spin! With musical, rhyming text, author Valerie Bolling shines a spotlight on dances from across the globe, while energetic art from Maine Diaz shows off all the moves and the diverse people who do them.

Author Interview & GIVEAWAY: Jodi Moore

Hi Math is Everywhere readers, Today we have the wonderful Jodi Moore here visiting to get us all hyped about Valentine's day by talking about her love of writing and her super adorable board book I Love My Dragon. And she’s doing a GIVEAWAY of a SIGNED copy of it! Kaitlyn: Thanks so much for … Continue reading Author Interview & GIVEAWAY: Jodi Moore →

Cover Reveal, Interview, AND GIVEAWAY with Amy B. Mucha

Hi Math is Everywhere readers, Today's post is extra exciting because it's the very first ever COVER REVEAL on the blog 🙌🙌 🙌 Amy B. Mucha is here to share her debut picture book's rockin' cover. And, she's going to have some awesome giveaways too so say tuned till the end to win either a … Continue reading Cover Reveal, Interview, AND GIVEAWAY with Amy B. Mucha →

GIVEAWAY and Author Interview with Trudy Ludwig

Hi Math is Everywhere Readers, We have an extra special guest today to help us get the new year started off right, author and internationally acclaimed speaker, Trudy Ludwig. When I read The Invisible Boy for the first time last year, I immediately fell head-over-heels for this picture book. I wanted to share it with … Continue reading GIVEAWAY and Author Interview with Trudy Ludwig →

Giveaway and Interview with Debut Author Rinda Beach

Hey Math is Everywhere Readers, Just in time for last-minute holiday shopping for your small scientists and/or intrepid inventors, we have Rinda Beach here with us today to talk about her debut chapter book Neil Armstrong’s Wind Tunnel Dream. Bio - Rinda never planned to write. She was a second-grade teacher who read and told … Continue reading Giveaway and Interview with Debut Author Rinda Beach →

Giveaway and Interview with Debut Author Susan Edwards Richmond

“You never know where you’ll find birds.”

Giveaway and Interview with Author Alison Hughes

"...picture books are an ideal opportunity to hone poetic language, because with such sparse wording, each word should evoke something more than itself."

GIVEAWAY and Interview with Author Ciara O’Neal

Hi all, Today we have one of the funniest people in kidlit joining us: Ciara O'Neal. Ciara and I met a little over a year ago when she was first working on her now published picture book Flamingo Hugs, and we've been critique partners and friends ever since. Ciara has offered to giveaway TWO prizes … Continue reading GIVEAWAY and Interview with Author Ciara O’Neal →

Not the Stuffing!

Hey all,Just found an incredibly fun photo contest from one of my favorite publishers, Blue Whale Press. The contest is about my wonderful friends' Lydia Lukidis and Tara J. Hannon's book No Bears Allowed.The contest: take the picture and create a funny or heartfelt caption related to Thanksgiving. Super fun, right?!When I saw which picture … Continue reading Not the Stuffing! →

GIVEAWAY and Interview with Author Bonnie Bridgman

Hi Readers, Today, we have a special guest whose recently debuted picture book is perfect for this time of year: Author Bonnie Bridgman! Bio: Bonnie is her happiest in a land of imagination. Having worked as an actress for nearly a decade and perfecting the art of talking to characters inside her head, Bonnie took … Continue reading GIVEAWAY and Interview with Author Bonnie Bridgman →

GIVEAWAY and Author Interview with Della Ross Ferreri

Hi everyone, Now that the weather is getting cooler, it's time for more snuggles and cuddles! So, today, I've asked Della Ross Ferreri to share about her new board book Huggle Wuggle, Bedtime Snuggle. Della has generously offered to share a copy Huggle Wuggle, Bedtime Snuggle with one lucky reader. Make sure to stay tuned … Continue reading GIVEAWAY and Author Interview with Della Ross Ferreri →