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Coming soon! #AmericanRevolution250

August 22, 2025

For all you educators, librarians, history lovers, and those who have been led to believe that history is boring… Over the next year and a half, I’ll be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with a special series of blog posts from children’s authors and illustrators with books on the period surrounding the … More Coming soon! #AmericanRevolution250

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Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books

May 19, 2017

This rollicking and fascinating picture book biography chronicles the life of the first pioneer of children’s books—John Newbery himself. … More Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books

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