The month of October is sliding by quickly and it is time to post a list of Fall-Halloween Children’s Books in celebration of #Fall-Halloween Cyber Party 2016. Children love seasonal books. I realized this with my own children and also with the students I taught in elementary school. i hope to recognize authors and […]
Fall-Halloween Cyber Party for Authors, ...
Fall – Halloween Cyber Party For Illustrators Authors and App Developers 2016 is occurring once again this year. Once again I am hosting on this website, my annual event to feature Fall Halloween related illustrations, books and apps. This is the fourth year I have hosted this event. When I started the event three […]
Halloween Children’s Books on Kindle
Halloween is less than a week away and maybe you don’t have time to go out shopping to find a story for your kids, the answer is Halloween Children’s Books on Kindle. Many people do not realize ow easy it is to download books from Kindle. Kindle is a cross-platform application for reading books […]
Agy Wilson and Her Halloween Poems
In this blog post I want to introduce you to Agy Wilson and her Halloween poems. Agy and I have been cyber friends for several years now. She is an author and illustrator of children’s books like I am and both have mutual friends online. I am excited to hear about her new Halloween book […]
Halloween Cyber Party 2014
These are some of the activities and blog posts and illustrations from last years Halloween Cyber Party 2014. Please contact me by leaving a comment on the form below for information. Halloween Cyber Party 2014 Free Halloween Apps to celebrate the day Last Minute Halloween Memories pictures and a video on my blog […]
The Second Annual Multicultural Children...
Today, January 27 is the second annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day. The goal behind this annual day of celebrations and promotion is to call attention and recognize children’s multicultural books. Last year there was also a realization for the promotion of these books on social media and the hash tag, keywords were established #WeNeedDiverseBooks. This […]
Children’s Books On Diversity
In the past year or so there has been much discussion on the need for more children’s books on diversity. Since retiring from teaching elementary school several years ago I was curious if the number of books in this area have increased so I did a quick check to see what is offered on Amazon.com. […]
My October And November Illustrations fo...
It is time to catch up with posting my October and November illustrations for Doodle Day. Doodle Day for those of you that are not familiar with it, is a FaceBook group for children and adults that like to draw or doodle. The experience level ranges from beginner to professional but the focus is to […]
Jasmine’s Got Talent Book Review
There is a new book available just in time for the holidays for children on Amazon called Jasmine’s Got Talent. I found out about this from my friend of a several years, Jo Linsdell. She is the illustrator for this book. The book is written by author, Maria Rochelle. The story is about […]
The History of The Picture Book
November is picture book month which made me wonder what is the history of the picture book? I was surprised to learn that the date of the first picture book goes back to 1658. Orbis Pictus, a book by John Amos Comenius was the earliest illustrated book specifically for children. The format was more […]