It’s time to announce a couple of giveaway winners!
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Simply 7 with Inbal Alon: MADDY’S TOWERS
What do you do when a friend betrays you? This picture book gives young readers a way to recover.
Continue readingSimply 7 with Louise Aamodt: A FOREST BEGINS ANEW
Forest fires can seem terrifying, but what happens after they are gone can be beautiful.
Continue readingSimply 7 with Kristi Mahoney: OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS
What if the substitute teacher was a literal owl?
Continue readingLast Drop from an Empty Inkwell: Style and/or Voice
It’s the first Saturday of the month and that means it’s time for me to talk about my creativity.
Continue readingSimply 7 with Charlotte Offsay & Abi Cushman: THE QUIET OCEAN
When a pufferfish is in a playful mood, chaos ensues!
Continue readingNPM 2026 Day 30: SHE’LL BE THE SKY
All good things must come to an end. Today is the last day of National Poetry Month. I hope you have enjoyed the poems I’ve shared. And for today, I have the perfect poem to end on (one I’m currently obsessed with).
Continue readingNPM 2026 Day 29: THE MISTAKES THAT MADE US
One of the hardest things to say is “I’m sorry.” But admitting you made a mistake and growing and learning from it? Wow! That might be even harder.
Continue readingSimply 7 with Emily Barth Isler and Vesper Stamper: THREE PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS
Color and light, glass and memory. These all collide in this picture book in the most beautiful of ways and provide a tiny shard of hope in the darkness.
Continue readingNPM 2026 Day 28: IN THE DESERT
Here is another fantastic poetry picture book habitat collection by David Elliott.
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