RSVP for your free spot (and to let us know how much ice cream to get!) at this link:
WELLESLEY BOOKS LAUNCH EVENT FOR THE SWEETEST SCOOP, SATURDAY MAY 14TH AT 11 AM
RSVP for your free spot (and to let us know how much ice cream to get!) at this link:
WELLESLEY BOOKS LAUNCH EVENT FOR THE SWEETEST SCOOP, SATURDAY MAY 14TH AT 11 AM
Hello! I’m thrilled to be a new contributor here on Picture Book Builders, a blog I’ve admired for a long time. A little about me: I write both fiction and nonfiction picture books, as well as middle grade novels. I’m a science geek who used to be an environmental consultant, helping to clean up hazardous waste sites. Now I write full-time, mostly about culture, identity, and food. Especially food. My most recent PB, WATERCRESS, came out in March 2021 and is a semi-autobiographical story about a Chinese American girl whose immigrant parents make her pick watercress by the side of the road.
To celebrate Pride Month, I’m excited to feature WERE I NOT A GIRL: THE INSPIRING AND TRUE STORY OF DR. JAMES BARRY, written by Lisa Robinson and illustrated by Lauren Simkin Berke.
Anne Schwartz, v-p and publisher, Anne Schwartz Books
Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer by Lisa Robinson, illustrated by Rebecca Green, is a glorious picture book about an exceptional woman who lived during the French Revolution, performing feats on a highwire for an audience that often included Napoleon. It is nonfiction at its best—a fascinating subject, dramatic setting, kid-friendly text, and exquisite illustrations. A perfect handsell for independent bookstores, as well as for classrooms, but it couldn’t reach its audience, alas. Poor Lisa Robinson was doubly unlucky; her second nonfiction picture book—Were I Not a Girl: The Inspiring and True Story of Dr. James Barry—was also published during Covid.
This video includes a brief read-aloud and a wirewalking demonstration.
MADAME SAQUI: REVOLUTIONARY ROPEDANCER tells the true tale of a woman during revolutionary era France who wirewalked over the Seine and between the towers of Notre Dame. As a result of her daring feats on the wire, she became a darling of Paris and of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. She walked on the wire into her seventies . . . and she never fell.
Happy Book Birthday to MADAME SAQUI, REVOLUTIONARY ROPEDANCER! Retweet by midnight 3/24/20; random winner (USA only) will receive a free copy! Wirewalking video coming soon! #kidlitquarantine #bookgiveaway @agenthenkin @schwartzwade @Trident_Media #classroombooks #bookbirthday pic.twitter.com/NDYab8LFPz
— Lisa Robinson (@elisaitw) March 24, 2020
Happy Book Birthday to Madame Saqui! Retweet about the giveaway by midnight 3/24/20 to be selected for a free copy of MADAME SAQUI, REVOLUTIONARY ROPEDANCER!
Belmont Books, Sunday March 29 at 1 pm
Brookline Booksmith, Sunday April 5 at 10:30 am
Silver Unicorn Bookstore, Saturday April 11 at 11 am
And more:
Maynard Book Festival, Saturday May 2 at 10:30 am
***** STAY TUNED! ALL EVENTS POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS . . .
Check out Maria Marshall’s fun interview on The Picture Book Buzz—all about PIPPA’S NIGHT PARADE and PIRATES DON’T GO TO KINDERGARTEN.
I’m excited to announce a Goodreads Giveaway of 20 books! Giveaway opens on 9/7/19 and closes on 10/7/19.
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/297292-pippa-s-night-parade
Kirsten Cappy of Curious City has designed a wonderful event kit for those who’d like to host a book reading. Make a pirate spyglass that transforms into a space pirate rocket ship! She’ll be giving away 22 books to librarians and educator who enter the giveaway.