Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for February 18, 2025

 This author, daughter of a Viet Nam veteran, attended a Department of Defence school in Germany. So it was personal, and quite a shock, when she learned that her 2007 book about a little red haired girl who learns to accept her freckles is now banned from all Dept. of Defense schools. The reason? The little girl comes to learn that her freckles make her different and that everyone has something different about them, which apparently smacks of diversity and inclusion. The author/actor is Julianne Moore, and her book is called Freckleface Strawberry.

Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for February 11, 2025

 This week in February of 1964, four young English men appeared on the Ed Sullivan show watched by millions. One of the "fab four" went on to write a children's book that came out in 2019 called Hey, Grandude about a grandfather who takes his kids on wild adventures with his magic compass. It was followed by a sequel, Grandude's Green Submarine. This is James Paul McCartney. 

Love Anna Doherty's illustrations!

 I'm so excited to see some of the art for my picture book, Nighty Night, Dinos, coming out in the spring of 2006. I love Scottish artist Anna Doherty's work!

Kidlit Trivia for February 4, 2025

 Her parents emigrated from Nigeria to Ohio, but this Caldecott-winning author illustrator lives in Providence RI where she attended the Rhode Island School of Design. She took a class there on creating picture books and made a dummy of a story about a kind woman sharing her stew. When the instructor invited editors and art directors to look at the class projects, the author was offered a publishing contract and her debut story, Thank You Omu, came out in 2018 and went on to win numerous awards. Her second book, Saturday (2019) tells of a mother and daughter who have everything go wrong on their day downtown, except that they spend it together. The author/illustrator's art style is collage, using cut paper, paint and china marker. This is Oge Mora.