Book Review: You Know I’m Here by Jon Raider

Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today is Friday, which means it’s time for another review. This week, I’m sharing my review of Jon Raider’s sweet …

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow: Write That Story That Is Hard To Write

In this interview, author Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow discusses writing toward hope with her new picture book, Ramadan Rain.

Writer's Digest
The Thing About Birds is nominated for the 2025 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award! Congrats Christy Obalek! 🪶
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#TheThingAboutBirds #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #BookAward

Craig Sheather reaches new heights with his picture book publishing

Craig Sheather is a freelance writer and journalist specialising in the great outdoors. But when travel restrictions limited his writing opportunities, he decided to reinvent himself – taking the Reinvent Yourself course at the Australian Writers' Centre. Feeling inspired, he went on to do two courses for writing for kids: Writing Picture Books and Laugh […]…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/craig-sheather-picture-book-author-the-incredible-true-story-of-sparky-the-wonder-puppy/

#AlumniStudentsuccessstories #creative #graduatesuccess #picturebook

Five stars:

Carrot Nose by Jan Wahl and James Marshall (Illustrator) is the 1970s version of A Bad Case of Stripes or the 2000's Pinkalicious. This time, though, it's a rabbit, his boredom with carrots and a carrot elf.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_02/carrot_nose.html

#bookstodon #pictureBook #VintageBook
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I got my precious back, after 25 years! #SonyVaio #PCGC1 #PictureBook #Transmeta (mine was a UK 2nd Gen model, purchased new in year 2000, this is a Japanese 3rd Gen) #RetroComputing #RetroComputers
📚🌑Women on a Mission: The Remarkable Heroes Who Put Men on the Moon #BookReview #Charlesbridge #ARCReview #Childrens #History #Science #NASA

Neil couldn’t have walked on the moon without Josephine, Dee, Katherine, and the other women of Team Apollo. An inspiring introduction to the “hidden figures”!NASA expert Suzanne …

Bargain Sleuth Reviews
メタポネコと大きな虫が一緒に森を歩いていると、赤茶色の布で全身を包み、杖をついて歩いてる人が現れました。
「私は道に迷いました。助けてください。」杖をついた人が助けを求めて来ました。
彼は本当に悪い人ではありません。長いこと道に迷って本当に困っているのですが、見た目のせいで怖がられます。

Metaponeko and a big insect were walking together through the forest when a person wrapped entirely in reddish-brown cloth appeared, leaning on a cane.

“I’ve lost my way. Please help me,” the person with the cane asked.

He isn’t truly a bad person. He has been lost for a long time and is genuinely in trouble — but because of how he looks, others are afraid of him.

#イラスト #ネコ #虫 #森の中 #動物 #絵本 #自然 #お話し #メタポネコ
#Illustration #Cat #Insect #Forest #Animals #PictureBook #Nature #Story #Metaponeko
Turning Trauma Into Purpose: How I Turned a Traumatic Brain Injury Into a Writing Mission

Author John R. Miles shares how a game of tag changed his life and led him on a path to turn a traumatic brain injury into a writing mission.

Writer's Digest

Four stars:

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon (1998) is about a girl who suffers the consequences of trying to fit in. Like Pinkalicious the solution to the problem is vegetables; in Camilla's case it's specifically lima beans.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_02/bad_case_of_stripes.html

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