Gobble, Gobble Activity Kit
Cathryn Falwell has released another ‘perfect summer’s day’ of a picture book with Gobble, Gobble (Dawn Publications). Jenny, the young naturalist in the book, discovers arrow prints in the spring mud and follows her curiosity to…wild turkeys. She continues to watch them throughout the year and her days come to mimic theirs. “Not just for Thanksgiving, this should be a welcome addition to nature shelves all year round.” —Kirkus Reviews Cathryn Falwell and Curious City under the ‘wise as owls’ advisement of Maine Audubon, have...
Read MoreGobble, Gobble at Maine Audubon
Illustrator/author Cathryn Falwell read and “talked turkey” about her new picture book Gobble, Gobble (Dawn Publications) as part of Maine Audubon’s Apple Day. Maine Audubon staff shared facts about the wild turkeys, young naturalists followed the tracks of Maine wildlife in the Gobble Trail Game, and created nature journals with the wildlife facts they gathered. Cathryn signed her many nature picture books throughout the event. Share...
Read MoreMERCY: The Last New England Vampire Launch Party
Mercy, the last New England vampire, was pulled forcibly from her tomb in 1892. The teen novel about this horrific true incident and the present-day girl who uncovers it, was launched at the Eastern Cemetery in Portland, Maine under the appropriate cover of thick fog and gray drizzle. Per your usual event, the author, Sarah L. Thomson read and signed her novel… …but she did so while the ghost of Mercy walked the graveyard beyond her. Some readers were able to catch Mercy on film and… …to take on the visage of the dead...
Read MorePond Babies Shower
Quack away, my dear friends, because a group of national schools and libraries just won signed copies of Pond Babies by Cathryn Falwell (there she is signing right now!) Thanks to the kind and clever folks from Down East Books, this toddler picture book will be paddling through the mail to the fine folks below. But, my dear ducks, you can all win by downloading a FREE Pond Babies Story Hour Kit with animal matching games, fun movement prompts, and a rather sweet craft. Dedham School Dakota County Heritage Library MCLS: Bedford Branch Ben Franklin Elementary Adrian School...
Read MoreLibrary PSA PDQ
Gen-u-ine voice. Boy, oh, boy does Tommy Greenwald have it in his new chapter book, Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to NOT Reading. It was not surprise, then, when Tommy told me that Tim Ditlow of Brilliance Audio had acquired the title. Tim has impeccable instinct for narrative voice. In the hotel lobby of the NESCBWI conference, Tommy played me a clip of Odyssey Honoree, MacLeod Andrews voicing Charlie Joe. In the words of the character, “Awesome.” As you know, we DO love creating tools for the vanguards of literacy, librarians. In that vaguely...
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