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Giveaway Alert!
Have you entered this week's giveaway yet?? You could win the latest middle grade fantasy novel from Leslie Adame: Chloe Vega and the Missing Unseen, starring a Mexican-American girl studying at a magical academy.
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Thanks for this interview, @LisaTener
Award Winning Children's Book Author Padma Venkatraman on Writing Her First Picture Book - go.shr.lc/4AzuL4f via @LisaTener
Always an honor to be hosted by @BooksofWonder ! Hope to see many New Yorkers whom I know and love and meet a few new friends on Sunday, Oct 4th at 11:30 a.m. when I share my #debut #picturebook, FARAWAY FAMILY!
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Sponsorships for Read Your World 2027 are now open!
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September is Deaf Awareness Month!
The American Society for Deaf Children's mission is to raise awareness and foster empathy and support.
The CBC has chosen some children's books that spotlight deaf or hard of hearing characters.
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Newly Updated! 10 Picture Books About Making Music buff.ly/Fiz1Syy via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #music #picturebooks
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Newly Updated! 5th Grade Slavery Unit: 26 Children’s Books on Enslavement + Resources buff.ly/4rye3xr via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #slavery #KidLit
Awesome review of FARAWAY FAMILY by the awesome @colbysharp
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Save the Date! Our IG live with Jackie Morera is Thursday, 9/10/26, 2 pm ET! She is a Cuban American author of books for young-at-heart readers, a PB Rising Stars Collective faculty member, & will be a WeNeedDiverseBooks 2027 Mentor.
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Newly Updated! 48 Black Joy Picture Books and Chapter Books buff.ly/jUpEzq9 via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #BlackJoy #picturebooks #chapterbooks
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