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The Kaz Windness Blog

Children's Book Art, Writing, Books, and Advice

Squirrel and Turtle Book Announced

Look who's in Publisher's Weekly Children's Bookshelf today! It's your nutty pals, Andrew Hacket and Kaz Windness with a new book in the works, SQUIRREL AND TURTLE: THIS BOOK HAS BIG WORDS. I'm thrilled to have more books with Andrew... Continue Reading →

Book Deserts and What You Can Do About Them

Do you live in a book desert? Look it up here: https://www.unitebooks.com/book-deserts/the-book-desert-map. If so, here are some things you can do to grow literacy in your community: 1. Start a Little Free Library. Mine is the only one in several... Continue Reading →

Tips on Kid Lit Literary Agent Querying

My Cuddlefish Academy coaching clients have asked for help querying literary agents. Here are tips and resources. What would you add? Comment! Finding an Agent: Read "How to Find a REAL Literary Agent" querying article HERE on the Science Fiction... Continue Reading →

100 Days of Bats

Before the "Bitsy Bat" series, I drew LOTS of bats. Here's a #100day project I did in 2019-2020 called #100DaysOfBats. Bats are my favorite animal, and I always have ideas for them, but this forced me to dig deep and... Continue Reading →

Kid’s Book Lesson Plans & Activity Quick Links

Scroll to the bottom for ISBNs and book awards and read aloud videos. Kaz helps teachers and caretakers with lesson plans and activities beyond the book. Signed books HERE! Follow Kaz on all your favorite social media! Links: https://linktr.ee/KazWindness Kaz's... Continue Reading →

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Children’s Book Guide: Kaz Books Can Help!

Looking for some fresh new titles to support your children's learning and literacy needs? Kaz books can help! Here is a quick guide to help you choose. Click on the image to go to the book's information and activities page:... Continue Reading →

NCTE ’24 Boston

UPDATE! I just got back, and here are our book recommendations from Finding Hope Between the Pages: Reading, Writing, and Compassion through Picture Books Big Topics BooklistDownload Bitsy Bat series resources are HERE, with BITSY BAT, TEAM STAR out February... Continue Reading →

Protect Your Art in the Time of AI

Scroll down for social media sight ratings. Artists are finding it harder to protect their artwork from AI scraping theft. They are forced to delete imagery and leave social media platforms they once trusted due to terms of service changes... Continue Reading →

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Highlights Foundation: Chapter Books & Early Readers

December '24 Update! The early reader I was working on at the retreat was acquired by Simon Spotlight! Yay for inspiration and time to work. I highly recommend Highlights! I had the great honor of joining Debbi Michiko Florence, Kashmira... Continue Reading →

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