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Chappaqua Children’s Fest 09/27/25!

"Welcome to the festival for the first time, award-winning, genre-crossing illustrator and author, joining us all the way from CO, @kazwindness " Kaz’s featured title, Bitsy Bat, Team Star, is the second in her inclusive, engaging, and informative Bitsy Bat... Continue Reading →

Craft Books Kaz Recommends

Essential Resources For Writers, Illustrators, and Creatives Any books you'd add? Comment! And remember to take classes on writing and illustrating children's books at CuddlefishAcademy.com Note: I've included Amazon affiliate links for convenience, but please support your local indie bookstores... 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 →

Bitsy Bat a CBC Teacher Favorite!

Beep-Bop-Chitter-Choo! #bitsybatschoolstar has been voted onto the 2024 Children’s Book Council’s Favorites Award List! Bitsy Bat is a TEACHER FAVORITE in the K-2nd Grade category. (Educator resources at BitsyBat.com!) Thank you, The Children's Book Council! Thank you teachers! Background: Each... Continue Reading →

Geisel Award Honor

The butterfly is out of the chrysalis! This morning at the American Library Association Youth Media Awards ), "Worm and Caterpillar are Friends" was named a GEISEL HONOR BOOK…. an honor “given annually to the most distinguished American books for... Continue Reading →

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