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It's All About...Cooking Up Ideas In November

This Book Makes Me Think About: Bing, Bop, Bam Time to Jam! By Valerie Bolling and Sabrena Khadija

It's all about...Lighting Up Ideas In December

• #Social Emotional Learning
• SEL
• Writing

Coming Out On Top

How can children learn that competing to win doesn’t mean losing their friends? With awareness that between the different extremes is a common bond,top vs. bottom becomes play.

Coming Out On Top

• #Social Emotional Learning
• character
• KidLit
• Precious Objects
• SEL
• Writing

Embracing Comfort in Children's Books

​What keeps a young child smiling and secure 24-7? Their loving parents? Doting grandparents?

COOKING UP IDEAS IN NOVEMBER with Melissa Stoller

It's all about Fall foods for November's inspiration. Follow these prompts to cook up ideas for future fiction and nonfictions children's book stories.

It's All About... Colorful Ideas In October

What Makes Community

A Big Question for Little People…

How to Keep Going (or Take a Break if You Need To)

It's All About...Writing In September

How Does Being a Writer/Illustrator Help As a Publisher?

Bouncing Back: How to Revitalize Your Writing After a Summer Slump

• character
• KidLit
• plot
• Writing

Character Driving Plot from Mira

As KidLit creatives, whenever we look at that blank page, whenever we’re making decisions on where to take a character, whenever we submit our work or attend a conference, we’re...

It's All About... Animals In August

"Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!"

Reading, Writing, Marketing...OH MY!

It's All About... Jumpstarting July

Empathy for the Bully