Author: Bianca Schulze

Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

The Children’s Book Review’s Top Ten Hot Spots: July 2013

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Here’s the scoop on the 10 most popular destinations on The Children’s Book Review … 1. Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef | Giveaway 2. Bogart and Vinnie by Audrey Vernick | Giveaway 3. Clementine and the Spring Trip | Giveaway 4. How Picture Books Play a Role in a Child’s Development 5. Where to Find Free eBooks for Children Online 6. 20 Sites to Improve Your Child’s Literacy 7. Divorce: What About Me? by Amy Kite | Giveaway 8. Dig, Dogs, Dig: A Construction Tail | Giveaway 9. Learn, Laugh and Play with the Schoolies! | Giveaway 10. Sleepy…

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Meet James Horvath & His New Picture Book Series From HarperCollins

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James Horvath is a children’s author and illustrator with more than 16 years experience creating whimsical and compelling illustrations that convey energy and emotion for a wide variety of clients and applications. His quirky and odd collection of award-winning characters hop and grunt across the pages of books, magazines and brochures, and dance off the shelves of retail stores. They’ve also been known to pop up — bug-eyed and bewildered — between the pixels of websites and interactive apps everywhere. When not scratching and scribbling at his drawing table, James plays with his two young sons and beautiful wife, bangs around on…

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Dig into “Dig, Dogs, Dig!” by James Horvath

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“Grab your gloves, hard hats and boots. Shovels, goggles and dirt-digging suits!” Top-dog Duke and his energetic crew of construction canines are on their way to the jobsite. Children who love big trucks, bulldozers and diggers will love this new, colorful, rhyming “construction tail” by James Horvath. Dogs love to dig, and these energetic canines are professionals. Duke the foreman wakes up his crew for a long day of digging and building. They hop in their loaders, dump trucks and graders, bulldozers, backhoes and excavators! And off to the jobsite they run. It doesn’t take long before they hit some…

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My Writing and Reading Life: Michael P. Spradlin

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Michael P. Spradlin is the New York Times bestselling author of the Youngest Templar trilogy, the Wrangler Award Winner OFF LIKE THE WIND! THE FIRST RIDE OF THE PONY EXPRESS, and several other novels and picture books. He holds a black belt in television remote control and is fluent in British, Canadian, Australian, and several other English-based languages. He lives in Lapeer, Michigan. Visit him online at www.michaelspradlin.com. Latest published book … The first book in a new series called KILLER SPECIES: Menace From The Deep. Published by Scholastic You wrote it because …  They asked very nicely. Actually it…

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Top Ten Things Sara Pennypacker Has Learned From Being A Children’s Author

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1. Writing books is like changing majors in an eternal college. A ferret will only develop taste buds for foods it encounters during the first six months of its life. I learned this, and hundreds of other arcane bits of knowledge I use to amaze/annoy/bore my friends and family, by doing research for a book. My current story involves ferrets and carved marionettes, but the next one will require a deep knowledge of baseball, physics, and performance art. Writing books is like changing majors in an eternal college, and then getting to make up narratives to carry the information…a perfect job! 2.…

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