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.

My Writing and Reading Life: Audrey Vernick

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Audrey Vernick is the author of several picture books, including So You Want to Be a Rock Star, Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? and Brothers at Bat, which was a New York Times Notable Book and Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Award winner. A two-time recipient of the New Jersey Arts Council’s fiction fellowship, Audrey lives near the ocean with her husband, two children, and two crazy-happy dogs. www.audreyvernick.com Latest published book … Bogart and Vinnie: A Completely Made-Up Story of True Friendship, illustrated by Henry Cole. You wrote it because …  of the spate of nonfiction interspecies friendship picture books. I found myself questioning…

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4 Great Books on the Topic of Water: Selections by Author Melanie Crowder

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Melanie Crowder is a ceramist, painter, and sculptor who received her MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College. She lives in the foothills of the Rockies. Her debut novel Parched released on June 4, 2013 with a splash. Crowder shares with us a list of books that will get children and teens talking about water. My first novel released two weeks ago and I am basking in the glow of early reviews and reader reactions. It’s an exciting, affirming time that only happens once in an author’s career and I’m determined to pause and take in…

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Best Young Adult Books with Celine Garcia

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YA Summer Reading: Sizzling Hot Celine Garcia is a reader who loves YA and has a passion for writing; these two interests merge seamlessly in her weblog I Blog, You Read where she shares her thoughts on the YA books that she reads. We think the list of books she has selected for some YA summer reading are sizzling hot and we hope you agree. Celine would love to hear your thoughts on the books below and invites you to follow her reading journey over at I Blog, You Read. This is a pretty incredible time to be a reader of…

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Five Family Favorites with Jenny Meyerhoff

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Jenny Meyerhoff  is the author of a young adult novel, Queen of Secrets, and three books for young readers—Sami’s Sleepaway Summer, Third Grade Baby, and most recently, The Barftastic Life of Louie Burger, a story about an aspiring stand-up comic with an unusual catch phrase. Unlike Louie, Jenny is not  a comedian, but she does know a lot about barf. After all, she’s a mom. Her three kids love fluffernutters, comedy and reading. Jenny lives in Riverwoods, Illinois with her funny kids and her delightful husband. For more information, visit her website: www.jennymeyerhoff.com. I have three children, and their taste in reading almost never overlaps. My…

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6 New Books for Father’s Day

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Made by Dad: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff By Scott Bedford Age Range: 5 – 99 Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (May 7, 2013) Star Wars: Vader’s Little Princess  By Jeffrey Brown Age Range: 4 and up Hardcover: 64 pages Publisher: Chronicle Books (April 23, 2013) My Dad Is the Best Playground  By Luciana Navarro Powell Age Range: 0-4 Board book: 26 pages Publisher: Robin Corey Books; Brdbk edition (May 8, 2012) Because I’m Your Dad By Ahmet Zappa; Illustrated by Dan Santat Age Range: 1 – 5 years Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Disey-Hyperion (April 2, 2013) Just Like My Papa By Toni Buzzeo; Illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka Age Range: 1 -…

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