#childrens-book

#childrens-book

The Boston Globe The holiday tale was just the seasonal pick-me-up many Twitter users needed.The flamingos appeared seemingly out of nowhere.They were taped to office cubicles, nestled in potted plants, and resting on conference room tables.When the palm-sized plastic birds showed up last summer atCharlesbridge Publishing in Watertown, there was no explanation for their sudden arrival, but staff at the small children's book company were enthralled.

Carole Lindstrom's new book My Powerful Hair features illustrations by Steph Littlebird.Abrams Books My Powerful Hair is a new picture book that turns a painful truth about racism into a celebration of Native culture.When Carole Lindstrom was a little girl growing up in Bellevue, Nebraska, she really wanted long hair.

Illustrations Lane Smith Here's a story you might know it's a classic fairy tale "Once upon a time, there was a little old woman and a little old man who lived together in a little old house.They were lonely, so the little old lady decided to make a man out of stinky cheese."It's Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's take on The Gingerbread Man, with one very important plot twist the stinky cheese man is so stinky that no one wants to run, run, run after him, much less eat him.

There are a lot of "what ifs" when you're a kid: "What if a bee stings me?" "What if I forget my lines in the school play?""What if people don't like me?"At the heart of all these questions is a desire to know: "Will it be okay?"That's the title of a 1977 book written by Crescent Dragonwagon  a story told entirely in dialogue between a mother and her child.

Books Author Xelena Gonzalez and illustrator Adriana Garcia talk about rocks and about working together on their new children's book, "Where Wonder Grows," for our series "Picture This."Copyright 2023 NPR.All rights reserved.Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.

The giant robot in the corner would like a word, or 500.It's been standing there quietly for a while, helping out with mundane tasks - sorting and filing, looking up info and the like - generally staying out of the way unless called on.You might not have even noticed it.But you will.Earlier this year, the text-to-image generation tools Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and DALL-E 2 made impressive public debuts.

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'90s sitcom star Kirk Cameron claimed he was banned as a featured author at over 50 libraries across the public system, in addition to being prohibited from presenting his new faith-based children's book at a storytime event.Cameron was allegedly told his book's contents did not "align" with one library's values, RadarOnline.com

Joined by Joe Buono, author of children's book New York Islanders A to Z, Mike and Dan remember Alan Quine, a player whose short time with the Islanders was defined by one monumental playoff goal.Quine came to Long Island in an unusual way - by getting re-drafted three rounds later than he was originally selected.

Local There's no word yet on whether locals have named the Swampscott seal, à la Beverly's Shoebert.An unexpected beachgoer is turning heads in Swampscott.A baby seal popped up on Phillips Beach Tuesday, prompting animal control officers to section off an area of the beach, according to the Swampscott Police Department.

Readers Say Swamp Scott?Charlie B? Here's what our readers said they would name the Swampscott seal.A baby seal who charmed beachgoers in Swampscott on Tuesday has made its return to the sea.Swampscott police cordoned off a section of Phillips Beach for several hours after the seal was spotted resting there.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to authors Grace Lin and Kate Messner about their new children's book."Once Upon a Book" follows a young girl who discovers the joy of reading.AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Like many of us during this gloomy time of the year, Alice is sick of the cold and heavy winter clothing.

AUSTIN, Texas KVUE was there last year when runner Kayleigh Williamson crossed the finish line.She became the first runner with Down syndrome to complete the Austin Marathon.She'll be back on the course with her mom, Sandy Williamson, on Sunday, running Kayleigh's 19th half marathon.KVUE caught up with the running duo to find out how their lives have changed since the marathon last year.

If you've experienced more headaches than usual lately, blame Washington, DC's whipsaw weather: changes in barometric pressure may have contributed to your agony.And while it's pointless to get mad about, you know, the air, knowing when pressure changes are afoot can help headache sufferers plan ahead and possibly avoid other triggers.

When it comes to raising children with husband Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt wants to follow in the footsteps of another set of famous parents - her own.She looks up to her mom and dad, journalist Maria Shriver and actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger, and shared the reason why during a visit to "The Jennifer Hudson Show."

A Florida English teacher who is pushing a ban on nearly 150 books from school libraries has a history of making racist and anti-LGBTQ+ statements, according to former students.And she just got an innocuous book on gay penguins - And Tango Makes Three - banned from county schools for "indoctrination."
Vickie Baggett, a high school English teacher at Northview High School in Escambia County, Florida, has submitted 148 of the 150 book challenges being reviewed by the Escambia School District this year.

When a friend suggested that Zibby Owens start a podcast in 2018, she balked at the idea."I was like, 'What's a podcast, and why would I do that?'"Owens tells Bustle.But the essay collection she'd been trying to sell wasn't getting any traction, so she figured she might as well try translating the idea to audio.

Ahead of the release of her first children's book, Chaya Raichik, the former Brooklyn real estate agent behind anti-LGBTQ+ social media account Libs of TikTok, has been kicked off of Slack, a workplace communication and productivity platform.Raichik has risen to prominence on the far right recently, amassing over 1.9 million followers on Twitter thanks to her posts falsely accusing LGBTQ+ people and their allies of "grooming" children for abuse.