A Kid of Their Own

A Kid of Their Own

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A Kid of Their Own
A companion book to A Crow of His Own

Now that Clyde the rooster has mastered his crow, everyone at Sunrise Farm asks him to take it down a notch when newcomers Fran the goat and her kid, Rowdy, join the gang. How will Clyde adjust to having a new kid around?

 

Many thanks to the Massachusetts Center for the Book for including A Kid of Their Own on the long list for the 2021 Mass Book Award as a “Must Read” title in the picture book/early reader category. 

 

 

 

So pleased to see A Kid of Their Own included on the CCBC Choices 2021 list. It’s under the heading “Picture Books for Young Children,” and I am thrilled to see it alongside some remarkable titles from 2020.

 

 

Advance Praise:

“A sweet and unusual new-baby story with an uncommonly broadening vocabulary.” – Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review!

Read the cover reveal post at Mombian.com: A Kid of Their Own Offers “Twice the Dads and Twice the Dad Jokes”

“I’m very excited to be bringing you the official, full-cover reveal of A Kid of Their Own, by Megan Dowd Lambert, her second picture book about a group of barnyard friends and the two farmers—a gay couple—who care for them. Lambert also shares with Mombian readers a little about her motivations, the importance of language when talking about adoptive families, and why her fictional world includes both anthropomorphic animals and humans….”

A Kid of Their Own Book Launch and Author Tour!

I am delighted to announce my scheduled appearances marking the release of A Kid of Their Own! Reach out to me via my Contact page if you would like to host a storytime and book-signing in your store, or at a library or school.

This link will let you access a PDF with A Kid of Their Own Author Tour Events scheduled as of 01-17-2020.

  • Saturday February 8, 2020 11:00 a.m. storytime and book-signing at the Northshire Bookstore, 4869 Main Street, Manchester, Ctr., VT
  • Tuesday February 11, 2020 storytime at the Cushman Scott Children’s Center, Amherst, MA (closed to the public)
  • Sunday February 16, 2020 2:00 p.m., storytime and book-signing at the The Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College Street, South Hadley, MA
  • Friday February 21, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. storytime and book-signing at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
  • Saturday February 29, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. storytime and book-signing at Belmont Books  79 Leonard Street, Belmont, MA
  • Sunday March 1, 2020 10:30 a.m. storytime and book-signing at the Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA
  • Sunday March 1, 2020 2:00 p.m., storytime and book-signing at Blue Bunny Books, 577 High Street, Dedham, MA
  • Tuesday March 10, storytime visits with grades kindergarten through 3, Wildwood Elementary School, Amherst, MA (closed to the public)
  • Sunday March 22 3:30 p.m. storytime and book-signing at An Unlikely Story, 111 South Street, Plainville, MA
  •  Stay tuned for more news!

A Kid of Their Own