We are savoring the last weeks of summer before kids return to school and my own classes begin at Simmons College. My children’s summer reading has them combing through our shelves at home and borrowing stacks of books from the library, and … Continue reading
Megan Dowd Lambert
I’ve led thousands of storytimes over the course of my career, but as a new picture book author, so far only a handful of these have featured picture books I’ve written. A Crow of His Own illustrated by David Hyde … Continue reading
Last night Embrace Race posted the follow-up post to my first piece: https://medium.com/embrace-race/my-responses-and-yours-to-the-tiresome-question-im-often-asked-about-my-brown-kids-where-are-bee4f4ec7395#.2ftgmqplp Check it out, share it with others, and please join in the conversation. I’m so proud to be a part of this community and eager to support … Continue reading
On May 18 a podcast I recorded with Gabriela Pereira was posted on DIYMFA. I am so pleased with how it came out, and I hope you’ll take a moment (well, about 45 minutes, really) to have a listen. Take a … Continue reading
I just published two new blog posts and thought I might as well share them here, too. First, here’s a post for my publisher, Charlesbridge Publishing, about my attendance at the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival at USM where I … Continue reading
I love getting emails and photos from readers, and I was thrilled to get this adorable picture from a woman I met at USM when I was there last week. She had me sign a copy of A Crow of … Continue reading
Hello readers! Take a peek at Lindsey Krabbenhoft’s lovely, enthusiastic response (opening with the exclamation “Holy hairballs!”) to Reading Picture Books with Children. I am so grateful that my book resonated with you, Lindsey, and I really appreciate these words from your review: … Continue reading
I was so excited to see this interview, “Illustrating Love” with the brilliant Nicole Tadgell about her work on our picture book, Real Sisters Pretend. Nickie recently spoke to my Simmons College graduate Picturebook course, and she brought in process … Continue reading
This week I attended the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival at the Thad Cochran Center on the University of Southern Mississippi campus in Hattiesburg, MS April 6-8, 2016, where I accepted the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor Award as a … Continue reading
I recently taught a 2-credit graduate course on the Whole Book Approach in the Simmons at The Carle program. I’ve taught it several times before, but this was the first time I did so under a 4-day intensive schedule. I … Continue reading