Book Happenings
Wedding day book arch made by Brian and Chrissy St. Marie, 2014
“Books do not simply happen to people. People also happen to books.” -Louise Rosenblatt
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I was pleased to be asked to do an interview with the Australian journal Good Reading about my early reader book April & Mae and the Animal Shelter. This is the book I’m proudest of in the series, and it … Continue reading
It felt really good to write this post about Chris Park’s brilliant illustrations for Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic’s Touch the Sky (Lerner Publishing Group 2024). In it, I say: “Through his decision to present personal resilience embodied by a gender-nonconforming boy, … Continue reading
Many thanks to author Deborah Kalb for interviewing me about my book Read It Again: 70 Whole Book Approach Plans to Help You Shake Up Storytime! You can read the full interview here. Digital and print versions of this book … Continue reading
For the past year or so I’ve immersed myself in reading feminist theology and wide-ranging work on the early Christ movement. This was all sparked by travels in southern France in 2023, where I was intrigued by references I encountered … Continue reading
This is not a post related to children’s literature, but I wanted to share it here since it is something I’ve been wanting to write since I went to France with my dad in April 2023. It begins: Genealogy enthusiasts … Continue reading
I was pleased to be invited to participate in a project developed by the Public History Program at UMass-Amherst in which I was interviewed to be part of a virtual tour of Amherst’s children’s book authors and illustrators. Click here … Continue reading
UPDATE: December 15, 2023: Since the public release of the Title IX and related reports, I haven’t been able to keep up with daily postings. I hope this resource is helpful as it stands because there is still much work … Continue reading
I’m so grateful to Betsy Bird for inviting me to do this blog interview about Book Bonding on her Fuse Number 8 blog at School Library Journal. Have a peek! Bonds and Books: An Interview with Megan Dowd Lambert About … Continue reading
Huge thanks to the Jones Library for featuring me in their Local Author Spotlight for the months of March and April 2023! In the interview I talk about my new April & Mae early-reader books, as well as Book Bonding, … Continue reading
Many thanks to copyeditor Rebekah Slonim for this terrific post on the #WholeBookApproach, “Reading Like a Copyeditor.” I received an email from Rebekah sharing the post just one day after getting an email from another reader with the subject line … Continue reading