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Megan Dowd Lambert

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Guest Post on Reading While White

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Megan Dowd LambertMay 10, 2018
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I am thrilled to have a guest post at Reading While White, one of my go-to resources for my ongoing learning in the field of children’s literature. In it I write about teaching a course I designed at Simmons, CHL 434 … Continue reading →

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2017 Mock Caldecott Picks

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Megan Dowd LambertDecember 14, 2016
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I taught two sections of my graduate course on the picture book at Simmons College this year, one at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, and one at Simmons College’s main campus in Boston. We wrapped up our course … Continue reading →

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2017 Mock Caldecott

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Megan Dowd LambertDecember 4, 2016
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This is the list of 2016 picturebooks that my Simmons College graduate class CHL 403 The Picturebook is using in our Mock Caldecott. Which books are you rooting for? Which ones would you add? Chime in with comments or @ … Continue reading →

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#InSupportofChildren

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Megan Dowd LambertDecember 4, 2016
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I was proud to join over 400 other authors, illustrators, and other people in the field of children’s literature and sign this declaration posted at The Brown Bookshelf: “Children’s literature may be the most influential literary genre of all. Picture … Continue reading →

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Picture Book Month Daily Whole Book Approach Tweets

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Megan Dowd LambertDecember 21, 2022
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UPDATE DECEMBER 2022: I have deactivated my Twitter account. I will try to update this site with resources covered in this tweet series from 2016, but for now the links do not work, and I apologize for any inconvenience. November … Continue reading →

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“Roald Dahl at 100: Why His Legacy Lives On”

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Megan Dowd LambertOctober 8, 2016
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I was pleased to contribute to this piece in Baystate Parent, “Roald Dahl at 100: Why His Legacy Lives On” in part because he is my 11 year-old’s favorite author. He fell in love with Dahl’s work when his second grade … Continue reading →

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Teaching and Studying Children’s Literature at Simmons College

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Megan Dowd LambertAugust 30, 2016
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There’s still a little bit of time for nondegree students to enroll in Simmons College graduate courses in Children’s Literature at The Carle: The Picturebook with me and Writing for Children I with author Jeannine Atkins. Let me know if … Continue reading →

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Back to School with My Books and Others, Too

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Megan Dowd LambertAugust 8, 2016
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  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 →

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Happy Book Birthday to Me!

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Megan Dowd LambertNovember 3, 2015
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Reading Picture Books with Children: How to Shake Up Storytime and Get Kids Talking about What They See goes on sale today. In jsut a little while I will head over to sign stock for orders at The Eric Carle Museum … Continue reading →

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Favorite Book Charities

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Megan Dowd LambertOctober 19, 2015
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Here are some of my favorite nonprofit organizations devoted to books and literacy. Are there others you’d add to this lis? The Bennington Free Library was the library I went to as a child. Now I am a patron of … Continue reading →

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