Step into the beauty of the Pacific Northwest with Nikki McClure’s A Forest, A Family, A Harbor, A Home, a handcrafted celebration of the places we call home.
Author: Kelly Rink
Kelly Rink
Kelly Rink is a Production Assistant for The Children's Book Review. After a career in engineering and digital content, she returned to her childhood love of books and now spends much of her time immersed in the world of children's literature. Kelly lives in Colorado with her husband, two children, and a dog. When she's not reading, she enjoys hiking, strategic board games, and a good cup of coffee. Favorite childhood books: Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar, The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka, the Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal, Animalia and The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base, the Bunnicula series by James Howe, Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein, the Ramona Quimby books by Beverly Cleary, and just about anything by R.L. Stine.
Join us for a conversation with Megan E. Freeman about The Secret to Belonging, her YA debut about family, resilience, and discovering what it means to belong.
Anna Housley Juster sponsors this book giveaway of The Best Good Thing, presented in partnership with The Children’s Book Review. Find the Good: Enter to Win a Book Bundle and Calming Kit from Anna Housley Juster! Even the very worst days can have a little good hiding somewhere. In The Best Good Thing, child mental health clinician, mom, and award-winning author Anna Housley Juster introduces young readers to a child who is feeling sad and mad, or “smad,” and is absolutely certain there is nothing good about her day. With a little encouragement from her mom, she begins looking more…
National Book Award winner Shifa Saltagi Safadi joins us to talk sisterhood, survival, and writing straight from the heart in Sisters Alone.
Through Andy and his crew’s adventures aboard the USS Shipshape, young readers will discover what it means to be a good Sailor and an even better friend.
Count down to Halloween as we celebrate Ryan Cowan’s Mr. Moonbeam and the Halloween Crystal and its companion Activity Book/Novel Study!
Mystery, adventure, and faith collide in Jen Weaver and Gayle Veitenheimer’s The Mystery of the Missing Falls: The Kingswell Kid Detectives Book #1.
Join Bella and Bird on a heartfelt journey through big emotions as we kick off the virtual book tour for Deana Plaskon’s Bella and Bird Explore Sadness!
Get ready for a wildly fun STEAM-powered adventure full of mystery, unlikely heroes, and wood-eating zombies in Melanie Abed’s Zombie Zoo!
Join us as we celebrate Ricardo Santa Cruz’s heartfelt picture books, The Boy and His Higher Self and My First Day of School.