In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, Matthew Cordell talks with host Bianca Schulze about 102, his newest picture book.
Author: Bianca Schulze
Bianca Schulze
Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.
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Cover Reveal of The Best Good Thing: Discovering Joy on a Very Bad, Smad Day by Anna Housley Juster and Andrea Onishi, presented in partnership with The Children’s Book Review. We are so excited to share the cover for The Best Good Thing: Discovering Joy on a Very Bad, Smad Day, written by Anna Housley Juster and illustrated by Andrea Onishi! From the very first glance, Andrea Onishi’s warm, tender artwork sets exactly the right tone. A mother and daughter walk hand in hand past a single yellow flower pushing up through a cracked sidewalk—a quiet, hopeful image that captures the heart of…
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