I review children’s books from picture books to YA for Armadillo Magazine, The Children’s Book Review, iReadBooks Tours and was a former reviewer for the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Here you’ll find links to all of those reviews, guest posts, author interviews and giveaways.
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Guest Post: Author Arlene Freeman
The author of picture book, Cool Kids, talks about the importance of recognizing feelings across all ages. Feelings The one thing I realized in life was that we are all about feelings. It is important to be aware of people’s feelings as well as your own. This permeated much of my life. When I was a third…
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Book Review + Giveaway: Cool Kids
Title: Cool Kids | Author: Arlene Freeman | Illustrator: Amelia Jones | Category: Picture Book | Publisher: Mascot Publishing | Release date: October 2021 Book Description: Like most kids, Michael and his friends are so excited for their first day at a new school. They have a lot of questions about what to expect, but most of all, they wonder if they’ll get to…
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Guest Post: Author A. A. Cristi
The author of picture book Bruce the Spruce talks about the importance of the setting of the story in the making of a modern Christmas fairytale Two New Yorks: Bringing the Christmas Fairytale of “Bruce the Spruce” to Real-Life By: A.A. Cristi For most people, the idea of New York City at Christmas conjures up…
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Book Review + Giveaway: Bruce the Spruce
Title: Bruce the Spruce | Author: A. A. Cristi | Category: Picture Book | Publisher: Mascot | Release date: November 2021 Book Description: Bruce the Spruce has Christmas all wrong. Thanks to his fancy decorations and adoring admirers, this artificial spruce tree doesn’t just wear a star at Christmas, he IS the star. But when his longtime family gets a new tree, it sends…
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Guest Post: Author Claire Eckard (Welcome back!)
Multi-genre author, Claire Eckard, is back on Writer with Wanderlust to talk about her latest novel and the challenges of writing a children’s book about the sport of endurance racing. Endurance riding (or racing) is a sport where a horse and rider need to complete a long-distance cross-country ride within a specified finish time. There…
Stephanie Ward 