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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Review + Giveaway: What Bear Said about Life, Love, & Other Stuff
Title: What Bear Said about Life, Love, & Other Stuff | Author: Jack Wiens | Illustrator: Jack Wiens | Genre: Junior Fiction | Publisher: Torchflame Books | Publication Date: October 15, 2024 Book Description: The boy has a lot of questions—hard ones about love, honesty, grief and loss, prejudice, forgiveness, why we are here, and more. Bear’s wise answers are always offered with…
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Arabella and the Magic Pencil: A New Slovak Edition
Or should I say “Arabela“? What an absolute surprise and delight to see the first foreign language edition of Arabella and the Magic Pencil released in Slovakia. I think the title in this beautiful language looks absolutely stunning on the cover. It’s such a joy to me that there are children in a country I…
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The Children’s Book Review Reviews Allen the Alien
A fabulous review from a fabulous review site…plus a really cool photo on photo. So good! Allen the Alien by Stephanie Ward & Aleck Morton | Book Review The Children’s Book Review is my go-to reference for kid lit, so if you’re interested in children’s books, this is the site for you. Check out their…
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The 14th Annual Halloweensie Writing Contest
It’s that time of year again when awesome children’s author Susanna Leonard Hill hosts a fun writing contest for Halloween. I found my entry from 2014 ~ An Alien Goes Trick-or-Treating ~ which just happens to star a friendly little alien named Allen. So, yeah, that character/story/book idea has been around for a very, very long time!…
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Breaking Boundaries in Picture Books
I’m often asked about what I like to write and why. It may seem obvious, but often it’s a very telling question for authors — a mystery writer will say they love writing poetry or a romance novelist will admit to secretly writing short horror stories under a pen name. I’m a picture book writer…
Stephanie Ward 