Thank you Kirkus reviews for this starred review! African American artist, Alma Thomas, made more than 20 abstract paintings inspired by space exploration. This STEAM picture book looks at the creation the painting “Snoopy Sees a Sunrise” and at the Apollo 10 Mission which inspired it.

* EXTRAORDINARY MAGIC - @ninacrews.bsky.social I LIVED INSIDE A WHALE REMEMBERING ROSALIND FRANKLIN WONDERFUL GOODBYES * titles of outstanding merit

Bank Street Center for Children's Literature has chosen EXTRAORDINARY MAGIC: THE STORYTELLING LIFE OF VIRGINIA HAMILTON for their Best Books 2025 Edition & cited it for “Outstanding Merit”! Honored! @bankstreet.edu @galltzacker.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social educate.bankstreet.edu/cbc_awards/27/

I’m so looking forward to this story time event featuring Big Family Beach Day at Books Are Magic Montague Street this coming Sunday at 11am! www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-s...

Happy birthday BIG FAMILY BEACH DAY! Inspired by decades of beach adventures with family and friends. Now available in stores! Please join me at story time events in June! BOOKS ARE MAGIC Sunday, June 8, 11 am BOOKS OF WONDER Saturday, June 21, 11:30am @galltzacker.bsky.social

Authors, we do not have to bow to Meta AI stealing our work. Let’s write and put Mark Zuckerberg on notice: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth... #authors #writers #poets #kidlit

“Feelings of autonomy, belonging, and camaraderie pervade the pages” of Nina Crews’s “busy slice-of-life picture book” BIG FAMILY BEACH DAY

So thrilled to be a part of this amazing lineup of authors and illustrators for the 33rd Annual African American Children's Book Fair! Don't miss this FREE event taking place on Saturday February 1, 2025! See you in Philadelphia! theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military. Altogether, 992 pilots graduated from the Tuskegee Air Field courses, and they flew 1,578 missions and 15,533 sorties, destroyed 261 enemy aircraft, and won more than 850 medals.

Hello Philly! I am participating in the 33rd Annual African American Children’s Book Fair on February 1, 2025 between 1-4pm. Check the link for more info. theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org