by Sarah Purdy | Nov 29, 2018 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
Author Shannon Basinger-Kotz and her eleven-year-old son and illustrator Vinny M.R. Kotz have a gift for weaving holiday magic. Last Christmas, they published their first book, The Little Lost Nutcracker. This year, they are celebrating the release of their second...
by Sarah Purdy | Nov 1, 2018 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
In 2011, the bald eagles of Decorah became an internet sensation when researchers at the Raptor Research Project began live streaming footage from a webcam installed near their nest. Seven years later, millions of viewers around the world still tune in each spring to...
by Sarah Purdy | Oct 30, 2018 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
In her latest children’s book—Will You Be My Friend?/Serás tú mi amigo?—Pella author Karen Fitzsimmons has a simple message: While it feels good to have a friend, it feels great to be a friend. “I wanted to get across to young readers what being a true friend is all...
by Sarah Purdy | Oct 16, 2018 | Nonfiction, Our Books
by Bev Roozeboom Mental illness is real, and our children are not exempt. Yet mental illness—especially when it affects children—remains a hidden affliction. It is unmentioned at family reunions, misunderstood by society and not talked about in social circles. It’s...
by Sarah Purdy | Oct 15, 2018 | Children's Books, Our Books
by Shannon Basinger-Kotz Eight-year-old Marlene has only one Christmas wish: to be healed of cancer. After she writes a letter to Santa, the jolly saint decides to make a Christmas Eve hospital visit to share with Marlene the power of prayer—and show her that, even in...
