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    STROLLERCOASTER—REVIEW FOR CALLING CALDECOTT

    Once again I had the honor of being invited to participate as a reviewer for the Horn Book’s Calling Caldecott series. For those of you unfamiliar with Calling Caldecott, it’s a fantastic series of posts by guest writers, reviewers, librarians, and children’s books lovers that aim to praise the ‘Caldecott worthy qualities’ of certain books. Weirdly enough, all three years…

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    HIKE—Review for Calling caldecott

    I was extremely honored to be invited to participate again in this year’s Calling Caldecott. Hosted by The Horn Book’s website, Calling Caldecott is a fantastic series of posts by guest writers, reviewers, librarians, and children’s books lovers that aim to praise the, “Caldecott-worthy qualities” of certain books. This yeas, I wrote about HIKE, a gorgeous, wordless picturebook written and…

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    MY PAPI HAS A MOTORCYCLE—Review for Calling Caldecott

    A few months ago I was invited to participate in this year’s Calling Caldecott. For those of you unfamiliar with Calling Caldecott, it’s a fantastic series of posts by guest writers, reviewers, librarians, and children’s books lovers that aim to praise the ‘Caldecott worthy qualities’ of certain books. I was lucky enough to be invited and given the wonderful task…

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    Truby’s 22 Steps

    I have somewhat of a love/hate relationship with Truby’s 22 Steps. At a glance, they might seem oversimplified. However, I’ve found that if I’m stuck in the developmental stages of a story, I can go back, work through each of the steps, and unknot my story’s mess. Self-revelation, need, and desire Self-revelation: The character’s realization of what they need to…