Astra The Lonely Airplane by Julie Whitney Astra is a sleek, beautiful, shiny Gulfstream (G100) airplane with a fun and playful personality, who finds herself all alone in her hangar with an uncertain fate, as she learns she will be sold. She is missing the fresh air and exercise, and wondering if she will even remember how to fly, after being flown by her sole caretaker and constant companion named Captain Dan for 12 years. She becomes sad and lonely as she sits rusting in her hangar. … [Read more...] about Astra The Lonely Airplane by Julie Whitney
What An Onion Wants to Be by E.K. Finlay
Getting children to eat vegetables can be a real challenge! Introduce your children to onions with this fun story and follow along with Onion as he tries to find the best way to be the star of the meal! Introduce your kids to onions with this easy-to-read rhyming picture book as onion shares his dream of being a star, instead of being just an ingredient, hidden from view. See if he can decide on the best dish to serve to achieve this. Does it work, will he end up the star, and get to be … [Read more...] about What An Onion Wants to Be by E.K. Finlay
Interview with Author – Donna E. Hart
About Donna E. Hart: Donna Hart, nee Marston, a native of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts is a Shrewsbury High School graduate. She's lived in Massachusetts for her life, but now resides in the Midwest with her husband. She has had an interest in writing since her early teenage years, and is the author of several children's picture books, including "Sherry Strawberry's Clubhouse", "The Boy Who Loved the Sky", "Terreben", "Make Room for Maggie", and "The Happy Butterfly", just to name a few. She has … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Donna E. Hart
Interview with Author – Elizabeth Lavine
About Elizabeth Lavine: Most of my childhood was spent sitting on someone's lap and being read to, or the reverse, sitting with and reading to a younger sibling. Since there were six younger siblings, this went on without interruption right into an early marriage and having three children by age 21. Lots of lap time! Lots of reading! Tons of storybooks! Years later, I wrote my first Children's Picture Book as an after thought, following a three-day story-telling intensive with a young … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Elizabeth Lavine
Interview with Author – Maria Schell Burden
About Maria Schell Burden: Hello! My name is Maria Schell Burden and thanks for looking at my info here on Book Goodies. When I was young, my mother took all five of us kids to the library every single week. It was without a doubt the highlight of the week in our family. We would each come home with a stack of books and my mother would read to us every night. We read aloud to each other in the family car on road trips (passing the book from person to person, each reading a chapter until the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Maria Schell Burden
