Just in time for Lent, Make Room: A Child’s Guide to Lent and Easter has a brand new Activity Guide! The guide follows the four sections of the book: Making Time, Making Space, Making Room, Holy Week. For each section it includes conversation-starters, hands-on activities, simple practices connected to the theme, and suggestions for other… Continue reading Activity Guide for Make Room
Lent will be launched in an unusual way this year. As happens every now and then, Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day. There is something wonderfully absurd about this timing: a celebration of passion and sensual pleasure to kick off a season defined by renunciation and the taming of desire. Lately I have been amusing… Continue reading Chocolate and Ashes
I can hardly begin to describe how thrilled I am that All the Faces of Me has been named one of three Honor Books by the Charlotte Zolotow Award 2024 committee. The Charlotte Zolotow Award is given annually for outstanding writing in a picture book published in the United States in the preceding year. Up… Continue reading Charlotte Zolotow Award 2024 Honor Book!
I love learning new things about my own books, and who better to provide a different perspective than the illustrator? In this interview on the blog Let's Talk Picture Books, Mel Schuit talks with Salini Perera about the process of illustrating our book, All the Faces of Me (Owlkids). I was particularly interested in how… Continue reading Salini Perera Talks Picture Books
Over the cacophony of the classroom, the PA system crackled to life and the voice of the office administrator rushed through the daily quota of announcements beginning with the statement, “We acknowledge that this land is the traditional territory…” But the words were lost amid the hubbub of thirty grade one students preparing for the… Continue reading Before I Lived Here: The Evolution of a Story
I am beyond thrilled that Sun in My Tummy has been nominated as a finalist for the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction. The Norma Fleck Award fis one of seven national awards celebrating excellence in children's literature administered by the Canadian Children's Book Centre. The CCBC is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping… Continue reading Norma Fleck Award Finalist!
I was delighted to see Sun in My Tummy mentioned alongside other award-winning picture books about gardening in this post from the blog Know Where Your Food Comes From. Author Frank Barrie reviews all five honorees of this year's Growing Good Kids Book Awards. This is what he has to say about Sun in My… Continue reading Know Where Your Food Comes From
Laura Alary 