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Hermit Thrush!
Wow!! A confirmed sighting of a hermit thrush in our yard yesterday! I had glimpsed them in the past, but never got a good enough look to be sure. Confused as to why they are here now, having read that they don't come into our area until April. I do so hope that they...
pretty fairy!
Kirkus Reviews LUCKY BEANS!
Amazing as it is to even get your book reviewed, it's even more amazing to get favorable ones from sources like Kirkus. I'm chuffed!Kirkus Reviews, Feb. 1Birtha, BeckyLUCKY BEANSIllus. by Nicole TadgellHistory proves cyclical with this story of an African-American...
School Library Journal Review
Yayy! Another nice review:BIRTHA, Becky. Lucky Beans. illus. by Nicole Tadgell. unpaged. CIP. Albert Whitman. Mar. 2010. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8075-4782-3. LC 2009023901.Gr 2-4–Money is tight during the Great Depression, and Marshall is tired of eating beans for...
Lucky Beans Booklist Review
Booklist Advanced Review – Uncorrected ProofIssue: February 1, 2010Lucky Beans.Birtha, Becky (Author), Tadgell, Nicole (Illustrator)Mar 2010. 32 p. Albert Whitman, hardcover, $16.99. (9780807547823).Math and wry comedy mix in this lively historical story based on...
Lucky Beans by Becky Birtha
Here it is at last! LUCKY BEANS by Becky Birtha. Published by Albert Whitman & Co. Spring 2010And here's a lovely review in the Horn Book.
ALA!
Wow, I'm going to be at the American Library Association's Annual Winter Meeting on Sunday in Boston, signing copies of my newest book LUCKY BEANS by Becky Birtha at the Albert Whitman booth. I've never been to ALA and I'm looking forward to meeting people!
New art…or oldie but goodie?
I'll be participating in some upcoming promotions with my agent, so of course I'm back to my fighting my nemesis: deciding which piece to put in! Do I find an older piece, maybe done for another client? Or do I create something new? So in my search of archived art, I...
Coming soon!
The F&Gs for LUCKY BEANS by Becky Birtha came in yesterday! (For those se of you who don't know, F&G stands for "folds and gathers" and is an unbound copy of a book)It's my newest book coming out this Spring from Albert Whitman & Co. As with many of the...
More reading
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddIt's about finding motherly love, but it's also about forgiveness.So why isn't Lily's forgiveness of her father addressed?
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