Kirkus Reviews LUCKY BEANS!

by | Jan 29, 2010 | Uncategorized

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...

School Library Journal Review

by | Jan 25, 2010 | Uncategorized

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

by | Jan 22, 2010 | Uncategorized

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...

ALA!

by | Jan 14, 2010 | Uncategorized

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...
New art…or oldie but goodie?

New art…or oldie but goodie?

by | Dec 4, 2009 | Uncategorized

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...
Coming soon!

Coming soon!

by | Nov 10, 2009 | Uncategorized

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 &...