Annie's Book Stop of Worcester

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    Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Author Spotlight on children’s book author Michelle Markel.   Michelle, could you please tell us briefly a little about yourself and your writing? How would you like us to introduce you?   Hello, readers! I got my start as a journalism intern at …

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    Barney Saltzberg is an author, artist and musician (and a magician of a different sort!) who has written and illustrated almost 50 picture books, including WE’RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT, ONE OF THESE IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS, and MY BOOK OF BEAUTIFUL OOPS. In this video, he talks about his newest …

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Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Friday spotlight on Jan Brett, both the author and the artist behind the New York Times bestselling children’s favorites, The Hat, The Mitten, and Snowy Nap, as well as many other classics. She is actually a Massachusetts native, living on the South Shore. Thanks so much for …

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Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Friday Spotlight on Ruth Spiro, the author of Baby Loves Science series of board books—which we are also spotlighting as part of our Holiday Gift-Giving blogs. The Baby Loves Science series are a great way to start developing children’s interests in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, …

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[This week’s installment of KIDS AND TEENS WEDNESDAY was written by ABSW owner Patty Cryan.] If you come to our event this Saturday, April 11th with members of the New England chapter of SCBWI [Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators], you’ll find a fine spread of titles spanning many age ranges, genres and interests. …

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