Illustration by Amy Huntington
(Photo Credit: Scott Fishman Photography)
About Darice
Darice Bailer is a journalist and the award-winning author of more than 60 books for young readers, including GREAT WOMEN ATHLETES (Random House Step Into Reading), SNOOPY: FLYING ACE TO THE RESCUE (Simon & Schuster Ready-to-Read), and EXTREME SPORTS: DIVE! (National Geographic). Her first book, PUFFIN'S HOMECOMING, was a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner, and INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI SURVIVAL STORIES (The Child's World), MEASURING TEMPERATURE (Cherry Lake Publishing), and others were Junior Library Guild Gold Medal Series Nonfiction selections.
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When my daughter Laura bought a few children’s books as baby gifts, Miranda Paul’s Ten Little Ninjas was one of them. In case you haven’t had the joy of reading this sweet gem, Ten Little Ninjas is about ten mischievous tots who sneak out of bed at night, race around the bedroom, roam the halls, and do anything but sleep until the exhausted Daddy and Mama say, “Attention everyone – back to bed!” Finally, the last page unfolds and – ZZZZZ – the children are…
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I was scrolling through Facebook one day when I saw the most adorable watercolor painting by illustrator Amy Huntington – five adorable kids skipping across a street led by the neighborhood hound? Amy’s sweet, happy drawing touched my heart. I stopped scrolling and said, “Wow. I LOVE her work!” I interviewed Amy on a Zoom call a few days later, meeting her face-to-face as she sat in her farmhouse near Burlington, VT, with her artwork hanging on the wall behind her. Amy lives with her…
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Imagine the joy of a child who never had the privilege of owning a book being able to choose new hardcover or paperback editions for free out of hundreds displayed in front of him. The Children’s Literacy Foundation doesn’t have to imagine. Staff have seen the excited smiles on these young faces for the past 23 years, and they hear the same question wherever they go. “You mean I get to keep it? It’s mine?” The Children’s Literacy Foundation of Vermont is on a mission…
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