Category: First Stories

  • First Stories…Featuring Lori Keating

    First Stories…Featuring Lori Keating

    Spring is in full bloom here in my part of the world! Yay! The return of warmer weather and gorgeous flowers had my girls building fairy houses when they were younger. So what time of year could be more perfect for the release of a fairy-themed chapter book?! That’s right, for the first time on…

  • First Stories…Featuring Cynthia Mackey

    First Stories…Featuring Cynthia Mackey

    Welcome back to another installment of First Stories! After taking a break last year, it’s wonderful to be chatting with so many KidLit writers, specifically picture book writers. As the way many children are introduced to reading – and art! – picture books hold a special place in my heart. They are a unique partnership…

  • First Stories…Featuring Melissa Stoller

    First Stories…Featuring Melissa Stoller

    Today is World Read Aloud Day!! It’s the perfect day to grab your favorite book and your favorite person (or people!) and read a story! It’s also the perfect day to talk about a first story…the one that made a writer want to keep writing. Today, I’m thrilled to welcome Melissa Stoller to First Stories!…

  • First Stories…Featuring Cynthia Mackey

    First Stories…Featuring Cynthia Mackey

    It’s been a few months since I had the pleasure of hosting a fellow Kidlit writer on the First Stories blog! A few months filled with lots of fun book events surrounding the release of Trunk Goes Thunk! A Woodland Tale of Opposites, which is available in many bookstores across the country as well as…

  • First Stories Welcomes…Maxine Schur

    First Stories Welcomes…Maxine Schur

    The school year is off to a start for most of the U.S., bringing with it teachers and librarians and parents who are looking for fresh and fun books to recommend to their children. I’ve been looking forward to the release of my very first picture book, Trunk Goes Thunk! A Woodland Tale of Opposites…