MERMAIDS ON PARADE with Melanie Hope Greenberg Blog Post

…slowed down the output of new art and am looking to sell existing originals and print illustrations, but never say never. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpSmkgM25bs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWphlFONLMc [image_with_animation image_url=”8367″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none”…

THE KISS book cover.

St. Patrick’s Day: 7 Ways to Celebrate and 3 to Avoid! 2023 UPDATE Blog Post

…img_link=”https://www.amazon.com/Spooktacular-Place-Be-Una-Woods/dp/1788492854″][image_with_animation image_url=”5368″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” animation_easing=”default” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” img_link=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42116044-blazing-a-trail?ref=nav_sb_ss_4_16″] [divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default”] Now that we’ve looked at seven excellent ways…

stew pot in felt

Saint Patrick’s Day: Seven Wonderful Ways To Celebrate And Three Ways To Avoid! Blog Post

…alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” img_link=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58766068-the-enchanted-lake?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hkR7iWSv2T&rank=3″] [image_with_animation image_url=”5402″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” img_link=”https://www.thecaterpillarmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=4143&page=1″] Being The Change Together Thank you for reading these…

Solidarity Team Page

…name=”Zapoura Newton-Calvert (She/Her)” job_position=”Student Volunteer Co-ordinator” social_icon_1=”fa fa-instagram” social_link_1=”https://www.instagram.com/reading_is_resistance/” social_icon_2=”fa fa-facebook” social_link_2=”https://www.facebook.com/readingisresistancepdx” social_icon_3=”fa fa-envelope-open” social_link_3=”readingisresistanceportland@gmail.com” social_icon_4=”fa fa-globe” social_link_4=”https://www.readingisresistance.com/”] Zapoura Newton-Calvert has been facilitating composition and community-based learning courses focused on…

Gibberish book cover.

August 2022: New favourite picture books Blog Post

~ Collated by Anne Coppell, Tāmaki Makaurau Aotearoa. Our beloved Lavender Librarian posted on our Facebook group: What’s your favourite new book you almost missed? And the group answered! Welcome…

Atua: Māori gods and heroes.

Exploring te ao Māori Through Picture Books Blog Post

…‘war dance’ – famously performed by the All Blacks (the New Zealand men’s rugby team) before test matches. The one most commonly performed is “Ka Mate”. “Ka Mate” was composed…

Q and A With Beth Ferry! Blog Post

…see the way illustrators bring my words to life. It is one of the purest pleasures of being a picture book author. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5orjZdC-80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mrj574Kyrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx0BVa2SASY [nectar_badge display_tag=”h1″ bg_color_type=”global” color=”accent-color” text_color=”#ffffff”…

Anne doing online storytime, wearing a Star Wars Darth Vader tshirt: welcome to the dark side, we have bacon.

Auntie Anne Page

…thing EVER is spending time with children. We often say that our unofficial job title is ‘Auntie’ – we offer love, support, encouragement, and the occasional telling off, to our…

Asking Autistics: Nothing About Us Without Us Blog Post

and learned she was autistic at 35! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53gf1ruKog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5yCa8afr2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkW9etKxScc [nectar_icon icon_family=”fontawesome” icon_style=”default” icon_color_type=”color_scheme” icon_color=”Accent-Color” icon_padding=”20px” pointer_events=”all” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-twitter” url=”https://twitter.com/MLISLavender”][nectar_icon icon_family=”fontawesome” icon_style=”default” icon_color_type=”color_scheme” icon_color=”Accent-Color” icon_padding=”20px” pointer_events=”all” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-instagram” url=”https://www.instagram.com/lavenderlibrarian”][nectar_icon icon_family=”fontawesome”…

Tu B'shevat

Association of Jewish Libraries and Allyship Blog Post

and performed by Judy Caplan Ginsburgh on her CD “Amazing Songs for Amazing Jewish Kids.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoeGS5NGH8U Watch this video by Josh Miller and Renna Khuner-Haber to see the motions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXQWdyubqM…