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We had guests last night. Last night we had a litt

We had guests last night. Last night we had a little staring contest. #deer #nature

Here’s a picture book that shows how vital women a

Here’s a picture book that shows how vital women are to the US military — UP PERISCOPE! How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding by Jennifer Swanson and Veronica Miller Jamison. Raye Montague wanted to build ships. In 1943, she was told girls were not engineers. But, she eventually designed ships! She created a system to build the first comprehensive ship design. This book shares so much about the obstacles in Montague’s way to achieve her dreams. Check out this book at your local indie bookstore or your library. #mondayhistory #nonfictionpicturebook #childrenbook #Womenengineers #USmilitary #stem #upperiscopebook

If you are an SCBWI member you can still vote for

If you are an SCBWI member you can still vote for the Crystal Kite Awards. Members can vote in every division. This is a self-nominated award and peer voted. I appreciate everyone helping BEFORE I LIVED HERE BY me, Victo Ngai and Neal Porter Books/Holiday House making it to the finalist round in the SOUTHEAST DIVISION. I'm sharing all the books in this division, because they are all wonderful. Please vote if you haven't. You can go to scbwi.org/crystal-kite. Voting ends on Friday, July 17.

Here's some sweet history from a picture book. ON

Here's some sweet history from a picture book. ON THE CORNER OF CHOCOLATE AVENUE How Milton Hershey Brought Milk Chocolate to America by Tziporah Cohen and Steven Salerno. As a baker, I loved reading about how he tried several times to create a candy business. His first successful was for caramel. Hershey wanted to create an affordable chocolate and introduced the candy bar In 1900. I love learning new facts. Look for this one at your library or your favorite bookstore. #picturebooks #MondayHistory #HersheyChocolate #childrensbooks

I took an intro to sewing class @cobbpubliclibrary

I took an intro to sewing class @cobbpubliclibrary recently. Then, I took the second class that resulted in a bowl cozy. It may fall apart, but I made it. 👀🤪#sewingproject #sewingmachine

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