The Weekly 411 (4/18/25)
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April 18, 2025 vol. 16
The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations and camaraderie. We can also be found on Bluesky. This week's illustration is by Laura Petrisin.
Picture Book Giveaway
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, Chalk the Walk, by Chelsea Tornetto, illustrated by Laurel Aylesworth (Familius Publishing). Enter to win a copy via the Rafflfecopter below.
About the Book: Take to the sidewalk with this colorful picture book to inspire artistic expression and imagination!
Faded pavement.
Walls of gray.
Boring city streets?
No way!
Grab a piece of sidewalk chalk and join in the fun! Join a pair of adorable siblings as they explore the incredible power of a piece of chalk to transform the world around them. Joined by people of all ages from their neighborhood along the way, they use their bucket of chalk to make some sidewalk magic. With rhyming text by Chelsea Tornetto and increasingly colorful illustrations by Laurel Aylesworth, Chalk the Walk is a celebration of imagination.
About the Author: Chelsea Tornetto is a former teacher turned author. She is the author of Gardens Are For Growing (Familius 2022) and God Made You Too (WorthyKids 2022), Seasons on the Farm (Sleeping Bear 2025) with two more rhyming picture books on the way this year. When she isn’t working on her own stories, she helps others follow their dreams of writing for children as a freelance editor and author coach for At Home Author.
About the Illustrator: As an introverted kid growing up in Vermont, drawing came naturally to Laurel Aylesworth. She found her calling as an illustrator after becoming a mother and hence, wading knee-deep in picture books from the library. Today, you can find Laurel still surrounded by picture books, sketch pads and pencils, her daughters, and a cup of jasmine tea at her side.
The Kidlit Deconstruction Zone - authors drill into the craft of children's literature
Sept. 14, Sept. 21, Sept. 28, Oct. 5, 3 p.m. EDT The Art of Children's Nonfiction with Katie Scott, Senior Editor, Kids Can Press Have you contemplated writing a children's nonfiction book but are unsure of where to start? Or maybe you have a book idea and want to know how to make your pitch stand out to an editor. Perhaps you already write nonfiction, but you're stuck on an idea or looking for more industry insight. In this four-week workshop, we’ll explore what goes into making an outstanding children’s non-fiction book. Each class will include mentor texts, breakout room workshops, and a 30-minute Q&A discussion, where participants can get direct feedback from Katie, an acquiring editor, on their non-fiction book ideas.
I am happy to have this book on my radar. I am already thinking of many ways to use it with students this spring.
ReplyDeleteWould be thrilled to read this on!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds fun and also will inspire readers to get outside and be creative.
ReplyDeleteOh I love decorating the sidewalk with my kids! Sounds like a truly inspirational story!
ReplyDeletechalk is fun. interesting cover.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun concept for a book, and it rhymes?! Well done!
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