Kid Lit North: Where Ravens Roam and Writers Dream

A blog about writing and reading children's books in the North.

Friday, November 8, 2024

365 Days to Alaska

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I’m not sure how I missed author Cathy Carr’s debut middle-grade novel, 365 Days to Alaska , when it was published by Abrams in 2021 — but I...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

The Invisible Elephant

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Thanks to the blog  World Kid Lit and their #WorldKidLitMonth each September, I discovered a wonderful new chapter book, The Invisible Ele...
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

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One Amazing Book! Every so often, I get really excited about a new book. Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft by Tom Cre...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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Congratulations to Michaela Goade! She’s just been awarded the Caldecott Honor Award for her picture book Berry Song , which she both wrote ...
Monday, September 12, 2022

The Little Bush Plane That Can

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In the time-honored picture book tradition of “little engines that can,” Alaskan author Brooke Hartman’s The Littlest Airplane takes reader...
Thursday, April 28, 2022

Listening to The Wind and the Trees

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The Wind and the Trees by Canadian author/illustrator Todd Stewart is a deceptively simple story that conveys fundamental knowledge about...
Thursday, January 6, 2022

Who Lives Near a Glacier?

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Glaciers are in the news, primarily because many are melting as a consequence of climate change. Susi Gregg Fowler, the author of a new pict...
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Ann Dixon
I live in the beautiful seaside town of Homer, Alaska, where I share my yard with moose and sandhill cranes. I like to read, write, hike, garden, and volunteer driving the Friends of Homer Library bookmobile. My idea of a good time is reading stories with kids.
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