Monthly Archives: April 2016

A to Z: Childhood literacy – can your child read this headline?

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Julie Stroebel Barichello

Throughout April, I’m tackling 26 A to Z topics related to children’s literature. In honor of the letter L, literacy is the subject of the day. Below, you’ll find excerpts of an article about childhood literacy I wrote in April … Continue reading →

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A to Z: ‘Koren of the Quest’

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Julie Stroebel Barichello

Throughout April, I’m tackling 26 A to Z topics related to children’s literature. Today is all about the letter K, which has me reminiscing about the first chapter I ever wrote: “Koren of the Quest.” I was still a kid … Continue reading →

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A to Z: Judging a book by its cover … and other ways of choosing children’s books

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Julie Stroebel Barichello

Throughout April, I’m tackling 26 A to Z topics related to children’s literature. Today’s topic is a subject I addressed on my old blog, EveryJournalist Fiction: judging a book by multiple elements and what convinces us to buy books. I … Continue reading →

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A to Z: Imaginary friends popping up in kid lit

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Julie Stroebel Barichello

Throughout April, I’ll be tackling 26 A to Z topics related to children’s literature. Since today is all about the letter I, the topic of the day is imaginary friends. Noni was invisible. Not the metaphorical invisible, as in everyone … Continue reading →

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A to Z: Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Julie Stroebel Barichello

Throughout April, I’ll be tackling 26 A to Z topics related to children’s literature. Yesterday I wrote about the Brothers Grimm and the treasure trove of their complete works. Today let’s look at another fairy tale writer: Hans Christian Andersen. … Continue reading →

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