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Author tables at the Baldwin Bibliophile Bonanza, authors and visitors

One year blogging anniversary! And a Birmingham Baldwin’s Bibliophile Bonanza

by Gail Kuhnlein

November 19, 2024 — November is National Picture Book Month! How did I not know this? Anyway, I recently realized that I’ve been blogging for a year. My first post was on Halloween 2023. I’m thinking about blogging less and creating more reels. I started making short reels on Instagram for my picture book this summer. I’d like to focus more on that for now and so I’m considering blogging about once a month. Previously, I aimed for three posts monthly. 

My website doesn’t allow for “likes” or comments on my blog so I don’t receive feedback most of the time. If you’d be so kind, I’d appreciate any comments, input, about my blog post(s) that you care to giv

Literacy Night at Brick Elementary School was pure joy

by Gail Kuhnlein

March 26, 2024 — I was so happy to receive a “real” email through the contact link on my author website. It was from Michelle Cox, a Title I teacher at Brick Elementary School, inviting me to participate in their Literacy Night. We emailed back and forth several times, figuring out details. Her enthusiasm radiated off the computer screen and it was contagious. We were both excited to be in touch and that I was able to attend. 

We decided that I would read my book, How Happy Is a Lark, twice over the course of the evening, which ran from 5 - 6:30 p.m. And that I’d lead the activity from the back of my book with the children. Initially, I was in a small classroom just inside the main school entrance. I had a number of parents, grandparents and st

Children Doing Activity In Art and Crafts

Children’s activity — with “surPRIZES!”

by Gail Kuhnlein

December 5, 2023 — Looking for a creative art and language activity for your children over winter break? Look no further than the pages of the picture book “How Happy Is a Lark?” I thought I’d turn this into a fun little contest. 

The book takes expressions like “Clever as a fox,” “Wise as an owl,” or “Curious as a cat,” turns them upside-down and asks and answers the questions, “How clever is a fox?” And “How wise is an owl?” And “Just how curious is a cat?” 

Here’s how to enter:

  1. Take a question from the book — or better yet, come up with an expression of your own that you’
Two Kids Reading a Fairy Tale Book

All about the children & let us hear from you :)

by Gail Kuhnlein

November 14, 2023 — I’m not sure I ever imagined myself blogging. But now that I have an author’s website and maybe some stuff to say, here goes nothing. Or rather, I hope, a little something. Mostly, I’d like my posts to help some others who are embarking on a publishing venture. Also, did you know that regular posts help with a website’s visibility? Search engines prefer (and therefore place them higher in searches) a dynamic, changing website to one that stays the same for long periods of time. 

Naturally, my blog’s theme will be my first picture book experience, writing and many related things. I thought I’d share something very dear to my heart these days — not surprisingly — I LOVE hearing f

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