Category: Take 5

• TAKE 5 with HEIDI YATES

  

  Invited to your first Monster Bash and shaky on what to expect? Have no fear! From A to Z (Aliens to Zombies), monsters have had millennia to master good manners. Ogres don’t spread germs, vampires never bite, and werewolves follow rules! As readers journey through a monstrous party, they’ll witness 26 creatures demonstrating etiquette and…

  Becky Walker Books

  August 17, 2026

  interview, Take 5

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• TAKE 5 with MARCIA STRYKOWSKI

  

  Abigale is a lonely puffin who has trouble making herself heard. She desperately wants to be friends with the other puffins, but she’s so shy they hardly know she’s there. After several disappointing attempts, Abigale thinks about giving up. Then disaster strikes, and an innocent puffin is at risk of being caught by a gull-a…

  Becky Walker Books

  July 27, 2026

  interview, Take 5

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• TAKE 5 with DEE LEONE

  

  This book is a way for children to count their way through a world of imaginary creatures like monsters with spiky hair, dragons with shiny scales, and goblins with knobby knees.

  Becky Walker Books

  July 13, 2026

  interview, Take 5

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• TAKE 5 with JESSICA MILO

  

  MY PONY WONDER is a rhyming picture book about a young girl and her pony and their trail ride adventure through the woods! As the pair trots and gallops along, they delight in each new sight, finding comfort in one another during moments of uncertainty, and ultimately, sharing precious time together. 

  Becky Walker Books

  July 6, 2026

  interview, Take 5

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• TAKE 5 with KATHY RAGGIO

  

  In this lyrical story, a child moves with their family to a new house. Each step of the journey is a gentle reminder that home is more than a place.

  Becky Walker Books

  June 22, 2026

  interview, Take 5

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• TAKE 5 with LIZZIE BROOKS

  

  It’s about a little girl who’s great at just about everything, so she assumes she’ll be perfect at yoga poses too–her name is Pose-y, after all. But to her dismay, she can’t do the poses like the other kids. Frustrated, she quits. She continues other activities, but yoga won’t leave her mind. One brave day,…

  Becky Walker Books

  June 15, 2026

  interview, Take 5

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• TAKE 5 with ANDREW HACKET

  

  In This Classroom is a heartwarming celebration of the school year, capturing the joy, struggles, and growth of students and teachers as they embark on an unforgettable journey of learning, friendship, and personal achievement.

  Becky Walker Books

  June 8, 2026

  interview, Take 5

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• TAKE 5 with TONNYE FLETCHER

  

  When concert halls were closed to the public, a Spanish artist envisioned and facilitated a concert for plants — a performance that brought music and art, nature and architecture, people and plants together in a very unusual way. This is the story of that concert.

  Becky Walker Books

  May 11, 2026

  interview, Take 5

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• TAKE 5 with INBAL ALON

  

  Maddy’s Towers is a gentle story about what happens when trust breaks and how it can grow again, one careful block at a time.

  Becky Walker Books

  April 27, 2026

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• TAKE 5 with SUSAN JOHNSTON TAYLOR

  

  What if Edgar Allan Poe’s cat wrote The Raven? Or if Emily Dickinson’s dog had her way with words? This whimsical poetry collection reimagines classic poems through the eyes of their poets’ animal friends. 

  Becky Walker Books

  April 13, 2026

  interview, Take 5

  #kidlit, #librarians, #newbook, #picturebook, #picturebooks, #poems, #poetry, #Take5, #teacher, #teachers