Category: Take 5

• SUHASINI GUPTA

  

  “Kai Po Che! I’ve cut the kite!” Mini wants to fly her own kite this Makar Sankranti, the Indian kite festival. But Bhai thinks kites aren’t for little girls. Mini discovers that flying her own kite during Makar Sankranti will require a combination of creativity, compassion, and courage to truly soar and help avert an…

  Becky Walker Books

  May 19, 2025

  interview, Take 5

  #DevikaOza, #GnomeRoadPublisher, #India, #KaiPoChe, #kite, #MakarSankranti, #SuhasiniGupta

• JOANN M. DICKINSON

  

  Secrets of Hawthorne Manor is a spooky, middle-grade mystery about a boy named Jack Hawthorne who discovers his family’s long-lost connection to a haunted estate.

  Becky Walker Books

  May 5, 2025

  interview, Take 5

  #kidlit, #librarians, #MG, #newbook, #teachers, #writingcommunity

• TAKE 5 WITH STEENA HERNANDEZ

  

  In just a few days, Steena Hernandez’s debut, LUPITA’S BROWN BALLET SLIPPERS, will be out in the world. She’s my guest on TAKE 5, check it out!

  Becky Walker Books

  October 14, 2024

  interview, Take 5

  #author, #ballerina, #ballet, #beamingbooks, #dance, #diversity, #giveaway, #inclusion, #kidlit, #Kidlitauthor, #librarian, #librarians, #LupitasBrownBalletSlippers, #MelissaCastillo, #newbook, #picturebook, #picturebookblogger, #picturebooks, #SteenaHernandez, #Take5, #Take5blog, #teacher

• TAKE 5 with DIANNA SIRKOVSKY

  

  “Everyone can make a difference, no matter their age.” Dianna Sirkovsky answers 5 questions about her publishing journey and her picture book, Just One Pebble: One Boy’s Quest to End Hunger.

  Becky Walker Books

  October 7, 2024

  interview, Take 5

  #authorblog, #bookblogger, #Clavis, #DiannaWilsonSirkovsky, #JamesReadingRescue, #kidlit, #picturebook, #readingrecommendations, #SaraCasilda, #Take5, #Take5blog

• TAKE 5 with SUSAN DREW

  

  There’s no one better than Susan Drew! Find out what she learned while on her publishing journey!

  Becky Walker Books

  August 29, 2024

  interview, Take 5

  #AKALiteraryManagement, #EverImagineBooks, #SadieDoesNotLikeSorries, #susandrew, #Take5

• TAKE 5 with STEPHANIE LUPO HENSON

  

  Find out what Stephanie Henson thinks are the five hardest things about being a writer…I can relate, can you?

  Becky Walker Books

  August 5, 2024

  interview, Take 5

  #bookblogger, #ele, #firstdayofschool, #kidlit, #kindergarten, #libraians, #librarian, #maitran, #noschoolmyrules, #nwbook, #picturebooks, #SBRMedia, #schoolblues, #StephanieLupoHenson, #teachers, #teaching, #TielmourPress, #writingcommunity

• TAKE 5 WITH THELIA HUTCHINSON

  

  Find out how Thelia got her new picture book, MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE, published after all other attempts failed!

  Becky Walker Books

  May 20, 2024

  interview, Take 5

  #AdrianaPredoi, #bookblogger, #bookrecommendations, #bookstagram, #booktok, #kidlit, #kidlit411, #Kidlitauthor, #kidlitblogger, #kidlitillustrations, #kidlitillustrator, #librarians, #MoreThanYouImagine, #newbook, #parents, #PB, #picturebook, #picturebooks, #readingrecommendations, #SCBWI, #SoaringKiteBooks, #teachers, #TheliaHuchinson, #writingcommunity

• TAKE 5 with BRENNA JEANNERET

  

  Brenna was once the voice of a Japanese radio commercial! Find out more interesting facts on my TAKE 5 blog!

  Becky Walker Books

  April 29, 2024

  interview, Take 5

  #birthdaybook, #birthdaycake, #BrennaJeanneret, #kidlit, #kids, #librarians, #MarinaKondra, #newbook, #parents, #picturebook, #teachers

• TAKE 5 with DANA MARIE MIROBALLI

  

  Do you know what a claustrophile is?You have to check out Dana’s 5 Interesting Facts about herself!

  Becky Walker Books

  April 22, 2024

  interview, Take 5

  #AmmiJoanPaquette, #beamingbooks, #danamariemiroballi #shesthebear #IfMyHairHadAVoice, #diversity, #EMLA, #patriciagrannum, #shesthebear

• TAKE 5 with ANDREW HACKET

  

  OLLIE, THE ACORN,AND THE MIGHTY IDEA drops 4/9/24!!!!

  Becky Walker Books

  April 1, 2024

  interview, Take 5

  #AndrewHacket, #curlilocksandthethreehares, #DanCramer, #hopeandthesea, #KazWindness, #Ollietheacornandthemightyidea, #pagestreetkids, #PageTurnerLiteraryAgency, #PTLA