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Tuesday Debut – Presenting Natasha Khan Kazi! PLUS A Giveaway

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Welcome to today’s episode of Tuesday Debut, brought to you by the 8th Annual Valentiny Writing Contest where with any luck you’ll be able to vote for finalists sometime in the next couple days! I have the post nearly ready to go, but didn’t want it to interfere with Tuesday Debut, plus we’re still making some last minute decisions!

But now, it is my pleasure to introduce you to today’s Tuesday Debut, the lovely and talented author/illustrator Natasha Khan Kazi, and give you a glimpse of her gorgeous debut picture book, MOON’S RAMADAN.

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Perfect Picture Book Friday – Indigo Dreaming

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February is always a tricky month!

For starters, it’s February and has only 28 days.

Add to that the Valentiny Contest (which opens the day after tomorrow! get ready for fun!), and it means I don’t get a lot of Perfect Picture Book Fridays during Black History Month. So I wanted to be sure to have a chance to share at least one book in celebration. I’ve chosen one I think is absolutely beautiful, and I hope you’ll love it, too!

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Perfect Picture Book Friday – A Place To Land: Martin Luther King, Jr. And The Speech That Inspired A Nation

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Welcome to Perfect Picture Book Friday, Everyone!

It’s been a very busy week, so I’ll get right to today’s book without any chit chat.

(Shocking, I know, but yes, it really is me – I have not been taken over by aliens 😊)

Today is the perfect Friday for this Perfect Picture Book about Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have A Dream Speech since we will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.

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Tuesday Debut – Presenting Mindy Hudon!

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Welcome to the first Tuesday Debut of 2023, everyone!

We have a very interesting book journey to share today! Although Tuesday Debut is for picture books, this is a book that started as a picture book and then went off in another direction and I wanted to share it because I think it’s important for us as writers to be open-minded about our work. Sometimes a book we envision one way might work very well another way! Today’s book started out as a picture book manuscript but ended up being published as a graphic novel. Amazing, right? And maybe something to think about if you’ve got a picture book manuscript that isn’t quite working as a picture book! So without further ado, please help me welcome Mindy Hudon and her no-longer-a-picture-book graphic novel, Kodi’s Adventures: How I Learned to Defeat the Time Snatcher!

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