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Bicycles, Bloomers, and Books about Invention

July 2, 2025June 26, 2025 by Vicki Palmquist

Birth of the Bicycle by Sarah Nelson and Iacopo Bruno, Candlewick Press

Since 1900, most of kids' riding and rolling has happened on bicycles. It’s no wonder that children love these clever machines. As kids learn to ride, their worlds widen; their independence grows.

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson: Voices from History

March 23, 2022May 27, 2021 by Martin and Root

Books have been a part of Vaunda Micheaux Nelson’s life since the day she was born. “My mother found my name in a novel she was reading,” Nelson says. Books and family and history form a thread through many of Nelson’s award-winning picture books.

Books Set in Bookstores

September 22, 2020May 26, 2020 by Vicki Palmquist

For many of us, wandering around inside a bookstore is our Happy Place. It can also be a place of mystery, surprise, romance, adventure, how-tos, and an opportunity to tap into the knowledge of the universe. Here then are fifteen books for children that are set in bookstores. Archie Greene and the Magician’s Secret
written by D.D.

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“Don’t get took! Read a book!”

December 22, 2015December 1, 2015 by Vicki Palmquist

by Vicki Palmquist I go crazy when I hear that Vaunda Michaux Nelson has another book coming out. I’m a fan. For my own reading life, No Crystal Stair: a documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller, is one of my top ten books in the last ten years. I found every aspect of that book satisfying.… more

Bicycles, Bloomers, and Books about Invention

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson: Voices from History

Books Set in Bookstores

“Don’t get took! Read a book!”

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