Alessandra Requena

Host on The Picture Bookstagang Podcast, we chat about picturebooks, interview authors, & illustrators.
Plus #kidsbookstagram
on IG @ReadWithRiver

[All in a Day @cbcallinaday]

Talking to @InclusiveTime & @IAmSueannHall now about their project to highlight family-friendly books that are about Black Canadians in history - more here: https://t.co/belWytI75k #bhm

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@SafadiShifa Fabulous

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@jmebills Charming!

[Margaret Kingsbury @areaderlymom]

I TALK LIKE A RIVER + SWEEP
A child delights in a crisp fall day w her cousins until a wheeze catches in her throat, turning her breath into a whistle. Inside she uses her inhaler & escapes into her imagination. Soon her cousins join her in imaginative play #PBPitch #OWN #DIS #L

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@areaderlymom Fantastic!

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What is freedom and where does the quest for an unfettered life, free of accountability to society, just become privilege? Let's explore the concept of freedom with picturebooks! https://t.co/LJwkgVcqlg

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@pinatadirector Fondant is an abomination. And I don't use that word lightly.

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Potentially controversial opinion. I only want to eat cakes that look like cakes.

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This is what keeps me up at night. What makes a picturebook universal? And what makes it quintessentially Canadian, British, or Australian? https://t.co/hm8WHoi76Q

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Hugging in picturebooks is a common theme and one that's evolved quite a long way in less than a decade! https://t.co/pa29p6s9uh

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"Every piece of plastic you used in your life still exists. "Well, at least there's one thing in our lives that will never change.

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Nothing like going to comment on a meme only to be confronted by the harsh reality I've never had an original thought in your life...

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@Loyallovepeace So sad!

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With mere hours left, 2021 couldn't leave bad enough alone and has taken Betty White less than three weeks before her 100th birthday.

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Ready to put my kids to bed an hour early.

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@NCastaldoAuthor @CBS That sounds like my jam

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I miss sitcoms. In the olden days a show could go ten seasons and still be funny. Nowadays you get three seasons in tops and they're inevitably forced to save the world from an apocalypse. I didn't come here for this, I thought this was a show about baking.

[Prestel Junior International @presteljunior]

WHERE IS EVERYONE? by Tom Schamp is one of #bookstagang 's #bestbooksof2021! "Tom Schamp is a wild and unpredictable genius whose work depicts a world full of mystery, connection and surprise." @readwithriver https://t.co/J10BQtvpuj #kidlit #boardbook

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BINDUS BINDI by Supriya Kelkar and Parvati Pillai is a touching intergenerational story that affirms and embraces the beauty of Indian tradition and style. @SterlingBooks

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What is beauty?
Last night we were recording the podcast episode for this year's #bookstagang_bestof2021
And as we were surveying the piles of books that had been submitted this year, about 400, trends began to emerge.

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JAGUAR AND BUTTERFLIES by Catherine Russler and @elyelyilustra revels in the glory of Mexican beauty and tradition