SONG AFTER SONG: THE MUSICAL LIFE OF JULIE ANDREWS
This picture book biography explores the early life of film star, theater performer, singer, and published author of children’s books Julie Andrews, and how she found her voice and her love of music.
Author: Julie Hedlund
Illustrator: Ilaria Urbinati
Publisher: Little Bee Books
Publication Date: September 5, 2023
Emma Walton Hamilton
OVER, BEAR! UNDER, WHERE?
Author: Julie Hedlund
Illustrator: Michael Slack
Publisher: Philomel Books
Where to get:
Second Star to the Right
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Jane Yolen
— bestselling and award-winning author of How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
This readaloud would make an entertaining prolonged tongue-twister, and new readers just learning can try this one out themselves for a pun-tastic adventure.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
— one of the nation’s leading children’s book review journals for school and public librarians.
Hedlund delivers a whimsical “Who’s on First”–like picture book, following characters Under, a mole; Over, a green-blue bird; and Dog, “a hot-dog dog.” The characters are enjoying themselves in and around a playground—until Bear emerges from the woods and chaos ensues.
Publishers Weekly
— Publishers Weekly, familiarly known in the book world as PW and "the bible of the book business," is a weekly news magazine focused on the international book publishing business.
MY LOVE FOR YOU IS THE SUN
Author: Julie Hedlund
Illustrator: Susan Eaddy
Publisher: Little Bahalia Publishing
Emma Walton Hamilton
— New York Times Bestselling Author.
“Beautiful, sweet, and comforting.”
Eileen Spinelli
— Christopher Award-winning author.
“A soothing and lyrical tribute to the power of parental love.”
Linda Ashman
— Critically-acclaimed author of more than three dozen picture books.
A TROOP IS A GROUP OF MONKEYS
Author: Julie Hedlund
Illustrator: Pamela Baron
Publisher: Little Bahalia Publishing
School Library Journal
“With pleasant rhyming text, Hedlund teaches children about 16 different collective nouns for wild animals. “A parliament of owls hoots in the night. / A pandemonium of parrots begins to take flight.” Appealing watercolor-and-pencil illustrations using textured backgrounds are warm and inviting.”
Kirkus
“Each of the animal groups—a troop of monkeys, a colony of bats—comes to life and invites young readers to enjoy interactive play while reinforcing the vocabulary words on each page.”