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Children's Picture Book Day

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Children's Picture Book Day

April 2, 2026

Hello Reader,

It's Children's Picture Book Day! To celebrate, I'm recommending a couple of picture books that my little one absolutely loves!

We recently picked these books up at one of my favorite independent bookstores, Dorothy June's in Foley, AL. My youngest sat in the floor and read Gaston, a book about a bulldog who's adopted by a family of poodles. Obviously, the bulldog feels a little left out and what follows is a beautiful story about fitting in and staying true to yourself.

The pictures are adorable, and the fact that it starred a bulldog and my brother owns a bulldog made it instantly relatable to my children. It was so good that we had to buy the sequel:

The point to today's newsletter is to remind us all how important reading is to young minds. It helps young children deal with issues they can't yet verbalize--like fitting in or feeling different. If you have a little one in your life, please consider these books by Kelly Dipucchio and Christian Robinson, as they are a hit with mine!

And in case you needed evidence of the obsession, here is an image of my little one on the beach, reading instead of running around screaming as per usual:

Recommended Reads:

Live at the End of the World

Liv Waller is content to lead a perfectly ordinary life. That is, until aliens announce that they will be destroying the planet. Then Liv meets Shine, a breathtakingly beautiful alien.

Final Projection

Tonight's Oscars will be watched by 3 billion people. Only some of them are still human.

Seasons of Magic: Ostara

Six witches with spells that go awry. What could possibly go wrong?

The Volcan Knights Origins

When darkness bleeds into reality, five immortal warriors stand between humanity and cosmic annihilation.

Buried Secrets

Ella Perri knows her grandfather’s last words were a warning: “Find the box—and trust no one.” When he dies suddenly, Ella inherits a clue-laden diary and a buried secret that demands answers.

Name Bound

Unlocking a suitcase earns him superpowers--and a target on his back.

Elise Burke Brown Author

A Newsletter for Readers and Writers

I'm an author who comes from a family of detectives, including a grandfather who filled my childhood with true crime stories I learned not to repeat at daycare. My novel, CHASE HARLEM, won the grand prize for the Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts New Writers Contest 2021 as well as the 2023 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for Best Unpublished Investigator Novel. I've had had stories and poetry published in Sojourn Literary Magazine, Dewpoint Literary Magazine, The Moonlit Road, and Southern Quill. I've also sold stories to the podcast, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights. I'm represented by Rachel Beck of Liza Dawson Associates.

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