So thrilled to find out that School Library Journal gave BRAINSTORM! a super positive review! YAY! Let’s get kids excited about writing!

I’ve had quite a month since the release of BRAINSTORM! on Aug. 3rd! It’s been so fun to see pictures of the book out in the WILD! Here’s a picture from Indigo Books in Short Hills, NJ. 

The #BrainstormBlogTour continued with stops at….

• Jena Benton’s “Simply 7” Blog
• The Tuesday Debut with Susanna Hill
• Writer’s Rumpus
• Picture Book Spotlight
• ReaderKidz with Dianne White

And, BRAINSTORM! also received an amazing review from Instagrammer @BooksGrowMinds!

And, in other news…

• My poem, “A PASSING STORM” was published in the Australian children’s magazine, Launchpad, this month!

AND… The announcement of my book, AFIKOMAN, WHERE’D YOU GO?, came out in Publisher’s Weekly! I’m so excited to share this one for Passover 2024!

As I said, it’s been a BUSY month! Thanks to everyone for your support!

More news coming soon! 🙂

xoxo

As I anxiously await for BRAINSTORM!’s book birthday to arrive on August 3rd, I’ve been keeping myself busy with the #BrainstormBlogTour! If you are interested in taking a peak behind the scenes of my writing life and the making of BRAINSTORM! check out these interviews:

Interview with author Mangu Howard/Kidlit Creatives (7/14/22): Rebecca Gardyn Levington Shows How Writers Might Get Their Ideas

Interview with author/illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi (7/19/22): Interview with debut picture book author Rebecca Gardyn Levington and illustrator Kate Kronreif

Interview with author Maria C. Marshall/The Picture Book Buzz (7/20/22): Kidlit Caravan Summer Releases

And remember, if you haven’t had a chance to pre-order your personalized signed copy, there is still time!  Check out my local indie: Words Bookstore in Maplewood, NJ!

Thanks, as always, for your support!

Want to hear a preview of me reading the first pages of BRAINSTORM! and also hear more about the story behind the story? Check out my interview on the amazing Picturebooking Podcast with Nick Patton !

Nick is an amazing interviewer and asked some great questions. I had a chance to share not only the inspiration for BRAINSTORM! but also some behind-the-scenes tidbits about the publishing process. I even had the opportunity to share secret tactics I use when brainstorming and writing my own poems and picture books. (O.k., they’re not really “secret” but I have to entice you somehow!). I hope you enjoy listening!

Hello friends!

As we have learned all too well over the last few years, life can be unpredictable!

I just found out that (thanks to “supply chain issues blah blah blah”) BRAINSTORM! which had been scheduled to release on July 15th, will now enjoy its book birthday on August 3, 2022! It was a bit of a surprise, but what’s a birthday without a few surprises, right?!

Instead of whining about it, I decided to do a GIVEAWAY! For all the details, check out my Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/WriterRebeccaGL/status/1544396678207193089 

The Giveaway ENDS ON JULY 12th at 11:59pm, so enter soon!

Thanks so much and have a wonderful week!