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Miranda Paul, Children’s Book Author
Miranda Paul is not technically local. In fact, I’ve been disappointed in how infrequently she visits the Twin Cities. She lives in Wisconsin, where she grew up. However, we discovered her at Red Wing’s Children’s Book Festival and she quickly became one of my favorite children’s book authors. She has a gift for taking a dry subject and making it, not only interesting, but poetic. Some of her books are co-authored with her husband, Baptiste.
Most Recent Releases
- Peace – Written with Baptiste Paul – Release Date – March 2, 2021.
- Beyond – Discoveries from the Outer Reaches of Space – Scheduled Release Date – April 6, 2021.
- Right Now!: Real Kids Speaking Up for Change with Bea Jackson – September 7, 2021
- 101 Ways to Help the Earth with Dr. Seuss’s Lorax – November 30, 2021
More Books by Miranda Paul:
- 10 Little Ninjas – A bedtime counting book.
- Adventures to School: Real-Life Journeys of Students from Around the World
- Are We Pears Yet
- Blobfish Throws A Party
- The Great Pasta Escape
- I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon
- Little Libraries, Big Heroes.
- Mia Moves Out
- Nine Months Until A Baby Is Born
- One Plastic Bag
- Worksheets and teaching resources for this book can be found on OnePlasticBag.com.
- Thanku: Poems of Gratitude
- Trainbots
- Water is Water
- Whose Hands Are These
- Speak Up. This timely book, released July 7, 2020, encourages kids to speak up, unite with others, and take action when they see something that needs to be fixed.
- SPEAK UP Activity Kit. Grades PreK-3.
- Using My Voice To Make Things Better: A Resource Guide and Lesson Plan About the First Amendment. Grades 1-5.
My Favorite Books by Miranda Paul
The following three books are some of my favorites by Miranda Paul, Extend the fun with activities to go with these books on the author’s website.
Little Libraries, Big Heroes.
Another of Miranda Paul’s more recent books is Little Libraries, Big Heroes. You wouldn’t expect a book about the origins of the Little Free Libraries to make you cry, but it did. I’d love to buy this book for all the big heroes in my neighborhood who maintain our the little free libraries on my walk routes.
Nine Months Until A Baby Is Born
This lovely book is perfect for the big brother or sister. In her usual poetic style, Miranda Paul links an unborn sibling’s development with the changes happening for the family during each of the nine months of development. This would be a great sibling gift at a baby shower for a new parent.
Water is Water
This is the book that first introduced us to Miranda Paul. We won it in a drawing. At first, we were disappointed it wasn’t one of the authors we already knew, but after reading it, we loved it. Follow water through all of its forms in this beautifully written book.
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Why We LOVE our Local Children’s Book Authors!
We love our wonderful community of local children’s book authors in Minnesota. Minnesota kids books cover all types of books from fiction to nonfiction. There are books about penguins, books about the ocean and, of course, books about Minnesota. Whatever you are looking for, chances are we have something great coming out of our great state.
Historically, While we Minnesotan’s have to share Laura Ingalls Wilder with several other states, we do get to claim Wanda Gag, author of Millions of Cats, and Maud Hart Lovelace, author of the Betsy-Tacy books and the inspiration for the Maud Hart Lovelace Awards.
Three Reasons to Add Books by Minnesota Children’s Book Authors to Your Own Bookshelves:
Besides the fact that they are producing some very high quality books for kids, there are some great reasons to add these books to your own bookshelf:
- You can often get your books autographed at book releases and other author events.
- Sometimes these local book authors do school visits.
- If you like the hunt of collecting used books, I’ve had really good luck finding autographed copies of these books when hitting the thrift stores. It’s always exciting to find a book by someone local, but even more so, when I open the cover and find an autograph.
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