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Huge thank you to Imagination Soup for selecting B IS FOR BANANAS as one of 2023’s Best Picture Books!
Of the process, Melissa says “Every month of 2023, I’ve read around 250 newly published picture books, adding up to three thousand books. Of those three thousand, these are my picture book picks for the best books of 2023.”
See all the wonderful selections here.
Upcoming Events:
Oregon Library Association Author Fair
April 24, 2024 1:30-4:30pm
Beaverton Local Author Fair
May 18, 2024 11am-2pm
Rose City Book & Paper Fair
June 15, 2024, Time TBD
Past Events:
Oregon Historical Society
Holiday Cheer
December 3rd, 2023
West Linn Public Library
Read Local Author Fair
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Tigard Public Library
The Letter B Story Time
November 20, 2023
Barnes & Noble Story Time
November 15, 2023
Writing Books for Kids, panel moderator
Portland Book Festival
November 4th, 2023
Pajama Party Story Time
Portland Book Festival Cover-to-Cover
Portland, OR
October 30th, 2023
Grand Opening Story Time
Barnes & Noble, Salem, OR
November 2nd, 2023
Public Math Day Story Time
September 30, 2023
Green Bean Books Story Time
July 11th, 2023
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour
Author Visit, May 2023
Green Bean Books
Virtual (Recorded) Storytime
Powell’s City of Books
Kids’ Pajama Storytime
May 6, 2023
Tigard Public Library
Story Walk Unveiling
May 7, 2023
Hillsboro Barnes & Noble
Pajama Storytime
April 19, 2023
The Book Nook
B Is for Bananas Book Launch & Pajama Party
April 15, 2023
Green Bean Books
Bananas Storytime
March 19, 2023
Hillsboro Reads
Local Author Fair
March 18, 2023
Hillsboro Reads
Toddler Time Story Time
March 7, 2023
World Read Aloud Day
February 1, 2023
Funny Women of Kidlit Confab
November 12-13, 2022
Portland Book Festival, Portland, OR,
November 5, 2022
Storytime at Barnes & Noble Hillsboro, OR, September 3, 2022
12×12 Picture Book Chat with Estrela Lourenço and Julie Hedlund, July 12, 2022 4pm
Storytime at Barnes and Noble Bridgeport Village, Tigard, OR, July 9, 2022
Author Visit, Hiteon Elementary, Beaverton, OR, May 6, 2022
Story Time for Independent Bookstore Day at Third Street Books, McMinnville, OR, April 30, 2022
Book Launch and Story Time at The Book Nook, Canby, OR, April 23, 2022
Virtual Story Time with Estrela Lourenço and Green Bean Books, April 12, 2022
Virtual Book Launch in conversation with Kimberly Wilson and Annie Bloom’s Books, April 12, 2022
Virtual Story Time: The Silver Unicorn Bookstore, April 9, 2022
Conference Speaker: NJASL Mini-Con, “From Blah-Blah to Ha-Ha! Funny Information Picture Books That Liven Up Reading” (presented with Hannah Holt), April 2, 2022
June 20, 2023: Reading With Your Kids Podcast
June 17, 2023: Kidlit Caravan: Will Write for Cookies
June 6, 2023: Writers Rumpus: Getting Serious About Writing a Picture Book Series or Sequel
May 24, 2023: Now Hear This Canby Podcast: Back in Bananas
May 15, 2023: Talking Tigard Podcast: It’s Bananas with Author Carrie Tillotson
April 10, 2023: Canby Herald: Local creators going b-b-b-bananas
March 21, 2023: KGW8: Portland children’s authors form quite a bunch with banana books: “What are the odds?”
June 1, 2022: Andrew Hacket’s The Backstory – The BackStory: COUNTING TO BANANAS
April 26, 2022: Picture Book Look Podcast Episode 91: Counting to Bananas with Carrie Tillotson, Estrela Lourenço, Cheryl Eissing, and Ellice Lee
April 26, 2022: Susanna Leonard Hill’s Tuesday Debut – Presenting Carrie Tillotson!
April 12, 2022: That’s Bananas! Canby Native Author’s Acclaimed Children’s Book
April 11, 2022: KATU Afternoon Live Interview
March 31, 2022: Canby Herald – Local Oregon author debuts children’s book
March 17, 2022: A Fuse 8 Production – Orange You Glad I’m Doing This Interview? Carrie Tillotson & Estrela Lourenço Talk Bananas
February 9, 2022: Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) – Kidlit Caravan Swings into Town!
January 19, 2022: Storystorm – Carrie Tillotson Writes in Weird Places
January 8, 2022: Math is Everywhere – Author and Editor Interview and Giveaway
January 8, 2022: Will Write for Cookies – Recipes for Success with Kidlit Caravan
August 13, 2021: Kidlit411 – Cover Reveal for Counting to Bananas
“A Runner’s Guide to Submissions: One Step at a Time and Hope for the Best.” Oregon SCBWI Newsworthy, March/April 2021.
“Science and Us: Teens on the Science Communication Scene.” Muse. November 2020.
“Check ‘Em Out: A Collection of Extraordinary Libraries.” Muse. October 2020.
“If You Were a Deep-Sea Dweller.” Muse. January 2020.
“Life in the Deep.” Ask. October 2019.
“Deceptive Data and Charts That Cheat: How to Sleuth the Truth from Misleading Graphs.” Muse. November/December 2018.
