Leslie Bulion
Children's Book Author



Check out my 2008 BUG JOURNAL!


UPCOMING EVENTS:


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Fall schedule coming soon...


Click below to read Bruce Black interview me on his wonderful writing blog, Wordswimmer!


I'm enjoying a great South Carolina meal at the Lizard's Thicket in Columbia - thank you, Ms. Herrin!

WHAT'S NEW?

The Trouble With Rules is a recommended back-to-school read-aloud in Curriculum Connections!

Nadie and Nick find fourth grade full of
unruly pencils, pillbugs, potatoes,
and peer pressure
in my new novel
THE TROUBLE WITH RULES
March 2008 (Peachtree Publishing)

HEY THERE, STINK BUG! is a beautifully illustrated collection of gruesome insect poetry.
Scroll down and click on the yellow HEY THERE STINK BUG title on the left to see my latest insect visitors!

Check out this HEY THERE, STINK BUG!mania news!!!

Book Sense Winter 2006-2007 Children’s Pick List
Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) Best Books for Children 2006
Librarian’s Choices Texas Woman’s University 2006 Pick
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children 2007
CT Librarians Best Books for Middle Readers 2006
Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California Distinguished Books 2006
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books October Stars
PLANET ESME 2006 Pick
and the book is a Bookbuilders of Boston Book Show Winner

A Kansas State Reading Circle Middle Reader Pick
A Bank Street Best Book for 2007
A Public Library of Cincinnati Librarian's Choice for 2006
A nominee for the Mark Twain Award, summer 2008!

Winner of the 2003 Children's Africana Book Award!

All of the pages in Fatuma's New Cloth are beautiful watercolor paintings by Nicole Tadgell.


My Work

Children's Picture Book for ages 4-9
Fatuma's New Cloth
Young Fatuma and her Mama meet friendly vendors, sample East African chai, buy kanga cloth and learn a wonderful life-lesson on their trip to the market.
Illustrated Insect Poetry
HEY THERE, STINK BUG!
Each poem details an insect's diabolical doings in a different form of poetry.
Middle Grade Novel
The Trouble With Rules
Unruly pencils, potatoes and a pillbug all play a role in answering this important question: can girls and boys in Upper Springville Elementary be friends?
Uncharted Waters
An adventure story set in the Rhode Island Coastal Salt Ponds
My Other Writing for Kids
Missing Pieces
Fourteen-year-old James learns to adjust to his changing family in this Steck-Vaughn Power Up! series reader.



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