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Tag: Maris Wicks

June 10, 2026 by Betsy Bird

Puffins and Pufflings Without Puffery: A Discussion with the Teams Behind PUFFLINGS FLY FREE and PUFFINS!

I have the pleasure of speaking on camera with Colleen Paeff and Linda Ólafsdóttir of PUFFLINGS FLY FREE with Maria Gianferrari and Maris Wicks of PUFFINS to discuss Iceland, how these books complement one another, the Northern Lights, and much much more.

April 6, 2016 by Betsy Bird

Fan Art: From Sheinkin to Wicks

Here’s an idea for a series on this blog: Authors and illustrators paying tribute to other authors and illustrators in the form of fan art.  Oh, it could work.  Why do I think it could work?  Because that’s what we’re doing today, folks. Consider the author Steve Sheinkin.  You may know him from his award […]

October 20, 2015 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: Human Body Theater by Maris Wicks

Human Body Theater By Maris Wicks First Second (a imprint of Roaring Brook and division of Macmillan) $14.99 ISBN: 978-1-59643-929-0 Ages 9-12 On shelves now. I gotta come clean with you. Skeletons? I’ve got a thing for them. Not a “thing” as in I find them attractive, but rather a “thing” as in I find […]

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Maris Wicks Cover Reveal: Coral Reefs

September 16, 2015 by Betsy Bird

The other day I wrote the following on Facebook about my four-year-old: “We’re reading my daughter a graphic novel for 9-12 year olds every night (her insistence) called Human Body Theater by Maris Wicks. Basically it goes through all the different parts and functions of the body. Well, tonight she was once again swallowing her […]

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