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Kimberly Long Cockroft

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Kimberly Long Cockroft grew up in Bangladesh and Kenya. She now lives in the beautiful, rainy Pacific Northwest with her three daughters, husband, and a huge, mischievous puppy. She was inspired to write her picture book, Reading Beauty, after she found her daughter asleep on a pile of books. Kimberly often stays up way too late with her nose in a book, but there's nothing quite as wonderful as falling into a deep read! When she's not reading, she's writing stories for Cricket, Spider, Ladybug and Babybug magazines. When she's not writing, she's out visiting schools, hiking, drinking tea with friends, gardening, singing, or (if she's lucky), paddling around in a kayak. She hopes you will find a good book and become a #EnchantedReader just l ...more

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Reading Beauty makes ILA’s Children’s Choices List 2019!

I’m honored that Reading Beauty was included on International Literacy Association Children’s Choices List for 2019!
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“Of all the places I have walked into, libraries must be the most magical. Have you ever opened the cover of a book and wondered what you would find inside? Where you would go? Whom you would meet? A story has the power to send you back in time or into the future, to transport you to other lands and kingdoms. I’ve met ogres, talking rabbits, and some of my best friends in the pages of books.
Librarians might just have the best jobs ever. With each library card they hand out, they offer a ticket to strange and marvelous worlds. Open a book and, like Reading Beauty, you might fall under a spell—the magic of a deep read. But chances are, unlike the Sleeping Beauty of the original fairy tale, you will never want the spell to be broken.”
Kimberly Long Cockroft, Reading Beauty

“Of all the places I have walked into, libraries must be the most magical. Have you ever opened the cover of a book and wondered what you would find inside? Where you would go? Whom you would meet? A story has the power to send you back in time or into the future, to transport you to other lands and kingdoms. I’ve met ogres, talking rabbits, and some of my best friends in the pages of books.
Librarians might just have the best jobs ever. With each library card they hand out, they offer a ticket to strange and marvelous worlds. Open a book and, like Reading Beauty, you might fall under a spell—the magic of a deep read. But chances are, unlike the Sleeping Beauty of the original fairy tale, you will never want the spell to be broken.”
Kimberly Long Cockroft, Reading Beauty

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
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