Megan Dowd Lambert

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Megan Dowd Lambert is an American author and academic who writes children's books and about children and reading.

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Biography

Lambert was born in Vermont. [1]

She graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1996 and from Simmons College with a Master of Arts degree in 2002. [1]

She worked at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. She has been a senior lecturer at Simmons University in Boston since 2009. She has been a visiting lecturer at Mt. Holyoke College and Boston University. She has contributed reviews to The Horn Book Magazine . [1]

Lambert has published books for children as well as adult nonfiction about reading with children. [2] [1]

She received a Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor in 2016 for her picture book A Crow of His Own. [1]

Lambert has seven children. She has written about her experiences as a foster and adoptive parent. [2] [3]

Selected works

Picture books

April & Mae series

Adult non-fiction

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  2. 1 2 "Megan Dowd Lambert." Something About the Author, vol. 358, Gale, 2021, pp. 67-68. Gale Literature: Something About the Author. Accessed 11 May 2023.
  3. Lambert, Megan Dowd. "The Tiresome Question I'm Often Asked About My Brown Kids". EmbraceRace. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  4. A CROW OF HIS OWN | Kirkus Reviews.
  5. "A Crow of His Own" . School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  6. REAL SISTERS PRETEND | Kirkus Reviews.
  7. "Real Sisters Pretend by Megan Dowd Lambert, Peter Daniels". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  8. "Real Sisters Pretend". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  9. Lambert, Megan Dowd (2019). A kid of their own. Illustrated by Jessica Lanan. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. ISBN   978-1-58089-879-9. OCLC   1025396842.
  10. A Kid of Their Own. Kirkus Reviews.
  11. "A Kid of Their Own" . School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  12. APRIL & MAE AND THE BOOK CLUB CAKE | Kirkus Reviews.
  13. APRIL & MAE AND THE SOCCER MATCH | Kirkus Reviews.
  14. "April & Mae and the Animal Shelter: The Thursday Book" . School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  15. "April & Mae and the Sleepover: The Friday Book" . School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  16. "April & Mae and the Movie Night: The Saturday Book". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  17. "April & Mae and the Tea Party: The Sunday Book" . School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  18. READING PICTURE BOOKS WITH CHILDREN | Kirkus Reviews.
  19. "Reading Picture Books with Children: How to Shake Up Storytime and Get Kids Talking About What They See". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  20. "Book Bonding: Building Connections Through Family Reading" . Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-11.