☕ CUPPA OF CHOICE: My current favorite hot beverage is Choice peppermint licorice tea! It’s personally a very controversial choice for me because I hate black licorice, but this tea is AMAZING!
☕ HOT OFF THE PRESS: Before I Leave (Roaring Brook Press, 2016) — comes out February 16 -yay! — is a book about having to move away from your best friend; Boats for Papa (Roaring Brook Press, 2015). Forthcoming: My third picture book, Laundry Day, is a fun and silly book and comes out winter 2017. I’m currently working on my fourth picture book, Vincent Comes Home, which a collaboration with my husband Aaron Bagley! It’s due out winter 2018. I’m super excited about it!
☕ FAVE FOODIE CHILDREN’S BOOK: Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola. I love that overflowing pasta pot overtaking the town. Those images have stuck with me for nearly 30 years!
☕☕ Visit Jessixa Bagley’s Official Website and blog, Rambling Meat.
☕☕☕ JUST ONE MORE SIP: Check out this cool feature about Boats for Papa (with sketches and final illos) at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast.
☕☕☕☕ CAN’T GET ENOUGH: Wonderful reviews of Boats for Papa by Sam Juliano at Wonders in the Dark, and Margie Culver at Librarian’s Quest.
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I know it will be wonderful. I loved Boats for Papa. Thanks, Jessixa for this new one, and thanks, Jama, for the Hot Tea!
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I’m sure it will be wonderful! Also looking forward to her other books, especially the one she’s doing with her husband Aaron. 🙂
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So nice to have a cuppa with Jessixa! Boats for Papa is a gem, and Before I Leave looks like another charmer. Congrats to Jessixa, and thanks, Jama!
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She’s made me very curious about that peppermint licorice tea :).
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BOATS FOR PAPA broke my heart in the best possible way, so Ms. HotTea Bagley is an automatic “must read” for me now. I’m so pleased for all the new books of hers coming out! Thank you for featuring her and that fab mug. I think “Curious” is a great thing to have on a mug! Sadly, mine would probably say “Stubborn…” but we all must be true to who we are, right? 😉
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Totally agree. I get teary eyed just thinking about Boats for Papa. A stubborn mug for you? Hmmmm . . .
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I hate black liquorice too but that does sound delicious! Cute books!
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Me too – not a black licorice fan but neither is she. That tea sounds intriguing, does it not?
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I, too, loved Boats for Papa and am looking forward to all of your upcoming books! Lucky for us we only have to wait five more days to read Before I Leave—Brew-Rah-Rah!
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Brew-rah-rah indeed!
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Can’t wait to read this book! Also, I love the mug! Where did you get it?
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I’ll ask Jessixa where she got it.
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Excited to have so many more books from Jessixa to look forward to reading!
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Yes, I know!! Love her work :)!
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“Boats for Papa” is gorgeous. The end papers – incredible. Jessixa is so talented. Now I have a new tea to enjoy – thank you!
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