Janet Costa Bates

Janet Costa Bates is an award-winning children's book author. Her picture book Time for Bed, Old House, illustrated by AG Ford, was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, and her Rica Baptista chapter book series earned a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection for both titles ( A Week of Shenanigans and Llamas, Iguanas and My Very Best Friend, illustrated by Gladys Jose). Find Janet online at janetcostabates.com.

Janet Costa Bates is an award-winning children's book author. Her picture book Time for Bed, Old House, illustrated by AG Ford, was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, and her Rica Baptista chapter book series earned a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection for both titles ( A Week of Shenanigans and Llamas, Iguanas and My Very Best Friend, illustrated by Gladys Jose). Find Janet online at janetcostabates.com. See less