Blog: #kidlit Book of the Day

New agent Robert Broder’s webpage says:

“While selling chocolate in New England, Rob had the idea of starting a children’s picture book publishing company. Learning everything from the ground up, he founded Ripple Grove Press, which went on to publish award-winning and starred reviewed books.”

In a March 2026 interview for Literary Rambles, he says:

“I have received hundreds of submissions since becoming an agent and have signed to represent my first picture book author.”

The wishlist on his Martin Literary Management page says:

• Anything picture books. Especially something different and unique–from writers and/or illustrators. Rob gravitates toward a story that captures a moment more than a moral. But if something is written well, and it speaks to him, he will certainly consider it.
• Early readers, early chapter books and middle grade.
• Juvenile & MG graphic novels, graphic memoirs.

Christina Hammock Koch: Artemis Astronaut
by Carla Mooney (Author)
@ Amazon | Bookshop

Booktalk: Discover the life story of NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch.

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in North Carolina, Christina Hammock Koch dreamed about traveling to space since childhood. She visited NASA’s space camp throughout her high school years, which furthered her conviction. In college she studied electrical engineering and physics and then made her way to NASA as an engineer. But she wanted a more varied experience. She joined the Antarctic Research program, a challenge that expanded her horizons.

She went back to NASA as an engineer and spent time in Maryland, Greenland, and Alaska before applying to the space program in 2012. She was admitted, and in 2019 she achieved her dream of traveling to space. She made history by being part of the first all-women spacewalk. Her next goal: Going to the moon . . . and we just saw it happen!

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