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Katie J. Davis

Katie J. Davis
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Katie J. Davis

Katie J. Davis is a young woman with a passion to make a difference in the world. This former senior class president and homecoming queen left home at eighteen for a short missions trip to Uganda. From that experience grew an overwhelming desire to do something more personal and more sacrificial than just giving up her Christmas vacation for Africa. Today Katie lives in Uganda, where she is the adoptive mother of fourteen little girls, some with special needs, and the head of Amazima, a ministry that reaches hundreds of other children in Africa. Katie is originally from Nashville, Tennessee, where her parents and brother live. She has been named Beliefnet's 2011 Most... Read full bio

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Kisses from Katie will be released on September 04, 2012 in Trade Paperback
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Kisses from Katie will be released on October 04, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
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Little Chicken's Big Day will be released on April 19, 2011 in Hardcover
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Huffington Post, November 3, 2011
...childhood. They become a marker or a milestone in a child's life." Fellow picture book advocates Katie Davis, Elizabeth Dulemba, Tara Lazar, and Wendy Martin came to her aid to spread the word. The twittersphere quickly latched onto the celebration with...
Huffington Post, November 3, 2011
...childhood. They become a marker or a milestone in a child's life." Fellow picture book advocates Katie Davis, Elizabeth Dulemba, Tara Lazar, and Wendy Martin came to her aid to spread the word. The twittersphere quickly latched onto the celebration with...
Deseret Morning News, October 31, 2011
...54 animals are matched with simple text for preschool page-turners. Plan on reading this one many times! by Katie Davis and Jerry Davis, Simon & Schuster/McElderry Books, $14.99 (preschool) Little Chicken gets diverted from his mother?s commands (?buckle...
School Library Journal, October 3, 2011
...Publisher/Author for Elementary Readers: Little Chicken's Big Day (Margaret K. McElderry Bks., 2011) by Jerry Davis and Katie Davis. Little Chicken is sometimes distracted, and when he wanders off and gets lost, the day becomes anything but typical....
Lower Hudson Online, September 23, 2011
...are, you do. Here are the authors expected for this year's Children's Book Day: Bedford Hills: Katie Davis, author of "The Curse of Addy McMahon." Brewster: Chris Kubie, composer of "Music of the Thirteen Moons"; Gail Carson Levine, author of "Writing...
Christian Post, September 15, 2011
...a young 22-year-old is making a difference, then I encourage you to read her upcoming book, Kisses from Katie. Davis, although single, is now the adopted mother to 13 young African girls and is an example of a young Millennial who is making a difference...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 6, 2011
...s show “Reading Rainbow;” literacy expert Dr. Gay Su Pinnell; and renowned children’s authors Stephanie Calmenson and Katie Davis, each selected two of their favorite books. The Brooke Jackman Foundation is a non-profit that creates and supports...
A Fuse #8 Production, October 15, 2011
...Little Chicken’s Big Day By Katie Davis and Jerry Davis Margaret K. McElderry Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) $14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4424-1401-3 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. Are there any picture book catchphrases that...
Noblemania, October 14, 2011
...the unusual and quite possibly unprecedented picture book experiment I ran on my blog, tireless author/social media maven Katie Davis kindly interviewed me for her popular podcast Brain Burps. What did I (nervously) ask seven well-known kidlit artists to...
Together for Adoption, October 5, 2011
...Early this week I had the privilege of interviewing Katie Davis about her book ( Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption ) and about life in Uganda (learn how you can win a copy of Katie’s book...
Cybils, September 23, 2011
...These are the books that help kids make the leap from hogging Mom's lap at storytime to sneaking a flashlight under the covers.  It's an important transition, and including this genre was an acknowledgement that these books didn't properly fit with...
gspn.tv - Generally Speaking Production Network, September 17, 2011
...to get a better sound of a condenser microphone if that is what you have to work with. Katie Davis – Kids Literature Author Podcast Experience I am delighted to share an interview that I did wit Katie Davis , an author of children’s books who...
Literary Rambles, August 10, 2011
...on end. The best online promoters are ones who contribute to the larger children’s literature conversation. Author/illustrator Katie Davis is a perfect example of this with her podcast “Brain Burps about Books.”Another example is this great...
Guernica Magazine, July 14, 2011
...had a feeling that he was being passed around, and he didn’t mind. Corinne Michalski, Lindsay Lewis, Katie Davis, Lily Erdrich, and then sixth grade was through. How had no one found out, no adult? People were talking, but no one was talking to him....