Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs

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Children’s author | editor Islandport Press | former librarian | enthusiastic tea-drinker | probably baking or lost in the Maine woods

Shadow of lion attacking saber toothed cat on child’s bedroom wall
Child lying in rumpled bed surrounded by flower print sheets and stuffed animals reading the picture book I AM MADE OF MOUNTAINS by Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs and Vivian Mineker
Literacy Tea April 6, 2025 3-5pm at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine Guest author Alexandra Hinrichs Featured children’s book: THE LOBSTER LADY by Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs and Jamie Hogan, published by Charlesbridge
First five picture book titles from Florida Literacy Association Children’s Book Award list, including Milo’s Monster, Bábo, I Am Made of Mountains, Jumper, and Our Roof is Blue.
Homemade chocolate heart-shaped sugar cookies decorated with sugar and sprinkled
A tiny felt heart next to a small glass jar full of tiny felt hearts on top of a double page spread from THE POCKET BOOK by Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs and Julia Breckenreid. Text reads “here is a secret.” Image shows a girl’s hand in one pocket of a dark blue denim coat and a heart on a scroll of paper inside a small glass jar in the other pocket.
Russian tortoise climbed up on a lower shelf of a white bookcase and looks at book spines as though reading them
Images of ten children’s book covers that were the bestselling titles of 2024 for The Briar Patch in Bangor, Maine including THE LOBSTER LADY, I AM MADE OF MOUNTAINS, and THE POCKET BOOK, all written by Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs
T-Rex balloon wearing a fabric crown
Dinosaur themed streamers, pinwheels, banner and many balloons covering a wall
Copies of the picture book THE LOBSTER LADY on a bookshelf
A moose in water and trees made out of multicolored lights at night
King’s Mountains Christmas Tree Farm Stand with wreaths hanging outside, snow on the ground, and blue sky behind
Holiday tree with colorful lights in downtown Bangor, Maine
Bald eagle in a tree that takes off in flight revealing a second bald eagle behind it remaining in the tree
Chocolate frosted pumpkin donuts with chocolate sprinkles on cooling rack
Alexandra Hinrichs presenting
Rainbow over Boston seaport
Graphic showing NCTE 24 convention logo, book covers, and signing schedule for Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs
Tortoise eating a dandelion flower in an indoor enclosure
The book I’M SORRY by Michael Ian Boack and Debbie Ridpath Ohi
A potato on a table
Graphic for Alexandra Hinrichs presenting at NCTE convention November 21-24 in Boston, MA
Photograph of lake beach with a small mountain in the distance, floating dock and pontoon in the water, small islands and pebbled shoreline, blue sky with scattered clouds
Image showing cover of the picture book I AM MADE OF MOUNTAINS, which consists of a child standing so we only see their back as they gaze at mountains in front of them, hair blowing in the wind. Text reads “Earth Day April 22, 2024, National Parks Week April 20-28, 2024”
Cat laying next tween child reading middlegrade novel in bed. Stuffed animals of arctic fox, wolf, and snake decorate their headboard. Child’s painting of fox hangs on the wall above the bed.
Snowy path in snowy woods