It’s a crisp morning and the sun is shining and it’s Picture Book Month! Cluck! Cluck! In celebration of that and to pass along information I gleamed from attending the 17th Texas Book Festival in Austin this past October, I have done two posts for my agent Erzsi Deak and the agency Hen & Ink Literary Studio. […]
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Celebrate Picture Book Month
I’m celebrating Picture Book Month!! Are you? There’s a lovely post at Picture Book Month by Alma Flor Ada in where she talks about why picture books are important for children. The bond it creates between adult and child and that picture books can be enjoyed by the very young as well as the older more […]
ReaderKidZ Review: Pigmares & Last Laughs
Halloween is just around the corner and I’ve reviewed two picture books that will tickle children’s funny bones and have them screaming with laughter! Pigmares: Porcine Poems of the Silver Screen by Doug Cushman, (Charlesbridge, 2012) and Last Laughs: Animal Epitaphs by J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen, illustrated by Jeffrey Stewart Timmins (Charlesbridge, 2012) Hop on over […]
Book Review: Arlo Needs Glasses by Barney Saltzberg
Arlo Needs Glasses by Barry Saltzberg (Workman Publishing, 2012) This inventive and interactive picture book is more than just about a boy who discovers his dog needs glasses and they fit him for the perfect pair. It’s about celebrating individuality and uniqueness and not being afraid to be different. Stand out. Be YOU! Kids will […]
Texas Book Festival 2012
Every year the Texas Book Festival and their committees work tirelessly to bring a spectacular line-up of authors and illustrators to entertain and inspire Texas families and 2012 is no different. On Saturday, October 27th and Sunday, October 28th, thousands of families will descend on downtown Austin to partake in the 17th annual literary event. […]
Illustrator E.B. Lewis Keynote Speaker at the Austin SCBWI 2013 conference, Kick It Up A Notch
When first daughter was about four years old, we visited the Book Mark in the village of Kingsway, a charming older wealthy area in Toronto, Canada. My husband and I were in search to find a new picture book to read to daughter while we were vacationing and visiting friends. When I asked the proprietor to assist […]
Highlights of the Austin SCBWI Digital Symposium II
RA Debbie Gonzales Welcoming Attendees Today, I’m excited to bring you a collaborative effort from the attendees at the Austin SCBWI Digital Symposium II highlighting the presentations of the day. The day was such a huge success that plans are already underway to launch another digital event next year. But before we look to 2013, […]
Author/illustrator Interview: Doug Cushman
I’m thrilled to be interviewing Hen & Ink coop mate, Doug Cushman about his newest book Pigmares: Porcine Poems of the Silver Screen (Charlesbridge, 2012). When I signed with the agency in the Spring, I thought “WOW” for obviously a number of reasons, but having heard many of Doug’s early reader series read-aloud by my children […]
ReaderKidZ Review: Natalie Dias Lorenzi’s Flying the Dragon
If you haven’t read Natalie Dias Lorenzi’s debut middle grade novel Flying the Dragon, (Charlesbridge, 2012) pop on over to ReaderKidz and read my review here. Sneak peek: “…a beautiful multi-layered story told in the alternating points of view by fifth graders, Skye and Hiroshi…” The novel ties into ReaderKidz’s October 2012 theme “Families in Change” as Skye and Hiroshi navigate through […]
Debut Author Interview: Natalie Dias Lorenzi
I’m thrilled to have Natalie Dias Lorenzi with us today to talk about her debut middle grade novel Flying the Dragon (Charlesbridge, 2012). She’s a teacher, mother, wife, traveler, freelance writer and author. She writes book reviews for Biblio links, contributes to Emu’s Debuts, her agency’s author blog at the Erin Murphy Literary Agency, and […]