Join Kelly Bennett on the Let’s Go Rambling Blog Tour and celebrate her newest book One Day I Went Rambling, illustrated by Terri Murphy (Bright Sky Press, 2012). This book is for everybody. You don’t need to be a kid to enjoy it but you do have to be a kid-at-heart! In One Day I Went […]
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Author Shana Burg and her new novel Laugh With The Moon
I remember vividly sitting around Shana’s kitchen table with authors Don Tate, Bethany Hegedus and Donna Bowman Bratton when Shana was working on her new novel Laugh With The Moon (Delacorte, 2012). Like all of Shana’s work, I really loved this latest project of hers. Her main character, Clare, was real and authentic and I […]
ReaderKidz Review: Can I Bring Woolly to the Library, Ms. Reeder
Have you read the clever and cute picture book Can I Bring Woolly to the Library, Ms. Reeder? by Lois G. Grambling, illustrated by Judy Love (Charlesbridge, 2012)? Hop on over to ReaderKidz and read my review HERE. The first line immediately addresses what the main character wants and hooks the reader into the threads of this […]
Austin SCBWI Digital Symposium II: The Nuts and Bolts of Success
Blogs, tweets, facebook, oh my! What a tangled web the world of social media weaves! Every day, it seems more and more ebooks are sold. People twitter. Articles are written on websites and blogs. The digital universe is blossoming as people look to social media and the digital highway to reach their audiences and the […]
Austin SCBWI Meeting and News
There’s a lot going on in our Austin SCBWI community and this week is no exception. Author/illustrator Salima Alikhan will address how to take criticism and turn it around so it motivates you as opposed to letting it depress you. Her talk “Writerly Despair: How to be Inspired Rather Than Crippled by Criticism” takes place […]
A Picture Book Workshop with Chris Barton
Chris reading from The Day-Glo Brothers Whether he’s wearing his Day-Glo lime-green tie or a purple polo or a more tailored suit jacket, one thing is for certain, Bestselling author Chris Barton knows how to address and engage children with his award-winning looks. I mean books! With more awards than Jim Henson and the Muppets […]
Hunger Mountain Submission Call and eBay Auction
Children’s and Young Adult editor Bethany Hegedus for Hunger Mountain is reaching out for a submissions call to celebrate the life and work of author/illustrator Maurice Sendak. Not surprising that Hunger Mountain, a literary magazine, is leading the way in the kidlit community to herald the man who brought children’s literature to a whole other […]
A Common Thread – More Thoughts
A couple of days ago I wrote the post A Common Thread in the Stories We Write (Click HERE to re-read it.) and then yesterday I was reading The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master by Martha Alderson, founder of PlotWrMo (Adams Media, 2011) in which Alderson talked about finding the […]
A Common Thread In the Stories We Write
Have you ever noticed a common thread emerging in the stories you write for children? Take a look at what you’re writing. Is there a pattern surfacing? A common theme? Well, several months ago, I was looking at the body of my works-in-progress and I said, “Holy cow!” The majority of the stories I write […]
ReaderKidz Review in the Book Room – Picture Books!
In celebration of poetry month, I’ve contributed to the wonderful ReaderKidz this month. If you haven’t visited ReaderKidz before it’s an absolute must!! I’m lucky to be a contributor but the real credit goes to the authors Debbie Gonzales, Dianne White, Stephanie Greene, and Nancy Bo Flood who came up with the idea to build […]