Hi Friends! I’m so excited to share with you the cover reveal for THE TWILIGHT LIBRARY here and over on Cynthia Leitich Smith’s blog Cynsations with a post on Turning Editor Critiques into Published Books. Illustrator Miren Asiain Lora has masterfully created a mystical, magical world in the cover and book THE TWILIGHT LIBRARY. […]
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The Write Time Podcast – Carmen Oliver & Kristin Lessard
The National Writing Project (NWP), a celebration of teachers and writers, will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2024 and it is located on over 175 college campuses in the U.S. The Fairfield University’s chapter led by Associate Professor Bryan Ripley Crandall, PhD is thriving with programs for teachers, students, and refugees. The Write Time podcast […]
The Best Picture Books About Bears, Buddies, And Writing. Oh my!
I love writing about things that interest and fascinate me. One of those things is bears. Bears are awe-inspiring, majestic, and wild. There’s nothing more captivating to me then watching them in the great outdoors — of course always at a respectable distance. I recently did a post for Shepherd titled The Best Picture Books […]
Kentucky Book Festival How To Read With Your Kids
A huge thank you to the Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities for including me and BEARS MAKE THE BEST WRITING BUDDIES, Illustrated by Jean Claude in the panel “How to Read With Your Kids.” My fellow panelists author Jessica Young and author Rita Lorraine Hubbard were joyful and fed off their jubilant and thoughtful […]
Carmen’s Guest Appearance on Capstone Publishing Virtual Book Club
I had the distinct honor of being interviewed by the incredible Shannon McClintock Miller, the Innovation Director of Instructional Technology and Library Media at Van Meter Community School in Van Meter, on the Capstone Publishing Virtual Book Club this month. To see her blog post on her blog The Library Voice about our episode together […]
Pro-Tips for Online Author Visits – Cynsations Guest Post
I recently contributed to the guest post “Pro-Tips for Online Author Visits” compiled by author/illustrator and roving Cynsations reporter Linda Joy Singleton for NY Times bestselling award-winning children’s and YA author Cynthia Leitich Smith’s popular industry kidlit blog CYNSATIONS. Sneak Peek: “Carmen Oliver: One of the ways that I ask teachers to prepare for our […]
Nerdy Book Club Post & Reading of Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies
We’re living through unprecedented times with COVID-19 and now more than ever online content is being appreciated and utilized. I recently had the honor to share my thoughts with the wonderful people at Nerdy Book Club on What Makes a Successful Writer? Sneak Peek: “Giving students the freedom to use their voices to tell the […]
International Day of Forests & ReadAloud A Voice for the Spirit Bears
Today, March 21, 2020 is International Day of Forests and I’m excited to be participating in a twitter party from 1pm EST to 4pmEST with Lindsey Carmichael and Darren Lebeuf! Lindsey has prepared everything you need to know about how to participate right here: https://www.lecarmichael.ca/2020/03/international-forest-day-twitter-party/ I hope you’ll play along and enter to win free […]
World Read Aloud Day 2020
It was a real pleasure to SKYPE and chat with 2nd grade students in the Van Meter School District to celebrate World Read Aloud Day in 2020! I was honored to be asked to talk about the BEARS MAKE THE BEST BUDDIES series with everyone and read my newest book BEARS MAKE THE BEST WRITING […]
Honored to be a 2016 Picture Book Champion!
I’m honored to be a 2016 Picture Book Champion with Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies!! A huge thank you to award-winning children’s author, storyteller and poet Dianne de Las Casas and to all the picture book creators who tap into their passion to create the best literature for children! Picture books are for all ages, […]