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 […]
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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, […]
One Day I Went Rambling
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 […]
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 […]
More Bears!! Picture Book Review: Waiting For Ice
As I’ve mentioned before, I navigate to books on bears. Not just because I’m writing the biography of Simon Jackson and his fight to save the spirit bears (tentative title, A Voice for the Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story) but because what’s not to love about a bear. They’re majestic and fearless and powerful. […]
Austin SCBWI 2012 Conference Wrap-Up
Another Austin SCBWI conference has come and gone and the inspiration and motivation are burning through my veins! As the ARA for the Austin SCBWI chapter, I saw the results of many months of hard work pay off and that in itself is one of the greatest rewards. Seeing the sheer joy on attendees’ faces […]
Austin SCBWI Outreach Benefits Bastrop Community and Public Libraries
It’s been one month since we kicked off the Austin SCBWI Outreach effort, an effort to help replenish the books that the families and the libraries lost in the fires that ravaged the Bastrop community. Today, representing the Austin SCBWI chapter, my husband and I delivered over 1,000 books donated by children’s authors and illustrators […]
Why We Write for Children
At this time in the season, I always find myself sitting back and reflecting about the many things I’m thankful for such as my family, air in my lungs, a roof over my head, words in my head and memories to fill my heart. I’m also thankful for the wonderful writing community I belong to […]
A Recap of the 2011 Texas Book Festival
Another Texas Book Festival (TBF) has come and gone and a heartfelt thank you goes out to all the organizers, staff, volunteers, authors and presenters who made this year’s festival a success. A special thanks to TBF committee members Clay Smith, Festival’s Literary Director, and Marika Flatt, Co-owner of PR by the Book, for asking […]
Storytelling in the Digital Age: Embrace the Change
Emma Dryden, owner of the editorial consulting firm Drydenbks, said this summer at the L.A. SCBWI 2011 Summer Conference “I don’t think we need fear for the survival of the book,” she said. “Not in our lifetime. But the digital world is reshaping the very foundations of the book business and the book business has […]