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Category: Picture Books
BEAN DOG & NUGGET: Charise Mericle Harper Cooks Up Another Great Book Idea (plus three giveaways!)
This is an excerpt from an excellent blog entry by Charise Mericle Harper. The other day I was at my son’s book fair, talking with his teacher. A few of my books were included in the event, and she picked one up and flipped through it. All of a sudden she asked, “Where do you…
THE MIGHTY LALOUCHE: A charming tale by Matthew Olshan that holds a few surprises between its pages
One hundred and a few-odd years ago, in Paris, France, there lived a humble postman named Lalouche. He was small, but his hands were nimble, his legs were fast, and his arms were strong. In THE MIGHTY LALOUCHE, the extraordinary happens when Monsieur Lalouche takes to the ring and proves himself a boxer extraordinaire. “C’est…
A Bad Case Of Stripes: An inspiring Children’s Book with a Positive Message
Although it’s never too late, the importance of getting kids to develop a love for reading early on often correlates with a love for learning, a passion for lifelong reading, and so many other positive traits that ultimately lead to the empowerment needed for success, writes Julie Handler. A bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon is high on this list.
Editing Without an Editor Workshop
A fabulous workshop is being offered by two experienced editors: Eileen Robinson, creator of F1rst Pages; and Harold Underdown, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Publishing Children’s Books. Do you have a manuscript—picture book, novel, or nonfiction—that needs work? Do you wish you could learn techniques that would help you revise not only this…
Artists Create Stunning Tribute To Maurice Sendak
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim:…
JANE ADDAMS CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Recipients of the 2013 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards were announced by the Jane Addams Peace Association. Each Kindness, written by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis and published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin, is the winner in the Books for Younger Children Category. We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s…
Jane Yolen and J. Patrick Lewis provide LAST LAUGHS: ANIMAL EPITAPHS, illustrated by Jeffrey Stewart Timmins
“Last Laughs” Here at Amen Creature Corners, beasties weep like misty mourners, but when they read an epitaph, it always brings them one last laugh. Forget the hankies. Read the words of bugs and fishes, beasts and birds. They know it’s not all gloom and doom that’s written once upon a tomb. –from LAST LAUGHS:…
Children’s Choice Book Awards K-2 Finalists: Vote Here!
Children’s Choice Book Awards K-2 Finalists Vote here: /www.bookweekonline.com/voting/k-2. Teachers, enter your class’s votes here (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
Nikki Grimes: “Received a lovely letter from a teen. Some of her questions were better than a few I’ve received from adults!”
“Received a lovely letter from a teen, today,” writes Nikki Grimes on her Facebook Page. ___ Some of her questions were better than a few I’ve received from adults! “I’ve been writing my own stories since I was little, and I’ve always wanted to know what the job was like. I’ve also been wondering, how…
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