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• PiBoIdMo Day 25: Tara Michener Makes a Difference with Diversity

  
  Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) — Authority: 542
  Making a Difference with Diversity by Tara Michener I have been blessed to have my own informal mini-focus group for picture book ideas. I have been mentoring children alongside my husband Jason for over five years. If you listen really closely, kids will tell you what they want to read by the questions that they ...
  2 days ago

• A British and African Perspective on Our Books - Part 3

  
  Pratham Books — Authority: 133
  Our hardworking interns Naomi and Amani have become master reviewers during their internship with us. They have actually managed to review 170 of our books. Yes, yes... you read that right.. 170 titles! Phew!! So, we decided to share their perspectives (Naomis British perspective and Amanis African perspective) on ...
  3 days ago

• Not the Origami Yoda jacket flap!

  
  Berger & Burger — Authority: 423
  I’ve already had the honor of having the synopsis of “The Strange Case of Origami Yoda” given one of those weird automatic text-warpings which some websites do for some reason or another. Possibly they have run it through a translation program and back again. Here are some highlights: In this funny, uncannily ...
  4 days ago

• Cornucopia of news tidbits…

  
  Berger & Burger — Authority: 423
  I got an email from my editor asking if I might be able to make as many as 1,000 origami Yodas for promotional purposes… You better believe it! —— The best book title since “Steal this Book:” Available Online for Free, by Evan Roth http://evan-roth.com/available-online-for-free-book.php —— ...
  4 days ago

• PiBoIdMo Day 23: Mark Ury’s Cheaper by the Dozen

  
  Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) — Authority: 542
  Cheaper by the Dozen by Mark Ury Ideas are not a dime a dozen. They’re closer to $0.0001. That’s because they’re commodities. Everyone has them, everyone can think of them, and, as a culture, we’re saturated with them. Like most raw materials, ideas are worthless unless you turn them into something else, ...
  4 days ago

• PiBoIdMo Day 22: Playing Favorites

  
  Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) — Authority: 542
  If you’re a picture book writer, you’ve read hundreds of picture books. Maybe even thousands. (And if you haven’t, I’m sending you to bed without supper!) I know you have favorites. But have you ever stopped to analyze why a picture book has earned your top rank? Is it the premise? The voice? The twist on the ...
  5 days ago

• PiBoIdMo Day 21: Corey Rosen Schwartz Digs Deep

  
  Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) — Authority: 542
  I am not like most writers. Ideas don’t just slam into me while I am out for a walk. I don’t get “Aha!” moments while luxuriating in a steamy tub. I have to work hard for my ideas. I have to dig deep to find them. One of the ways I do this is by brainstorming with a partner. I find it so much easier to ...
  6 days ago

• PiBoIdMo Day 20: Melissa Azarian’s Brief Encounters of the Picture Book Kind

  
  Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) — Authority: 542
  Brief Encounters of the Picture Book Kind by Melissa Azarian I think you can find a picture book idea in even the briefest encounter, and I’ll prove it. Years ago, I celebrated my best friend’s birthday at Lucky Cheng’s, a Drag Queen Cabaret Restaurant. Lucky Cheng’s was not so lucky for me. All day long, ...
  1 week ago

• Poetry Friday: The Clock Struck One

  
  Picture Book of the Day — Authority: 420
  The Clock Struck One: A Time-telling Tale by Trudy Harris (Author) and Carrie Hartman (Illustrator) is a new version of the “Hickory Dickory Dock” nursery rhyme. Hickory dickory doo, the grandfather clock struck TWO. It woke the cat, who sprang from his mat, hungry for mouse-tail stew. Word Choice ...
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• PiBoIdMo Day 19: Jeannine Norris Hears Voices

  
  Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) — Authority: 542
  What Is Your Voice? by Jeannine Q. Norris As we are in the middle of PiBoIdMo, ideas are flying fast and furious, right? And are you hearing voices in your head? Hooray for you! When writers hear voices, that’s a good thing. The tricky part is identifying the voice that will get you published. With the tight ...
  1 week ago

• Get well soon, Andrea!

  
  Mark Blevis — Authority: 123
  Richard Michelson sent me  a link to a video taken November 8 at the 20th Annual Children’s Illustration Show at his gallery. The video features an incredible gathering of authors and illustrators sending get well soon wishes to Andrea. How cool is that?! Click here to view the embedded video. Thank you to ...
  1 week ago

• Muktar and the Camels

  
  Picture Book of the Day — Authority: 420
  Muktar and the Camels by Janet Graber (Author) and Scott Mack (Illustrator) takes place in an orphanage on the border between Kenya and Somalia. But Muktar gazes out of the window, across the dusty landscape. He remembers a time before drought and war engulfed his homeland. Conventions Mini-lesson ...
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• Book Review: Tickle Tut’s Toes (Touch the Art Series) by Julie Appel and Amy Guglielmo

  
  Quiverfull Family — Authority: 504
  When Julie Appel and Amy Guglielmo set out to capture the wonder of art in an interactive, “touch-and-feel” format for the youngest of art connoisseurs they started with well-known artists. Brush Mona Lisa’s Hair and Make Van Gogh’s Bed were amongst their earlier offerings, along with Catch Picasso’s ...
  1 week ago

• News from Lake Edna … and your neck of the woods!

  
  Berger & Burger — Authority: 423
  The flurry of emails twixt here and New York has died down, so it appears that The Strange Case of Origami Yoda is complete at last. It’s interesting how there’s no final gong, buzzer or even any way of knowing when it’s all done. One day they need you to draw a picture of Thomas Jefferson and the next day they ...
  1 week ago

• PiBoIdMo Day 18: Volunteer with Heather Ayris Burnell

  
  Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) — Authority: 542
  Inspire and Be Inspired: Volunteer by Heather Ayris Burnell Sure, inspiration is all around us, but it doesn’t hurt to give our inspiration arsenal a little boost. Going new places, having new experiences, and meeting new people are sure-fire ways to have ideas. How can we do these things without leaving on a ...
  1 week ago

• "So Mom got the postcard today."

  
  We Be Reading — Authority: 129
  After seeing great reviews of Rebecca Steads youth novel When You Reach Me on Lena s site and others and noticing it on many TBR lists, I was really interested in reading this book. It is the story of a twelve-year old girl, Miranda, in New York City, trying to navigate the ups and downs of the sixth grade but ...
  1 week ago

• A British and African Perspective on Our Books - Part 2

  
  Pratham Books — Authority: 133
  Our hardworking interns Naomi and Amani have become master reviewers during their internship with us. They have actually managed to review 170 of our books. Yes, yes... you read that right.. 170 titles! Phew!! So, we decided to share their perspectives (Naomis British perspective and Amanis African perspective) on ...
  1 week ago

• Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library!

  
  Picture Book of the Day — Authority: 420
  Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library! by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter (Authors) and Steve James (Illustrator) is the picture book version of the New York Times bestseller. Someone left a cat in the book return at the library. When Vicki the librarian found him the next morning, the kitten was cold and scared and ...
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• Big news from Cece-land! Itty Bitty makes the ALA’s 2009 list!

  
  Berger & Burger — Authority: 423
  Tiny dogs all across America are celebrating tonight! Itty Bitty is on the ALA Booklist Editor’s Choice list for 2009!
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• Kidlit Trivia – Epistolary Edition

  
  Berger & Burger — Authority: 423
  Who’s writing to these folks? 1) Dear Mr. Henshaw 2) Dear Shrink (Hint: It’s Sigmund Freud, but he’s dead.) 3) Dear Merle 4) Hi Daddy (Hint: Thanks for the credit card, Daddy!) 5) Dear Wolfman
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