My cat, Galileo, received two new kittens for Valentine’s Day. They’re litter-mates, adopted from Austin Pets Alive! (Austin is celebrating five years as the largest no-kill city.) Meet:
Tycho
Apollo
And you may remember….
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American Indian Youth Literature Awards & Honor Books (click to enlarge)
Avoid Melodrama by Writing Deeper by Martina Boone from Adventures in YA Writing. Peek: “Experts tell us there are really only twelve universal emotions: interest, surprise, excitement, joy, love, sadness, fear, shame, guilt,
From Macmillan: “Martine Leavitt has written several award-winning novels for young adults, including My Book of Life by Angel (FSG, 2012), which garnered five starred reviews and was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist; Keturah and Lord Death (Boyds Mills,
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Melissa Gorzelanczyk is the first-time author of Arrows (Delacorte, 2016). From the promotional copy:
People don’t understand love.
If they did, they’d get why dance prodigy Karma Clark just can’t say goodbye to her boyfriend,
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By Elisabeth Norton
for SCBWI Bologna 2016
and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Since 1978, Doug Cushman has illustrated over 130 children’s books, 30 or so of which he wrote as well.
Among his many honors,
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Check out the cover for The Alarming Career of Sir Richard Blackstone by Lisa Doan (Sky Pony, 2017). From the promotional copy:
A funny middle grade mystery adventure complete with an unconventional knight, a science experiment gone awry, a giant spider, and a boy to save the day!
By The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, in partnership with the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi, announced the winners of the 30th annual Ezra Jack Keats Book Award.
Each year, a new writer and new illustrator are celebrated.
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“BookPeople, the leading independent bookstore in Texas since 1970, is proud to announce the BookPeople Modern First Library initiative. This initiative is all about pairing beloved picture books that will never go out of style along with other favorites that reflect the diverse, global society of the 21st century.
Emma at her launch party signing Jan. 30 at BookPeople in Austin
Congratulations to Emma Virjan on the release of What This Story Needs Is a Hush and a Shush (HarperChildren’s, 2016)! From the promotional copy:
What this bedtime needs is a pig in a wig,
Photo by Peter Nash
By Patti Buff
for SCBWI Bologna 2016
and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Susan Eaddy works in her attic studio writing picture books and playing with clay. She was an art director for fifteen years, during which time she won international 3D illustration awards and a Grammy nomination.
Continue Reading 2016 SCBWI Bologna Author-Illustrator Interview: Susan Eaddy »
