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Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Reminder! 28 Days Later: A Black History Month Celebration of Children’s Literature
from The Brown Bookshelf. Peek: “To celebrate children’s authors and
illustrators of color, during the twenty-eight days of Black History
Month, we’ll profile a different artist (each day).” See Day 24: Sofia Quintero,
Debra with Midge, Italian Greyhound and writing helper
Debra McArthur is the first-time novelist of A Voice for Kanzas (Kane Miller, 2012)(author blog). From the promotional copy:
“Kanzas” Territory in 1855 is a difficult place to settle,
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Source: HarperKids
Award-winning, New York Times best-selling author and illustrator Kevin Henkes shows us his childhood drawings and paintings, talks about creating such memorable characters as Lilly and Owen, and demonstrates his illustration process.
Award-winning and New York Times best-selling author and illustrator Kevin Henkes introduces us to his newest mouse,
By Joan Holub
Zip. Zilch. Nada. That’s what all the other numbers consider Zero in my new picture book that’s about, well, nothing.
Zero doesn’t add anything in addition. He’s of no use in division. And don’t even ask what he does in multiplication. (Hint: Poof!)
Still, he knows he’s worth a lot,
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Jan Berenstain dies at 88; co-creator of the Berenstain Bears empire by Elaine Woo from Los Angeles Times.
Peek: “Jan Berenstain, who with her husband, Stan, made up one of the most successful husband-wife teams in children’s literature, guiding an empire of books, videos and TV shows about the everyday problems of a family of bears,
Leanna Renee Hieber
is the first-time YA author of Darker Still: A Novel of Magic Most Foul (Sourcebooks, 2011). From the promotional copy:
I was obsessed.
It was as if he called to me, demanding I reach out and touch the brushstrokes of color swirled onto
the canvas.
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Barbara Wright is the first-time children’s-YA author of Crow (Random House, 2012). From the promotional copy:
The summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He’s growing apart from his best friend,
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Congratulations to Jess Rothenberg on the release of her debut novel, The Catastrophic History of You and Me (Dial, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Brie’s life ends at sixteen: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn’t love her, and the news breaks her heart–literally.
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Krista Russell is the first-time author of Chasing the Nightbird (Peachtree, 2011)(teachers guide). From the promotional copy:
Fourteen-year-old Lucky Valera is a seasoned sailor about to join the crew of the whaling ship, Nightbird. But when his estranged older brother suddenly kidnaps him and forces him into servitude as a mule spinner at the mill,
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