Cynthia Leitich Smith will join in on a Book Club chat tonight at 7 p.m. Central/8 p.m. Eastern. Chat here.
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Los Angeles–Together with The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), beloved author Jane Yolen has created a new grant to honor an oft-overlooked group: Midlist authors. These are authors who have consistently sold work but are not bestsellers.
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Check out this series of author videos featuring Karen Sandler, talking about Tankborn, from Lee & Low Books.
Karen talks about being a writer, where the idea for the novel came from, creating characters, which character she likes best, and writing across cultures.
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Thanks to The Reading Room from Australia for this terrific trailer for Eternal (TRR says: four stars — “Another delicious supernatural love story told in a deliciously sardonic way by Cynthia Leitich Smith.”).
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Thank you to BookPeople, Candlewick Press, and everyone who supported last night’s Vicious Valentine‘s event — in person or in spirit! We had a wonderful crowd that asked fun and thoughtful questions! Refreshments were served, and (I hope!) a lovely time was had by all.
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Enter to win one of two copies of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Dutton, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis.
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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 4: James (Jim) Haskins,
Relationships are fragile, fickle things. They can start like rose petals softly falling to earth, then end like the blast from a live grenade — or vice versa. Perception is everything, when it comes to the life and death of that dangerous thing called love.
That explosive quality is what inspired Girl Meets Boy,
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