The Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children was Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry (Tundra). The honor books were Vanishing Girl by Shane Peacock (Tundra) and Faerie Rebels – Spell Hunter by R.J. Anderson (HarperCollins). Source: ACHOCKABLOG. Read a Cynsations interview with R.J.
Holly Schindler is the first-time author of A Blue So Dark (Flux, 2010). From the promotional copy:
Fifteen-year-old Aura Ambrose has been hiding a secret. Her mother, a talented artist and art teacher, is slowly being consumed by schizophrenia, and Aura has been her sole caretaker ever since Aura’s dad left them.
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Kids Vote James Patterson Author of the Year
and Peter Brown Illustrator of the Year
NEW YORK, NY — The Children’s Book Council (CBC) in association with Every Child a Reader, Inc. (the CBC Foundation), announced the winners of the third annual Children’s Choice Book Awards at a gala in New York City this evening.
Learn about Chris Barton.
What first inspired you to write across forms in children’s-YA literature?
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved writing silly, goofy humor as much as I’ve loved doing historical research and writing nonfiction. Each of those satisfies a part of my brain that I’m not willing to let go unsatisfied for long,
Christina Diaz Gonzalez is the first-time author of The Red Umbrella (Knopf, 2010). From the promotional copy:
The Red Umbrella is the moving tale of a 14-year-old girl’s journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan—an organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, whose parents sent them away to escape Fidel Castro’s revolution.
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By Mari Mancusi
When I was a teen, you read a book, you reached the end. You put it down and started the next. The experience ended at “The End.” But for today’s teens, “The End” is just the beginning.
The DVD extras generation is looking for an entire multimedia experience when he or she delves into a book.
Rick Riordan: The World as His Classroom by Jennifer M. Brown from Shelf Awareness. Peek: “A mixed-race family would have the same issues today that they had hundreds of years ago.” Source: Mitali Perkins. Read a Cynsations interview with Rick.
Editor Interrogation: Julie Tibbott (Graphia/Harcourt) from The Undercover Book Lover.
By Alex Sanchez
Before becoming a YA author, I worked for several years as a juvenile probation officer. What struck me most when I first began was that 90% of my caseload was boys.
I recall asking my supervisor: “Why so many more boys than girls?”
His response: “Because they act out more.”
Act out what?
Author Chris Barton celebrated the release Shark v. Train, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld (Little Brown, 2010) April 24 at BookPeople in Austin.
Former Austin SCBWI RA Tim Crow, YA author Mari Mancusi (newly relocated to Austin!),
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Shana Corey on Shana Corey: “I grew up in North Carolina and moved to New York after graduating from Smith College. I got my first job working as an editorial assistant at Random House Children’s Books and fell so in love with the industry, that I never left.
“I was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start for my first picture book,
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