Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Listening Library, 2009) is now available in audio formats. The readers are Allyson Ryan as Miranda and Jesse Bernstein as Zachary.
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Round Rock, Texas — Acclaimed authors Kathi Appelt and Sharon Darrow will lead a conference on the craft of writing for young readers on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 at Teravista (4333 Teravista Club Dr.) in Round Rock, which is located just 20 minutes north of Austin.
The event is sponsored by the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults,
From Bethany Hegedus & Kekla Magoon
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Quietly, and then not so quietly, the call went out to those in the children’s literature field for contributions to this, the launch issue of the Young Adult and Children’s Literature portion of Hunger Mountain,
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Joseph Medicine Crow Announced as Medal of Freedom Recipient
The White House announced yesterday that author Joseph Medicine Crow will be included among those 16 distinguished honorees to receive the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom on Aug. 12.
Among other accomplishments, his recent book Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond (National Geographic,
Leigh Brescia is the first-time author of One Wish (WestSide, 2009). From the promotional copy:
Overweight Wrenn Scott desperately wants to be popular and snag a hot boyfriend. Living with her single mom and younger sister, Karly, she lands a lead role in the high school musical, her voice for once overshadowing her weight.
Learn about Paula Chase-Hyman. You can also find her at The Brown Bookshelf: United in Story, which is “designed to push awareness of the myriad of African American voices writing for young readers.”
How do you define artistic success?
Before my book sold to Kensington, the answer to this question would have been very different.
Micol Ostow has written, co-written, or ghostwritten more than 40 published works. Her novel Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa (Razorbill, 2006) was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, which made her feel pretty nifty. Alas, hybrid graphic novels aside, she is not very punk rock at all. She does,
Charity Tahmaseb and Darcy Vance are the first-time authors of The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading (Simon Pulse, 2009). From the promotional copy:
When Bethany–self-proclaimed geek girl–makes the varsity cheerleading squad, she realizes that there’s one thing worse than blending in with the lockers: getting noticed.
She always felt comfortable as part of the nerd herd,
From librarian Jeanette Larson
Wizards of the Coast LLC is sponsoring a lyrics-writing contest for libraries and kids and teens ages 8-14 to explore the world of dragons. Entrants will write lyrics set to the story of the Green Dragon, and the winning lyrics will then be set to music to tie in with the Mirrorstone® book,
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Enter to win one of five author-signed copies of The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer’s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tony Persiani (Charlesbridge, 2009)!
Three copies are reserved for teachers, librarians, and/or university professors of education,
