Of Santa Knows by Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith (Dutton, 2006), Book Moot says: “Steve Björkman‘s illustrations tell the story with humor. Alfie’s pajamas are hilarious. …a sweet tale for families with young (and older) children who want to believe.” Thank you! Read the whole review.
Worthy Stories for the Holidays by Sue Corbett of the Miami Herald.
Lee Merrill Byrd was born and raised in New Jersey, but then relocated to the southwest. She founded Cinco Puntos Press with her husband, poet Bobby Byrd in 1985. Cinco Puntos publishes adult non-fiction, adult fiction, poetry, and children’s literature. Its focus is on “multicultural literatures of the American Southwest, the U.S./Mexico border region and Mexico.”
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Attention: Cynsational readers in Colorado Springs, Colorado! Greg Leitich Smith and I will be chatting about Santa Knows (Dutton, 2006) at 8:35 a.m. MST on Tuesday, Nov. 28 on KCMN 1530 A.M. Be sure to tune in!
The Texas Library Association reading lists have been annouced. Highlights include…
2X2 list: Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Dolores Starbuckle by Jennifer Richard Jacobson, illustrated by Abby Carter (Candlewick)(author interview).
For Graphic Novels, A New Frontier: Teenange Girls by George Gene Gustines from The New York Times. Don’t miss this article, which among other news of note mentions: “The first Minx graphic novel will be ‘The P.L.A.I.N. Janes,’ written by Cecil Castellucci and illustrated by Jim Rugg.”
I had the honor of taking a sneak peek at Cecil’s book at NCTE/ALAN,
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Texas State Reading Association‘s Golden Spur Children’s-YA Awards have been announced. They honor work by Texas authors.
The winner was Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White (Eos/HarperCollins) and the honor books were The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Hyperion)(author interview) and Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About A Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart by Pat Mora (Knopf)(recommendation).
Cynsations and Spookycyn LJ readers, please click the link to read my posts at Blogger. My apologies for the connection acting up. This happens periodically and always seems to resolve itself. Thanks for your patience.
The Secret of the Rose by Sarah L. Thompson (Greenwillow, 2006) Official Website: invites visitors into Elizabethan London but challenges them first to a quiz on the setting (“Do you know enough to survive HERE?”). Visitors may also register to win a free copy of the book as well as learn more about the title and its author.
The following Q&A was developed in response to tentative questions for a panel, “Picture This: Using Picture Books to Connect Teens with Young Adult Literature,” hosted by Sunya Osborn of Nebo School District in Spanish Fork, Utah at the ALAN Workshop 2006 in Nashville.
The panel featured Paul Janeczko, Sneed Collard,
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I’m just back home in Austin from the ALAN 2006 workshop, “Young Adult Literature: Key to Open Minds,” at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville.
The workshop followed the NCTE conference. It was large, with 480ish in attendance, and sponsoring publishers provided tons of giveaway copies of the participating authors’
