Reporting live from the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center at NCTE in Nashville.
Greg Leitich Smith and I left Friday from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, where the cultural display was “Greatest Story Never Told” on the Texas School for the Deaf‘s Sesquicentennial.
We had a smooth direct flight on Southwest Airlines while I read The Astonishing Adventures of Fan Boy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga (Houghton Mifflin,
From Simon & Schuster: “Lori Aurelia Williams holds a master’s degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was awarded both a James A. Michener Fellowship and a scholarship in creative writing. Her fiction is set primarily in urban areas and combines African-American storytelling with street slang.
Signed copies of Santa Knows by Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, illustrated by Steve Björkman (Dutton, 2006) are now available at BookPeople at Sixth and Lamar in Austin, Texas; and at Barnes & Noble at the Lone-Star Pavilion, 711 Texas Avenue, in College Station, Texas. They also will soon be available Jacque’s Toys in Bryan,
Bringing Asha Home by Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Jamel Akib (Lee & Low, 2006). How Arun aches for the arrival of his adopted baby sister, Asha, expected any day from India. How long it takes! Will Rakhi Day, the Hindu holiday of brothers and sisters, somehow still connect these long-distance siblings?
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Hey Cynsational Readers! You’re invited to upcoming book signings! My husband and co-author Greg Leitich Smith will be joining me in signing Santa Knows, illustrated by Steve Björkman (Dutton, 2006) at the following upcoming times, dates, and locations:
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 (by the main tree), a table signing at “A Christmas Affair,”
Shelley Pearsall on Shelley Pearsall: “I grew up in Ohio in a suburban Cleveland neighborhood called Parma. Imagine one of those neighborhoods where all of the houses are the same, all of the yards are the same, and each family has 1.5 maple trees on their tree lawn. The sameness of my neighborhood may explain why I craved different-ness as a child.
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The Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee of the Association of Jewish Libraries has released a recommended “shopping-and-reading list” of the best Hanukkah books for children. Twenty-seven Hanukkah titles are listed, with brief summaries and age guidelines. A special section lists seven Hanukkah titles by the prolific Eric A. Kimmel, who was named the Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award winner in 2004.
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Ethiopian Books for Children is hosting a presentation and book signing by author-board member Christopher Kurtz. It will be held Friday, Nov. 17 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Embassy of Ethiopia, 3506 International Drive NW, in Washington D.C. Light refreshments will be served.
Chris is the co-author of Only a Pigeon,
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Howdy to the Reading Rockets at Council Oak Preschool in Round Rock, Texas! They have been reading Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu (Morrow/HarperCollins, 2000).
Speaking of Jingle Dancer, readers may want to take note. Full Circle Videos: Native American Art,
The Children’s Book Council (CBC) has initiated a nationwide book donation program in honor of Children’s Book Week 2006 and, in association with its members, will donate more than one hundred thousand books to charity, it was announced today by Robin Adelson, the Executive Director of the Children’s Book Council. Adelson joined the CBC in September with little more than two months before Children’s Book Week 2006.
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