Lily’s Ghosts by Laura Ruby (HarperCollins, 2003) has been challenged in Florida. The Tampa Tribune has covered the story.
I previously interviewed Laura on Lily’s Ghosts in January 2005 and visited with her for an update interview in May 2006 on her more recent titles, the children’s fantasy The Wall and the Wing (HarperCollins,
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Yolanda LeRoy is the editorial director at Charlesbridge, an independent publisher of children’s books since 1989. Authors she has worked with include Linda Sue Park (author interview), Eve Bunting, Kathryn Lasky, Martha Alexander, Caroline Arnold, Tony Johnston,
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Last night I had the pleasure of visiting Dr. Judy Leavell‘s children’s literature class at St. Edward’s University in south Austin. Topics included the need for more Spanish-language translations of American children’s literature. Thanks to Dr. Leavell and her students for their hospitality.
While supplies last, Cynsational readers are welcome to request a signed and/or personalized book plate(s) for Santa Knows by Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, illustrated by Steve Bjorkman (or any of my other books). Just be sure to include the title, your address, any personalization information,
Don Mitchell’s first book for young people is Liftoff: A Photobiography of John Glenn (National Geographic, 2006).
Don Mitchell on Don Mitchell: “I was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, and California. My father’s career in marketing and sales in the automotive aftermarket kept our family moving around the country.
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How exciting to see Santa Knows (Dutton, 2006) included among “Holiday High Notes” (“best new books of seasonal interest”) at the Horn Book Magazine! Praise includes “neatly structured” and readers are urged to “check out Alfie’s anti-Santa PJs.” You’ll also find the title and authors’ blogs highlighted at Horn Book’s Web Watch with a warning: “Grinches beware!”
Wee Ones magazine praises the Santa Knows. (Dutton, 2006) for the “bright illustrations,” “comical and expressive faces,” and calls it a “sweet story.” Read the whole review.
Also Wee Ones is sponsoring a book giveaway (scroll for info)! Enter the contest to win a Christmas collection of books–Santa Knows, My Tiny Book of Christmas,
Sara Crowe joined Harvey Klinger Inc. after two years at Trident Media Group as Foreign Rights Agent selling rights for Russell Banks, Michael Ondaatje, and Louis Sachar, among others. She began her publishing career at the Wylie Agency in New York and also worked in Wylie’s London office.
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Join author Tanya Lee Stone Nov. 2 for an online chat on “Writing Across Genres” with the Institute of Children’s Literature. Times are 9 to 11 p.m. Atlantic/Canada; 8 to 10 p.m. Eastern; 7 to 9 p.m. Central; 6 to 8 p.m. Mountain; or 5 to 7 p.m. Pacific. Log in here!
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Kirkus cheers my new picture book, Santa Knows (Dutton, 2006): “The transformation of a nonbeliever on Christmas Eve is an old story, but Alfie F. Snorklepuss is a newly minted winner.”
Speaking of Santa Knows, it’s not every day I hear as delightful a reader story as the one featured of late at One Over-Caffeinated Mom: Kim’s Reading and Writing Home.
