Alexandria, VA: Five children’s books published in 2005 received the 2006 “Growing Good Kids – Excellence in Children’s Literature Award” July 29 at the American Horticultural Society‘s National Children & Youth Garden Symposium in St. Louis, Missouri. The award honors engaging and inspiring garden and ecology-themed books for children.
The award-winning books are: Earth Mother by Ellen Jackson,
Continue Reading 2006 Growing Good Kids – Excellence in Children’s Literature Award »
Dear Fish by Chris Gall (Little Brown, 2006). When Peter Alan writes inviting the creatures of the sea to visit, they take him up on it. Pufferfish float, a shark bucks a bullrider–talk about a whale of a tale! An imaginative juxtaposition of land and sea. Endpapers include a guide to the featured fishies.
David LaRochelle on David LaRochelle: “My mother used to tell her friends that her son never grew up, and she was right. The things that I enjoy doing now (drawing, reading, making up stories, and using my imagination) are the things that I loved to do when I was a kid. A perfect evening for me as an adult is still a night spent with friends playing board games.
Continue Reading Author Interview: David LaRochelle on Absolutely, Positively Not »
Thanks to Sherry York for including my debut picture book, Jingle Dancer, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu (Morrow/HarperCollins, 2000) in her recent article, “Culturally Speaking: Multicultural Pairs: Outstanding Authors + Talented Illustrators = Exceptional Picture Books,” which appeared in Library Media Connection March 2006 (volume 24, number 6, pages 29-31).
Lara M. Zeises is the author of several award-winning novels for young adults, including Bringing Up the Bones (2002), Contents Under Pressure (2004), and Anyone But You (2005), all through Delacorte Press. In addition, Lara writes what she calls “brainy chick lit with soul” under the pseudonym Lola Douglas for Razorbill,
Continue Reading Author Lara M. Zeises Launches Novel Editing Service »
The 2006 Write It Now! competition winners and honorable mentions have been announced at Smartwriters.com.
Judges included Cynthia Leitich Smith (MG), Sonya Sones (Poetry), Alex Flinn (YA), Francesca Rusackas (PB), Dori Chaconas (CB), Kelly Milner Halls (NF), and Boyds Mills Press Art Director Tim Gillner (IL).
Continue Reading 2006 Write It Now! Winners and Honors Announced »
After a mini summer hiatus, Cynsations is back online! I had a wonderful time in New England. If you missed reading Spookycyn, surf over to learn all about my adventures. But I must open by saying congratulations to the July 2006 graduates of the Vermont College M.F.A. program in Writing for Children and Young Adults!
An esteemed faculty of more than fifty authors, illustrators, editors, agents, and publishers will be assembled for the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators‘ milestone 35th Annual Summer Conference on Writing and Illustrating for Children from Aug. 4 to 7 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
The 35th Annual Summer Conference features 77 workshops,
Cynsations goes on temporary hiatus as I leave to teach at the summer residency of the Vermont College MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults.
Cynsations will return to full strength in August. In the meantime, check in at Spookycyn (LJ syndication), where I’ll be chronicling my New England adventures.
Laura Williams McCaffrey on Laura Williams McCaffrey: “I grew up in Vermont. We lived across a field from my grandparents for a while, within walking distance, then moved to a house a bit farther away. My sister, my brother, and I rode bikes up and down our dead-end road. I read a lot.
