Marsha Qualey is the author of nine YA novels. A long-time resident of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, she recently moved with her husband to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where she now lives within walking distance of the beautiful Chippewa River, two libraries, a couple of good live music venues, and several excellent restaurants. She likes Eau Claire.
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Mrs. Crump’s Cat by Linda Smith, illustrated by David Roberts
Mrs. Crump’s Cat by Linda Smith, illustrated by David Roberts (HarperCollins, 2006). The last thing Mrs. Crump needs is a cat, especially a “sneaky, finicky, troublesome, WET, yellow cat with FLEAS.” Or does she? A heartwarming story about hard-earned friendship. Ages 4-up.
From the publisher bio: Linda Smith is the author of: When Moon Fell Down,
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Author Interview: Helen Hemphill on Long Gone Daddy
Debut novelist Helen Hemphill grew up in (Bridgeport, then Wichita Falls) Texas and now lives with her family in Nashville and Austin. She is a graduate of the Vermont College M.F.A. program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Her first book is Long Gone Daddy (Front Street, 2006). Read Helen’s blog.
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Cynsational News & Links
Bookseller Chick: “the alter-ego of a mild-mannered bookseller, Bookseller Chick (known to those who love and hate her as BS Chick) fights for literacy, freedom, originality, and a paycheck in the corporate confines of a retail book chain.”
Congratuations to Dianna Hutts Aston (author interview) on the publication of Mama Inside,
Publicist Interview: Susan Salzman Raab
Susan Salzman Raab is a widely respected expert in children’s book promotion. Twenty years ago, she founded Raab Associates, then the only agency dedicated to that goal. Today, Raab Associates Inc. provides “marketing, consulting, and publicity for children’s and parenting books and children’s specialty products.”
Susan is the Marketing Advisor to SCBWI National and the author of the “To Market”
Winners of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Named
The Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Committee of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association has announced the winner and honor books of 2006. These awards honor and recognize individual works published in 2004 and 2005 about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritages based on literary and artistic merit.
Young adult title winner: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (Antheneum,
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Cynsational News & Links
Big thanks to author Tanya Lee Stone (author interview) for highlighting my fall 2006 release Santa Knows (Dutton), which is co-authored by Greg Leitich Smith and illustrated by Steve Bjorkman.
Cheers to Cynsations LJ reader Tammi Sauer (Tammi’s LJ) on her thank-you comment about my linking to the ICL article “How to Write a Picture Book an Editor Will Love”
Illustrator Interview: Joe Morse on Casey at the Bat
Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer, illustrated by Joe Morse (Kids Can Press/KCP Poetry, 2006). From the catalog copy: “…about a proud and mighty slugger who strikes out during the big game.” “Illustrator Joe Morse sets the poem on gritty urban streets with a multiracial cast of characters. It’s a startlingly fresh approach that not only revives the poem for a new generation,
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Author Feature: Susan Goldman Rubin
Susan Goldman Rubin is the author of several books, including Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children and Terezin (Holiday House, 2000), a Sidney Taylor Award Honor Book and a National Jewish Book Award finalist. She lives in California.
What is it about writing, storytelling that calls to you?
Cynsational News & Links
Black Males in Children’s Books by Don Tate from Devas T. Rants and Raves. See also my comment on Don’s post.
Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2006: “long list” finalists include Tim Wynne-Jones (author interview).
Roaring Brook has slated the YA anthology Boy Meets Girl, Girl Meets Boy for spring 2008.