2015 Cybils Winners from The Cybils: Children’s and Young Adult Book Bloggers Literary Awards. Congratulations to Grace Lin, Nova Ren Suma and their fellow winners!
Who Can Tell My Story? by Jacqueline Woodson from The Horn Book.
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American Indian Youth Literature Awards & Honor Books (click to enlarge)
Avoid Melodrama by Writing Deeper by Martina Boone from Adventures in YA Writing. Peek: “Experts tell us there are really only twelve universal emotions: interest, surprise, excitement, joy, love, sadness, fear, shame, guilt,
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Emma at her launch party signing Jan. 30 at BookPeople in Austin
Congratulations to Emma Virjan on the release of What This Story Needs Is a Hush and a Shush (HarperChildren’s, 2016)! From the promotional copy:
What this bedtime needs is a pig in a wig,
Author Interview & Giveaway: Angela Cerrito on The Safest Lie
“The Power of Poetry,” an award-winning play!
Welcome back, Cynsations reporter Angela Cerrito, and congratulations on the release of The Safest Lie (Holiday House, 2015). Could you tell us a little about the novel and what inspired you to write it?
The Safest Lie follows the fictional Anna Bauman attempting to hide her Jewish identity and pass herself off as Anna Karwolska in Warsaw Poland during WWII.
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Guest Interview: Mina Witteman on Talking Books, Ghosts, Writing & Teaching
Mina Witteman is a published author, writing in Dutch and English. She has four adventurous middle grade novels, over 40 short stories, and a Little Golden Book out in the Netherlands.
The first volume of a middle grade series, Boreas and the Seven Seas,
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Guest Post: Christopher Cheng on Australia’s 2015 Children’s Book of the Year Awards
The 2015 Children’s Book of the Year awards were announced Aug. 21. The theme this year was “Books Light Up Our World,” and there were many lights shining this year in schools, homes and bookshops all over Australia.
We have awards in five categories: Picture Book of the Year;
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Activity Pages & Teacher Guide
Congratulations to Emma J. Virján on the release of What This Story Needs Is A Pig In A Wig (HarperCollins, 2015). Peek:
What this story needs is a pig in a wig, on a boat in a moat with a frog,
Guest Post: Jean Reidy on Choosing a Writer’s Workshop
Cynthia Leitich Smith & Jean Reidy at The Writing Barn
By Jean Reidy
I’ve been tackling a new genre – the middle grade novel. And after hammering out the latest draft of a novel-in-progress and getting solid feedback, I was excited to put the “work” into a workshop.
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Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Illustrator April Chu Takes Us Behind the Art of Summoning the Phoenix from Lee & Low. Peek: “…gives readers an inside look into centuries-old Chinese musical instruments and the more recently formed modern Chinese Orchestra.”
Anti-heroes: Why Devious is So Delectable, and Where Are All the Women?
Illustrator Interview: Greta Cencetti
Liam and Greta
Greta Cencetti is a children’s book illustrator whose work has been published in Italian, English, German and Chinese. Her artwork has been exhibited Germany, the U.K. and China.
Most recently, her series of illustrations
Migrant Children featuring children during depression era U.S.A. were exhibited at the GALATA Museum in Genoa,