Daniel Jennewein is the debut illustrator of Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? written by Audrey Vernick (Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins, 2011). From the promotional copy:
Your buffalo is growing up. He plays with friends. He shares his toys. He’s smart! But is he ready for kindergarten? (And is kindergarten ready for him?)
Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?
Enter to win an author-signed copy of Busing Brewster by Richard Michelson, illustrated by R.G. Roth (Knopf, 2010). From the promotional copy:
This powerful and tender story of desegregation busing in the 1970s introduces readers to the brave young heroes who helped to build a new world.
To enter,
Enter to win a copy of Smells Like a Dog by Suzanne Selfors (Little, Brown, 2010)! From the promotional copy:
Smells Like Dog is another fun, well-written, and funny middle grade novel from Suzanne Selfors. It is the story of Homer Pudding, an ordinary farm boy who dreams of going on grand adventures like his uncle,
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Enter to win Vampireology: A Genuine and Moste Authentic Ology (Candlewick, 2010)! From the promotional copy:
Long before the term vampire was born, long before Bram Stoker fictionalized this being’s ways, blood-drinking demons were banished to Earth by Michael’s host of Angels, or so the Bible describes.
Now this rich, mesmerizing resource,
Bologna, Italy–The Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), has announced that David Almond, from the United Kingdom is the winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award and that Jutta Bauer, from Germany is the winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award.
Diversity in Fantasy Mine by Cindy Pon from The Enchanted Inkpot. Peek: “I called this the ‘diversity in fantasy mine,’ because our diverse world cultures is such the perfect place to turn to for inspiration in fantasy writing. It’s been done before Tolkien and since. Silver Phoenix, my debut, was inspired by ancient China.
Enter to win one of five copies of Token of Darkness (Delacorte, 2010)! From the promotional copy:
Cooper Blake has everything going for him—until he wakes from a car accident with his football career in ruins and a mysterious, attractive girl by his side. Cooper doesn’t know how Samantha got there or why he can see her;
Enter to win one of three signed copies of Watersmeet by Ellen Jensen Abbott (Marshall Cavendish, 2009)! From the promotional copy:
From her birth, Abisina has been an outcast-for the color of her eyes and skin, and for her lack of a father. Only her mother’s status as the village healer has kept her safe.
Samantha R. Vamos is the first-time author of Before You Were Here, Mi Amor, illustrated by Santiago Cohen (Viking, 2009).
Could you tell us the story of “the call” or “the email” when you found out that your book had sold? How did you react? How did you celebrate?
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Author Round-up: Writing Around The Holidays by Tina Ferraro from YA Fresh. Peek from Sydney Salter: “I exchange knowing glances with the other café regulars and I buckle down and write as fast as I can for an hour or two while sipping a peppermint mocha.”
Native American Spirituality in Children’s Books by Debby Dahl Edwardson from Through the Tollbooth.
