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.
The Official SCBWI Conference Blog: Alice Pope leads SCBWI’s “Team Blog” for up-to-the minute conference countdowns and live blogging from the conference floor! Note: for those who couldn’t make it to LA and those who want to look back on the experience.
A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott Giveaway from MissAttitude at Reading in Color.
Enter to win both Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa, illustrated by Ed Young (Philomel, 2009) and Hook by Ed Young (Roaring Brook, 2009)! See entry details at end of giveaways listing. Read a previous Cynsations interview with Ed.
From the promotional copy of Tsunami!
Chris Barton on Chris Barton: “Of all the cities where I could have stumbled into the world of children’s literature, I couldn’t have done it in a better place than Austin, Texas.
“A native Texan who gravitated to Austin for college and have been here most of the time ever since,
Janni Lee Simner Super Giveaway
Enter to win Bones of Faerie (Random House, 2009) and autographed copies of both Secret of the Three Treasures (Holiday House, 2006)(hard copy) and Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales, edited by Deborah Noyes (Candlewick, 2006)(paperback).
Note: Gothic includes Janni’s short story “Stone Tower.”
Cathy Kurkjian on Cathy Kurkjian: “I am a professor in the Department of Reading and Language Arts at Central Connecticut State University where I teach graduate courses in Reading and Language Arts and in Children’s Literature.
“I have had a life-long love of children’s literature as a classroom teacher and in my work as a university professor.
Reminder: enter to win an autographed hardcover of National Book Award Finalist Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt (Front Street, 2006) from Cynsations. To enter, email me (scroll and click envelope) with your name and snail/street mail address and type “Keturah and Lord Death” in the subject line. Deadline: March 30!
Congratulations to Author Jama Rattigan on 15 Years of Dumpling Soup (Little, Brown)! To celebrate Jama is giving away three signed hardcover copies. Peek: “These are original trade editions from my personal stash (currently, only paperback and library editions are still in print.” Enter to win between now and Jan. 31. See more information.
Jon Bard on Jon Bard: “I’m from New York originally, but I’ve been in Colorado since 1993. Out here, that pretty much makes you a native!
“When Laura and I first met, I owned a PR agency in New York, and she was working for the publishing house Farrar, Straus &
Continue Reading Publisher Interview: Jon Bard on Children’s Book Insider and Write4Kids.com »
Enter to win one of four ARCs of Dead Is a State of Mind by Marlene Perez (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jan. 2009)(author interview). From the promotional copy:
Welcome to Nightshade, California—a small town full of secrets. It’s home to the psychic Giordano sisters, who have a way of getting mixed up in mysteries.
