By Chris Howard & Mallory Kass
CHRIS: If there’s one person who’s read Rootless almost as many times as I have, it’s my brilliant editor, Mallory Kass of Scholastic Press.
Mallory
But Mallory didn’t just help make Rootless the best it could be, she also guided me along the “publication path”,
Enter to win one of four copies of The Christmas Tugboat: How the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Came to New York City by George Matteson and Adele Ursone, illustrated by James Ransome (Clarion, 2012). From the promotional copy:
The splendid iconic Christmas tree at New York City’s Rockefeller Center doesn’t just spring up overnight.
Happy Halloween! Enter to win one of two signed copies of Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick by Jennifer L. Holm, illustrated by Elicia Castaldi (Random House, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Ginny has big plans for eighth grade. She’s going to try out for cheerleading,
L.B. Schulman is the first-time author of
League of Strays (Abrams/Amulet, 2012)(excerpt). From the promotional copy:
This suspenseful debut follows a group of teenage misfits in their delicious quest for revenge on those who have wronged them at their high school.
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photo of Janet Lee Carey by Heidi Pettit
Janet Lee Carey was raised in the redwood forests of California. In the whispering forest, she dreamed of becoming a writer.
She is the award-winning author of eight young adult novels including Dragonswood (Dial Books, 2012) which received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal.
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Nikki Loftin is the first-time author of The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy (Razorbill, 2012). From the promotional copy:
Lorelei is bowled over by Splendid Academy–Principal Trapp encourages the students to run in the hallways, the classrooms are stocked with candy dishes, and the cafeteria serves lavish meals featuring all Lorelei’s favorite foods.
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Happy National Fossil Day!
Celebrate by entering to win one of five author-signed copies of Chronal Engine by Greg Leitich Smith, illustrated by Blake Henry (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, March 2012)(ages 10-up). From the promotional copy:
When Max,
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Lisa at the release party for Boogie Knights
Lisa Wheeler is passionate about children’s books. “I love everything about them, including the smell.”
To date, Lisa has thirty titles on library shelves, with more to follow. She’s written picture books in prose and rhyme,
By Tammi Sauer
Doing a book signing can be a little intimidating—especially if you arrive at the store and see something like this:
Suddenly, all you feel like doing is running home and hanging out with your dog.
Snowball
But you can’t. You must act like a professional.
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Anna Myers says: The sixth child in a family of seven, I was born in west Texas. My oldest brother told me I was found in a tumbleweed. I knew he was teasing, but part of me wanted to believe the story.
“Our family moved back to Oklahoma when I was only six months old,
