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Should you advertise in an illustration directory?4 comments

Mark Mitchell wrote 2 weeks ago: For some children’s book artists this interview might be a little hard to hear and to bear.  F … more →

Tags: Feature Interview, Directory of Illustration, Houston SCBWI, Jo Ann Miller, John Parra, Lisa Falkenstern, Marla Frazee, New York Fashion Institute of Technology, Patrice Barton

Have you drawn an animal today?1 comment

Mark Mitchell wrote 1 month ago: Knowing as we do that drawing children, people and  animals is the stock in trade of the children … more →

Tags: Mini-lessons, Pictures worth a thousand words, "Make Your Splashes; Make Your Marks!" course, andy warhol, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Houston SCBWI, Jon Gnagy, Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee

Art and Letters

Mark Mitchell wrote 2 months ago: So many colleagues from the Austin children’s and YA writing community spoke on panels and sig … more →

Tags: Special Treats, All the world, Charles Ghigna, chava alberstein, Chris Barton, father goose, foreign letters, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Houston SCBWI

Contests and conferences6 comments

daybydaywriter wrote 2 months ago: Done today: More on chapter 4 Revision remaining: 149 pages Daily pages needed to be finished by end … more →

Tags: Writing Conferences, North Texas SCBWI, Houston SCBWI, KidLit.com, Andrea Brown Literary agent Mary Kole, Writing Contests

One Illustration Reverie; Two Real Deals1 comment

Mark Mitchell wrote 3 months ago: What does this short animated clip have to do with John Singer Sargent or children’s book illu … more →

Tags: News, Pictures worth a thousand words, Special Treats, Andrea Cascardi, caldecott honor, Cheryl Klein, Children's Book Illustrations, Chris Barton, Cynthia Leitich Smith

Blogging Illustrators and Glowing Reviews

Mark Mitchell wrote 5 months ago: We don’t purport to cover the entire waterfront here.  But every once in a while it’s fu … more →

Tags: News, Bill Slavin, Bob and Joe Switzer, Children's Books, Chris Barton, Day-Glow Colors, Diane Stanley. BookPeople, Dinotropia, Ernest Shepard

"Toast" Trumps5 comments

Mark Mitchell wrote 8 months ago: Could it have been the book trailer that led to the exciting  publishers’ auction for the … more →

Tags: Pictures worth a thousand words, News, Clint Young, Macmillan, Toast, Erin Murphy, The Weinstein Company, The Inklings, LucasFilm

Portrait of an Aspiring Illustrator: Marsha Riti5 comments

tara wrote 8 months ago: Marsha Riti grew up in Texas where everything is big, including dreams. So I assumed that she had al … more →

Tags: Children, Children's Books, Children's Writing, illustrator interview, Kidlit, Picture Books, Portrait of an Aspiring Illustrator, Publishing, Writing for children

A Featured Local Author: Jennifer Ziegler2 comments

Madeline wrote 11 months ago: Today I’m introducing a new feature to the BookKids Blog. Once a month , we’re going to take a day o … more →

Tags: Local Authors, Alpha Dog, bookkids, BookPeople, Books for teens, Children's Books, How not to be popular, jennifer ziegler, SCBWI

Shopping for Austin Authors - Now Even Easier!1 comment

Emily wrote 11 months ago: Great news, Austin!  BookPeople now has a local author section for kids & teens!  We just put it … more →

Tags: Local Authors, types of books, bookkids, Children's Books, BookPeople, Shana Burg, Austin, Young-Adult, ya

"Monkey and Me"... and Emily

Mark Mitchell wrote 1 year ago: Reading All About Wolves   Award winning children’s book author-illustrator Emily Gravett of B … more →

Tags: Feature Interview, Pictures worth a thousand words, children's book illustration, Emily Gravett, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Society of Childrens' Books Writers and Illustrators, Macmillan Prize for Illustration, Kate Greenaway medal, Children's Picture Book

Awesome Austin Writers roll up their T-shirt sleeves 4 comments

Mark Mitchell wrote 1 year ago: Awesome Austin Writers Workshop in session (Photo by Cynthia Leitich Smith) A mega-critique of 26 ch … more →

Tags: News, mark mitchell, Brian Anderson, Varsha Bajaj, Chris Barton, Gene Brenek, Shana Burg, Anne Bustard, Tim Crow


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