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PiBoIdMo Day 21: Corey Rosen Schwartz Digs Deep3 comments

tara wrote 19 hours ago: I am not like most writers. Ideas don’t just slam into me while I am out for a walk. I don’t get “Ah … more →

Tags: Author Interview, Children's Writing, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Writing for children, Corey Rosen Schwartz, Hop Plop

PiBoIdMo Day 20: Melissa Azarian's Brief Encounters of the Picture Book Kind4 comments

tara wrote 1 day ago: Brief Encounters of the Picture Book Kind by Melissa Azarian I think you can find a picture book ide … more →

Tags: Author Interview, Children's Books, Children's Writing, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Writing for children, Melissa Eisen Azarian, The Amistad Mutiny

Poetry Friday: The Clock Struck One

asuen wrote 2 days ago: The Clock Struck One: A Time-telling Tale by Trudy Harris (Author) and Carrie Hartman (Illustrator) … more →

Tags: Poetry, Word choice, 6 Traits, picture book, poetry Friday

PiBoIdMo Day 19: Jeannine Norris Hears Voices4 comments

tara wrote 2 days ago: What Is Your Voice? by Jeannine Q. Norris As we are in the middle of PiBoIdMo, ideas are flying fast … more →

Tags: Author Interview, Children's Writing, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Writing for children, Jeannine Q. Norris, Tonight You Are My Baby

Muktar and the Camels

asuen wrote 3 days ago: Muktar and the Camels by Janet Graber (Author) and Scott Mack (Illustrator) takes place in an orphan … more →

Tags: Conventions, Fiction, 6 Traits, picture book

News from Lake Edna ... and your neck of the woods!

riddleburger wrote 3 days ago: The flurry of emails twixt here and New York has died down, so it appears that The Strange Case of O … more →

PiBoIdMo Day 18: Volunteer with Heather Ayris Burnell5 comments

tara wrote 3 days ago: Inspire and Be Inspired: Volunteer by Heather Ayris Burnell Sure, inspiration is all around us, but … more →

Tags: Author Interview, Children's Writing, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Writing for children, Heather Ayris Burnell

Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library!

asuen wrote 4 days ago: Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library! by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter (Authors) and Steve James … more →

Tags: Fiction, Word choice, 6 Traits, picture book

Big news from Cece-land! Itty Bitty makes the ALA's 2009 list!1 comment

riddleburger wrote 4 days ago: Tiny dogs all across America are celebrating tonight! Itty Bitty is on the ALA Booklist Editor … more →

Kidlit Trivia - Epistolary Edition4 comments

riddleburger wrote 4 days ago: Who’s writing to these folks? 1) Dear Mr. Henshaw 2) Dear Shrink (Hint: It’s Sigmund Fre … more →

Another PiBoIdMo Prize Announcement1 comment

tara wrote 4 days ago: Today, bookish Brooklynite Elana Roth of Caren Johnson Literary Agency agreed to join PiBoIdMo to of … more →

Tags: literary agents, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Writing for children, Elana Roth

PiBoIdMo Day 17: Whistle While You Write5 comments

tara wrote 4 days ago: Illustration by Leeza Hernandez Whistle while you write? You might not want to put your lips togethe … more →

Tags: Children's Writing, NJ-SCBWI, PiBoIdMo, Writing for children, Leeza Hernandez

Trouble Gum

asuen wrote 5 days ago: Trouble Gum by Matthew Cordell lives up to its name! Gum wasn’t often allowed. It tended to ma … more →

Tags: Fiction, Ideas!, 6 Traits, picture book

PiBoIdMo Day 16: Catch an Idea with Michael Sussman10 comments

tara wrote 5 days ago: Everyone knows it can be tough coming up with story ideas. So, where do I get mine? Sal’s Literary I … more →

Tags: Author Interview, Children's Books, Children's Writing, PiBoIdMo, writing conference

Nonfiction Monday: Cool Cars and Trucks

asuen wrote 6 days ago: Cool Cars and Trucks by Sean Kenney (Author) shows how to use LEGO to make cars and trucks. If you d … more →

Tags: nonfiction, Organization, 6 Traits, Nonfiction Monday, picture book

PiBoIdMo Day 15: The Life and Times of...Who?7 comments

tara wrote 1 week ago: Have you ever considered writing a picture book biography? I’ll be honest. I never did. My perceptio … more →

Tags: Children's Books, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Writing for children, Annette Kellerman, Biographies, Buster Keaton, Coretta Scott

Kidlit Trivia - Sci-Fi edition4 comments

riddleburger wrote 1 week ago: Our last edition of Kidlit Trivia was a shocker! I thought the questions were too hard, but Wickle z … more →

PiBoIdMo Day 14: Jacqui Robbins Can Has Problemz?7 comments

tara wrote 1 week ago: Picture Book Confessional by Jacqui Robbins Here is a confession: I have problems. And I want you to … more →

Tags: Author Interview, Children's Writing, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Writing for children, Jacqui Robbins, Matt Phelan, The New Girl and Me, two of a kind

PiBoIdMo Day 13: Ryan Hipp's Unlucky Day17 comments

tara wrote 1 week ago: “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” – Thomas Alva Edison “In my experience, there’s no s … more →

Tags: Author Interview, Children's Writing, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Writing for children, Ryan Hipp


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