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What are YOU busy doing? Help us celebrate by customizing your own I’M BUSY door hanger! You can download a free, print-ready template here. To educators: if you combine this activity with our book with young readers, I’ll record a special video message just for your students! Submit a photo . . .
Thanks to my friends Karen Krossing, Helen Kubiw, Caroline Fernandez, Adrienne Kress, and Kevin Sylvester for these fun “I’m Busy” photos! I’ll be adding them to my “Reading the I’M… picture books in the wild” Reader Gallery on Pinterest, and would love to add yours, too. For guidelines and to . . .
In 2014, I was thrilled to illustrate the covers of Judy Blume titles being reissued by Atheneum / Simon & Schuster Children’s as middle grade: Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Blubber, Deenie, Iggie’s House, It’s Not The End Of The World, Starring Sally J. Freeman As Herself, and . . .
Woohoo! A single, precious copy of I’M BUSY by Michael Ian Black and me just arrived on the weekend, along with a sweet note from our editor at Simon & Schuster Children’s, Justin Chanda. Don’t you love Laurent Linn’s fabulous book design? This newest in our I’M… series about kids’ . . .
Above: Claudia Osmond, me, my sister Ruth. Huge thanks to all who came out in the rain to help me celebrate the launch of I Want To Read ALL The Books, my new solo picture book with Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers at Type Junction in Toronto! Grateful . . .
Hurray! My solo picture book, I Want To Read ALL The Books, is out in the world! Quick navigation: Reviews and interviews – Launch eventsShortlink to this page: DebbieOhi.com/allthebooks-launch Reviews, Interviews, and Other Posts Thanks to the following book blogs and publications for letting me visit in celebration of my . . .
I am excitedly counting down the days until my picture book, I Want To Read ALL The Books, launches from Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers on Sept. 17th, 2024! Toronto Book Launch To those in Toronto: I invite you to help me celebrate on Tue. Sept. 24th at . . .
(Updated May 26, 2024. Also see: Rejection Stories & Advice From Published Kidlit/YA Creators) This is a photo of a letter I’ve had pinned up on my home office Inspiration Board for years now. It represents the many encouraging-but-still-rejection letters I received over the years when I was actively writing . . .
I am thrilled to announce that I just signed a contract with Simon & Schuster to illustrate I’M BUSY, a new picture book written by Michael Ian Black. I identify way too much with this story. 😁 I’M BUSY is the latest in the I’M series, joining I’M BORED, I’M . . .
I’m delighted to reveal the cover of my new solo picture book with Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS. Don’t you love my art director Laurent Linn’s wonderful cover design? Read about how the cover was created here, including the cuuuute dog . . .