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To celebrate our wedding anniversary, Jeff and I wandered about Toronto yesterday, visiting bookstores and coffee shops and having picnics in the park. And guess what I found in TYPE Books on Queen Street? My sister‘s just-released picture book, FOX AND SQUIRREL (Scholastic Canada)! I bought a copy, of course. 🙂 ©2013 Ruth Ohi. Spread . . .
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Click the above image to see an excellent visual explanation of how and why to use “whom” in a sentence. I love The Oatmeal‘s entertaining and quirky take on subjects as traditionally dry as grammar. Example: Woohoo, potatoes! The mastermind behind The Oatmeal is Matthew Inman. His self-written bio says it all: “The Oatmeal’s real name . . .
I love stories like this. After GMA News Online ran the above photo and story, the photo went viral on Facebook and prompted readers to send donations to help him with his education. More info on Book Patrol. Related info: News story on GMANetwork.com Photo of street kid stirs action in . . .
Awwww. To propose to his girlfriend, Paul Phillips wrote a book about their relationship, had it illustrated by Nashville artist Yoni Limor, printed it. Then he planted the book in the library and arranged to have her stumble across the book and read it to him. Then he proposed. 🙂 More info on . . .
I met the bubbly and enthusiastic Hazel Mitchell through the children’s book illustrator/author group, Pixel Shavings. Hazel is not only a talented illustrator but she is super-supportive of other children’s book writers and illustrators. I am SO looking forward to seeing ONE WORD PEARL, a new picture book written by Nicole Groeneweg and illustrated . . .
Yay, so relieved to hear that the B&N and S&S dispute has been resolved. Just received the following email from Carolyn K. Reidy, President & CEO of Simon & Schuster, sent to S&S authors and their agents: ———- TO SIMON & SCHUSTER’S AUTHORS AND THEIR AGENTS I am very glad . . .
My SCBWI Illustration Mentee friend Jen Betton has an excellent 2-part post about how children’s book illustrators can promote themselves: Friday postcard sampling via Penguin art director Giuseppe Castellano @(pinocastellano), posted on Twitter Self-Promotion (Part 1): What To Include Self-Promotion (Part 2): Postcards and Emailers
One of the many reasons I love Twitter is because of the conversations and connections that can happen because of casual mention. For example, I discovered that the narrator of the enhanced ebook version of I’M BORED was Cassandra Lee Morris while listening to an updated version of the ebook: https://www.instagram.com/p/c_t1vDq9LJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again I decided to . . .