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I always love hearing about interesting and unique ways (without being spammy) that children’s book authors and illustrators have for promoting their work, so was intrigued by Sophie Blackall’s promo effort: From Publishers Weekly The package above was mailed out to about 100 chlidren’s book professionals, handmade by award-winning illustrator Sophie . . .
*** PLEASE NOTE THAT SUBMISSION WINDOW HAS NOW CLOSED. Response time (only those who included an SASE will receive a reply) is expected to be approximately 6 months. *** Celia Lee is an assistant editor at Cartwheel Books, Scholastic’s 0-5 imprint. When she’s not reading, she’s talking about reading. And when . . .
Thanks to the Kindergarten and 1st Grade students at Avoca West Elementary in Illinois for choosing I’M BORED as their 2013 ITC March Madness Champion. 🙂 For more info about Avoca as well as winners in other categories, see this blog post. Thanks to Susan Geidner for alerting me to this news via Twitter. Also: . . .
I was intrigued by this New York Times article, which talks about how Kindoma’s new Storytime app lets grandparents and others read bedtime books remotely to children. Another possible application: authors doing remote readings for small groups of students? Or larger groups, if the iPad is hooked up to a larger . . .
I am thrilled to announce that I will be illustrating two picture books written by Lauren McLaughlin debuting the pint-sized detective, MITZI TULANE, for Random House Children’s Books. Editor: Maria Modugno. Art Director: TBA. Lauren McLaughlin worked in the film business as both a screenwriter (Hypercube, Prisoner Of Love, Specimen) and producer (American . . .
More info: Courtney Pippin-Mathur website Courtney Pippin-Mathur on Twitter: @pippinmathur Kirkus Reviews on MAYA WAS GRUMPY Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
Last week, I asked you how you felt about Amazon’s acquisition of Goodreads. 143 responded: 64% describe yourselves as writer and/or illustrators, 31% are teachers or librarians, 11% are editors, 6% publishers, 2% booksellers. As you can tell from the numbers, some of you wear more than one hat. The . . .
Amazon has just announced that it’s reached an agreement acquire book-based social network Goodreads for an undisclosed amount. How do you feel about this? Answer via this quickie 2-question survey, multiple choice and anonymous. Anyone who answers will be able to see survey results so far. Also see other Inkygirl surveys and survey results.Update on Thursday, . . .
Above: cover for Ookla The Mok’s new album, OOKLA THE MOK VS EVIL. Cover art illustration by Art Baltazar, an American comic book artist whose Tiny Titans won the 2011 Eisner Award For Best Publication For Kids. I’ve known Rand Bellavia and Adam English of Ookla The Mok for many years; my music group . . .