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HOORAY FOR HAT is Brian Won‘s debut picture book, and was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt earlier this year. Synopsis: “Elephant wakes up grumpy—until ding, dong! What’s in the surprise box at the front door? A hat! HOORAY FOR HAT! Elephant marches off to show Zebra, but Zebra is having a grumpy . . .
Today’s #BookADay: ONE WORD PEARL written by Nicole Groeneweg and illustrated by Hazel Mitchell (Charlesbridge, 2013). Synopsis: Pearl loves words. All kinds of words. Words make up songs, stories, poems . . . and what does a lover of words do? She collects them, of course! But one day, most of Pearl’s words are . . .
Just reread BOY + BOT, written by Ame Dyckman and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino (Knopf/Random House, 2012). Wonderfully entertaining story of friendship. On Goodreads – On Indiebound Synopsis: “One day, a boy and a robot meet in the woods. They play. They have fun. But when Bot gets switched off, Boy thinks he’s sick. The usual remedies—applesauce, reading . . .
Ironically, I recycled one of my old comics from 2006 and revamped the art for the above. 🙂
Catching up on my #BookADay: SAY HELLO TO ZORRO! by Carter Goodrich (Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 2011). The two dog characters in this story are soooooo adorable. And I was very excited to discover that MISTER BUD WEARS THE CONE just came out! According to a Readeo.com interview, Zorro was apparently loosely based . . .
A while back, I interviewed children’s book author Ame Dyckman about her writing process. If you haven’t read it yet, you should! I loved her quote about libraries so much that I decided to turn it into an illustration. 🙂 Edit: Thanks to Ame for giving me permission to turn this into a print-ready . . .
Today’s #BookADay: THE STAMP COLLECTOR, written by Jennifer Lanthierand illustrated by François Thisdale (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2012). Beautiful story, stunning artwork. A note by Jennifer at the end explains how the story was inspired by two writers. “Jian Weiping is a journalist who spent six years in a Chinese prison for exposing government corruption. . . .
Just finished listening to the audiobook version of THE MAZE RUNNER by James Dashner (Delacorte, 2010). The book is first in a series for ages 12 and up and soon to be a movie. Here’s the book trailer: James Dashner offered advice for writers on Writer’s Digest website, so be sure to . . .
Today’s #BookADay: WE PLANTED A TREE, written by Diane Muldrow and illustrated by Bob Staake, published by Golden Books/Random House. In addition to being an author, Diane is also editorial director at Golden Books/Random House. I bought WE PLANTED A TREE at the 2010 SCBWI conference in Los Angeles, which was also the first . . .
“The difference between a published author and an unpublished one is one day. It only takes one day, one moment, for your whole world to shift. I firmly believe that if you work hard at improving your craft and you simply do not give up, your day will come.” – Mandy Hubbard