This blog post started out as an email to a friend: the wonderful Terri Schmitz, owner of The Children’s Book Shop in Brookline, MA, which was the first children’s bookstore I encountered, and it put me on a whole new … Continue reading
Category Archives: Children’s Book People
I haven’t been to NCTE for a while and had forgotten what a good show it is! We saw many clients and friends and had a great time. Already missing these two friends: … Continue reading
The absolute BEST part of working in the children’s book business is getting to meet so many of the creators we admire. This past weekend we had the immense pleasure of meeting, dining with and listening to Vera B. Williams. … Continue reading
Today the Supreme Court overturned DOMA…and I’m grateful to live in an America where Liza and Annie can get legally married and live happily ever after! Thank you, Nancy Garden, for writing the book that first validated my own dreams … Continue reading
Just finished reading the SCBWI Bulletin and two of our clients were mentioned…Lucine Kasbarian’s book The Greedy Sparrow was chosen as an Honor Book in the 2012 Storytelling World Resources Awards. Lucine is terrific! She’s smart, funny, articulate and a … Continue reading
A few weekends ago, I spoke about marketing at the SCBWI-AZ’s regional conference…I love to hit the road and mingle with writers and artists. Everyone I talked to was so creative and clever! I came back inspired not only to … Continue reading
This morning Bobbie and I listened to the lastest Brain Burps About Books, a regular podcast by author/ illustrator Katie Davis. We’ve listened before and find Katie’s podcasts fun and informative but Episode #81 is special because … we were interviewed! Yes, … Continue reading
Why? Well, he’s an extremely nice guy, for starters. And he gets paid to read children’s books, review children’s books, and write books about – well, children’s books. As a matter of fact, I think we should make Leonard a … Continue reading