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
Category Archives: Our Clients
This week is Banned Books Week, and once again we are surprised and dismayed to see the lists of books that have been challenged and banned. We’d love to stop celebrating Banned Books Week – if only there were no … Continue reading
Today is World Water Day sponsored by the UN. And just yesterday we purchased our very own specially packaged Cheerios which includes a bilingual version of All the Water in World/Toda el agua del mundo by George Ella Lyon, with … Continue reading
When I found out that Lucine Kasbarian, children’s book author and WLCB client, was attending the diversity panel at NYPL this past Saturday, I asked if she would write about it for our blog. She graciously said “yes” and so … 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
Publishers Weekly reported yesterday that on the suggestion of Kim Pescatelli, a Connecticut mother, Peggy Tierney (publisher of Tanglewood Press) and Audrey Penn (author of The Kissing Hand) are donating 1600 copies of that book to the children of Newtown, … Continue reading
To celebrate the publication of Holding on to Zoe, a new young adult book from George Ella Lyon, we are posting this interview with her about the book. You can find out more about the book here. AN INTERVIEW WITH … Continue reading
Most of our work entails sitting in front of a laptop screen or walking around with a cell phone pressed to our head or, in my case, staring into space waiting for some bit of creative inspiration to light … Continue reading
Happy Día – El Día de los niños/El Día de los libros, Children’s Day/Book Day! We’re big Día fans and work with our client Pat Mora to promote it throughout the year. This year we celebrated with Díapalooza on Pat’s … Continue reading
Take a look at this amazing website put together by the authors who are a part of the I.N.K. (Interesting Nonfiction for Kids) blog. Now there’s a searchable database of their titles linked to standards — such a great resource! … Continue reading