So says Scotty to Captain Kirk (ever my Captain) when they rescue the whales in the best Star Trek movie, Star Trek IV. All of us at WLCB love these gorgeous creatures, and so Laurina and I rented the movie … Continue reading
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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
Just wanted to share this cool post from the Epic Read blogs called “The United States of YA” – time for a road trip?? … 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
I love this idea, I just do. I never write poems but I enjoy this kind of “writing.” Thanks to Travis Jonker of 100 Scope Notes for this idea and his Book Spine Poem Gallery. Happy National Poetry Month! … Continue reading
…and we laughed our heads off. It’s really not our kind of show, but PW Children’s Bookshelf tipped us off to this episode called The Book Job, where they (brilliantly) spoof the teen lit genre. You can watch it on … Continue reading
Confession time: I kept avoiding this book because even though I love Lois Lowry, I just kept thinking “not ANOTHER book about a princess who trades places with a peasant…” Surprise! I should have trusted my Lowry-instincts…it was fun, clever … Continue reading
I’m sitting here paging through one of my favorite children’s books – I read it at least once a week, taking time to closely examine the pictures and laugh aloud at the simple text. It’s a very valuable book, a … Continue reading