From Fellow SCBWI WWA member Anne Belov:While this is not children's book related (except for the fact that everything is interconnected, isn't it?) I wanted to pass on the good news that my Kickstarter project to partially fund a painting/printmaking trip to Italy this summer, was successfully funded as of Friday, March 2.For those who... Continue Reading →
Good News for Katherine Schlick Noe
Good News for Katherine Schlick Noe! Katherine's debut novel, SOMETHING TO HOLD (Clarion 2011) has been selected as a 2012 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People by the National Council for the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council. Inspired by Katherine's childhood experiences living on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central... Continue Reading →
Good News for Kirby Larson!
So much Good News for fellow SCBWI WWA member Kirby Larson!!First, check out this story on her blog. She recently had one of her dreams has come true!! When she wrote The FRIENDSHIP DOLL, she secretly hoped that some reader might be inspired to look for and find one of the missing dolls. And it's... Continue Reading →
Good News for Susi Gregg Fowler
Good News and a big round of applause for Susi Gregg Fowler! Sasquatch Books is publishing her newest book -- ARCTIC AESOP: TWELVE RETOLD TALES, in the spring of 2013, with illustrations by her husband Jim Fowler. This will be her ninth children's books, but it's her first in over a decade (it's Jim's 14th... Continue Reading →
Good News Abounds!!!
Happy Friday All!! We're busting with Good News today!!! First up The Golden Kites have been announced and it's Good News and Happy times for our Region!!!Golden Kites Winners:* The 2012 Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration goes to "BALLOONS OVER BROADWAY" by Melissa Sweet (Houghton Mifflin)- Melissa will be a keynote speaker at... Continue Reading →
Congratulations, Jennifer Shaw Wolf!
We're a bit behind with conference prep, but we wanted to send out a big congratulations to regional member Jennifer Shaw Wolf on her most recent sale! Here's the announcement from Publishers Marketplace: Author of BREAKING BEAUTIFUL Jennifer Shaw Wolf's next dark young adult mystery, SHARDS OF GLASS, about the mystery surrounding the death of... Continue Reading →
Good News for Lois V. Harris
Good News and Happy Days for fellow SCBWI member Lois V. Harris! Lois received a lovely surprise! Her book, MAXFIELD PARRISH: PAINTER OF MAGICAL MAKE-BELIEVE, was reviewed, and the reviewer provided research tips and created a nature-inspired activity. Thank you Jackie Castle of The Castle Library! Check out the review here!!Congratulations Lois! For more information... Continue Reading →
Good News for Trudi Trueit
Good News and a big round of applause for Trudi Trueit! Ruckus Media Group and Scholastic, which teamed up in September of 2011 to launch a new children's transmedia imprint, has optioned the rights to sell her Julep O'Toole series in e-book! The digital books will be part of Ruckus' 2012 spring list, and includes... Continue Reading →
Good News for Samantha Vamos
Check out all this good news that Samantha Vamos has received!!!! Her book, THE CAZUELA THAT THE FARM MAIDEN STIRRED was recently named:-A Pura Belpré Illustration Honor Book (ALA, 2012)-A New York Public Library "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" Selection (2011)-A Texas Library Association “2012 Texas 2x2 Reading List” Selection-A Fuse #8 Production “100... Continue Reading →
Good News for Joni Sensel
Congrats and a big round of applause to our own Joni Sensel!! Joni is one of five winners for the She Writes "Young Adult Novelist" contest. The five winners will get feedback on their synopses and excerpts, as well as guidance about next steps toward publication from agents ELIZABETH KAPLAN (Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency) and... Continue Reading →