Posts Tagged ‘creativity’
Moving Forward — Open to Possibilities
As I said in my last blog post of 2013, I won’t be doing my month-end accountability posts this year. Instead, in keeping with my chosen theme for the year of moving forward, the last Monday of each month will feature a post designed to get us all thinking about some aspect of moving forward…
Read MoreLibrary Mouse — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Library Mouse Author/Illustrator: Daniel Kirk Publisher: New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007. Genre: Picture book, fiction Audience Age: 4 to 8 years of age
Read MoreScaredy Cat — Susanna Hill’s HALLOWEENSIE CONTEST
Susanna Leonard Hill, who comes up with the most delightful ideas, is hosting her annual Halloweensie writing contest on her blog this week. The “weensie” part of the Halloweensie title indicates the length of the story contestants are to write, and believe me, this year the word limit makes for a very weensie story. The…
Read MoreCelebrating Tony Walton!
I’ve recently read a wonderful book about the amazing stage and film designer (of both costumes and sets), stage director, and illustrator Tony Walton, and I wanted to share both the book and some thoughts about a few of his design projects with you. Title: The Designs of Tony Walton Author: Delbert Unruh Publisher:…
Read MoreInternational Dot Day — Make your Mark!
If you’ve read either The Dot or Ish, Peter H. Reynolds’ fabulous picture books about celebrating creativity and making your own kind of art, even if you (or others) don’t consider you artistic, then you’ve already encountered the basic principle behind International Dot Day — making your mark in some artistic-ish way, and celebrating your…
Read MoreThe Adventures of Tomato & Pea — Blog Tour Review and GIVEAWAY!
It is so exciting when a writing colleague is published for the first time. It is even more exciting when that colleague is eleven years old! I first became aware of Erik, the Kid Who Reviews Books, when we both participated in Picture Book Ideas Month in 2011 (that link leads to a guest post…
Read MoreRose’s Garden — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Rose’s Garden Author/Illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds Publisher: Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2009 Genre: Picture book, fiction
Read MoreTurning the Spotlight on “Fireflies and Shooting Stars”
When I went to the SCBWI LA conference (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) in 2011, one of the first people I met was a tall, friendly man named Ed Raarup. I was immediately impressed by his warmth and his enthusiasm for his writing project, which he was working on with my friend and…
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