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| Aimee Ferris |
www.aimee-ferris.livejournal.com |
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Girl Overboard |
Aimee Ferris spent five sun-soaked years in the Caribbean, where she trained dolphins, swam with whale sharks, transplanted sea turtle eggs, did well over a thousand SCUBA dives . . . and only fell overboard once. She's hung up her surfshorts to live happily landlocked with her island boy Nakoa, the best thing to ever come out of the Caribbean. Visit her at http://aimee-ferris.livejournal.com or e-mail her at aimeeferris@gmail.com. |
"Never having read one before, I had no idea that any girl-type YA novels
were this well written. I liked it! Learned stuff! Good book!"
Daniel Pinkwater - NPR All Things Considered Commentator and Children's Author
Bill’s Best Books 2007
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| Alan Katz |
www.Alankatzbooks.com |
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Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs |
Alan is the author of more than 25 award-winning kids' books including Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs, I'm Still Here in the Bathtub, and the just-released Too Much Kissing. He is the author of the highly acclaimed poetry collection OOPS!, Don't Say That Word, the Stinky Thinking workbooks, and Karate Pig, (named one Parents magazine's 20 best books of 2009). Alan is also a six-time Emmy nominee for his work on The Rosie O'Donnell Show and other live-action and animated series.
Alan, his wife and their four wonderful children live in Fairfield County, Connecticut. |
Book Sense Book of the Year finalist; Children's Book Sense 76 Top Ten Selection; ABA Kids' Pick of the Lists; Utah Children's Poetry Book Award Winner; North Carolina Children's Book Award Winner; Colorado Children's Picture Book Award Winner; National Parenting Center Seal of Approval; Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List Selection |
| Alexandra Siy |
www.alexandrasiy.com |
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Cars on Mars |
Inspired by my road trip to Anchorage (where I lived for awhile) my newest
title, Cars on Mars, is a Booklist Top 10 Science-Tech Book, a 2010 Finalist AAAS/ Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, and NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book. Sneeze! and Mosquito Bite, both illustrated with Dennis Kunkel’s astonishing electron micrographs and my black-and-white snap shots, received numerous awards and honors.Forthcoming is Bug Shots (picture outlaw insects). I currently live in New York State where I continue to work on new books. I also love to visit schools and libraries.
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2009 Top 10 Science-Tech Books Booklist Online;
Finalist AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books (2010 & 2007);
2008 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award;
National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book (05,07,09);
New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing (2009 & 2007);
Bookbuilders of Boston New England Book Show Winner;
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2007;
Parents’ Choice Silver Medal;
Orbis Pictus Honor
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| Alyssa Capucilli |
www.alyssacapucilli.com |
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Biscuit |
Alyssa Satin Capucilli is the award winning author of over fifty books including Biscuit, the popular best-seller used to launch the My First I Can Read Series from HarperCollins. With over fifty titles in the series as well as over thirteen million books in print, Biscuit has been deemed a modern classic and has been translated into numerous languages worldwide. She currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence College. |
Washington Irving Award, the Garden State Award, the Bank Street College Best Book Award and the Oppenheim Portfolio Gold Award, and the American Library Association Award |
| Amanda Marrone |
www.AmandaMarrone.com |
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Devoured |
Amanda Marrone grew up on Long Island and now resides in Connecticut with her husband, two children and her dog, Griffin, who can say “hello”. She is the author of the teen novels Uninvited, Revealers, Devoured and the forthcoming three book middle grade series The Magic Repair Shop books. You can find out more about her at www.amandamarrone.com. |
Uninvited was an American Library Association 2009 Popular Paperback. |
| Anita Sanchez |
www.anitasanchez.com |
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The Invasion of Sandy Bay |
Anita Sanchez grew up on the rocky coast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, the site of The Invasion of Sandy Bay. She spent several years researching the long-forgotten story of the unusual invasion. To retrace the path of the British who sneaked up on the town of Sandy Bay on that foggy night in 1814, she paddled her kayak around the rocky coastline. |
The Invasion of Sandy Bay is a 2010 Charlotte Award Nominee; Boston Authors’ Club Highly Recommended Book; Pennsylvania Librarians’ List of Best Books; ALAN’s Picks 2008
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| Ann Haywood Leal |
www.annhaywoodleal.com |
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Also Known As Harper |
Ann Haywood Leal comes from a long line of musicians,artists, and teachers. Since she’s never
been able to carry a tune, she was always given plenty of writing supplies and allowed to use the sharp scissors. Eventually, she put those writing supplies to good use and wrote her first novel, Also Known as Harper. Ann is an elementary teacher
and lives in Connecticut with her husband, Andy;
her daughter Holly; her cat, Pepper,and is a train and a subway away from her daughter Jessica. Her second novel, A FINDERS-KEEPERS PLACE, will be released in October.
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ALSO KNOWN AS HARPER was chosen by the Chicago Public Library for their 2010 Best of the Best list. It was a Good Morning America Summer Reading pick. It was also on the IndieBound Top Ten Indie Next Kids’ List for Summer 2009.
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| Ann Jonas |
www.harpercollins.com/author/index.aspx?authorID=17146 |
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Splash |
Ann Jonas has written and illustrated many popular books for children, including Color Dance, Reflections, and Round Trip, which was an ALA Notable Book and a 'New York Times' Best Illustrated Book. She is a graduate of Cooper Union and has worked as a graphic designer for many years with her husband, Donald Crews. They live in upstate New York. |
ALA Notable Book, 'New York Times' Best Illustrated Book. |
| Anne Broyles |
www.annebroyles.com |
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Priscilla and the Hollyhocks |
Anne Broyles is a desert rat from Tucson who spent twenty-five years in southern California before moving to New England. She's traded boogie-boarding for kayaking, and coyotes and dolphins for foxes and White-tailed Deer. Beside her award-winning picture books, Priscilla and the Hollyhocks and Shy Mama's Halloween, Broyles writes young adult novels and has published widely for youth and adults in the Christian devotional field. She enjoys visiting schools to share about writing and history with young readers.
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Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People; Bank Street College's The Best Children's Books of the Year; Massachusetts Book Awards recommended reading list (one of five picture books chosen); the McNaughton List; Teachers' Choice 2002 Award, Learning Magazine |
| Barbara Dee |
www.barbaradeebooks.com |
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This Is Me From Now On |
Barbara Dee is a graduate of New York City public schools and Yale University. She has taught English, practiced law, and reviewed books. THIS IS ME FROM NOW ON is her third novel for tweens from Aladdin M!X, which will also publish her fourth in 2011. She lives with her husband and three kids in Westchester County, New York. |
Barbara's debut novel, JUST ANOTHER DAY IN MY INSANELY REAL LIFE, received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly. Her second novel, SOLVING ZOE, was nominated for a 2009 Cybils Award and is in the TeensReadToo.com Hall of Fame, receiving a Gold Award for Excellence and nominated for the 2010 New York State Three Apples Book Award. |
| Barbara Lehman |
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THE RED BOOK |
Barbara Lehman is an author/illustrator of wordless picture books for children. She was born in Chicago and studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and now lives in upstate NY. She says that "books and art have always held the strongest attraction for me. I have always felt drawn to 'commercial art' because of its ability to reach many people. I like the idea of being part of the media in a meaningful and thoughtful way, especially with children as the audience."
Her work has been exhibited at The Society of Illustrators in NYC and at The Art Institute of Chicago, and she has shared her work with children in programs at the Whitney Museum of American Art and at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
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2005 Caldecott Honor, ALA Notable Book, JLG Selection, New York Times Bestseller and 2008 Premio Andersen Award in Italy |
| Barbara Slate |
www.Barbaraslate.com |
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You can do a graphic novel |
About the Author:
Barbara Slate has done it all. Her first character, Ms. Liz, appeared on millions of greeting
cards, in a regular comic strip for Cosmopolitan magazine, as a spokesperson for Dupont’s
Lycra and as the star in a series of animated segments on NBC’s Today Show. Her big break in
comics came when she created Angel Love for DC Comics. From there, she created, wrote and
drew Yuppies from Hell, and Sweet XVI for Marvel and put her own spin on the Disney classics
Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas, Archie’s Betty and Veronica, and Mattel’s Barbie. Barbara's
original art has been exhibited in many galleries and museums, and has been reviewed by The
New York Times. She is profiled in the seminal work A Century of Women Cartoonists. Barbara is currently busy being a mom, doing a graphic novel titled, I Got Married and Other Mistakes, and teaching. Her website is www.barbaraslate.com.
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*Parents Choice Award for Barbie and Barbie Fashion comic books *Forbie Award for Sweet XVI from Marvel Comics Time out Magazine, London England
*Recommendation of Angel Love as Top 10 Comic Cosmopolitan Magazine Career Woman of the Month |
| Bruce Hiscock |
www.brucehiscock.com |
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Ookpik-The Travels of a Snowy Owl |
Bruce Hiscock is the author/illustrator of many award-winning children’s nature books, including THE BIG TREE, THE BIG CARIBOU HERD, and his most recent work, OOKPIK- The Travels of a Snowy Owl. The author was originally trained as a chemist, Cornell, Ph. D., 1966, and travels from the Arctic to the deserts in search of stories. He lives in a little hand built house on the edge of the Adirondack Mountains in New York State. See www.brucehiscock.com for more information than you could possibly want.
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The John Burroughs Association Children’s Book Award (The Big Rock and The Big Storm); Outstanding Science Trade Book(many titles)
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| Charise Harper |
www.Chariseharper.com |
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Cupcake |
Charise has lots of books. Her favorite part is writing the story. She likes drawing too but wishes she could do it faster. Her favorite way to tell a story? Comics! |
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| Coleen Murtagh Paratore |
www.coleenparatore.com |
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Sweet and Sunny |
My first book, a picture book entitled How Prudence Proovit Proved the Truth About Fairy Tales, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2004. My 1/2 million selling first novel, The Wedding Planner's Daughter, Simon & Schuster, 2005, launched a popular series, now published worldwide, and soon will be a movie. In 2010, my sixth year as an author, my 14th book will be published |
New York Public Library 2009 "100 Best Books for Reading and Sharing", ALA 2010 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, "100 Best Picture Books of 2008" Bank Street College |
| D. Dina Friedman |
www.ddinafriedman.com |
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Escaping Into the Night |
D. Dina Friedman is the author of two award-winning YA/Middle Grade Novels, ESCAPING INTO THE NIGHT and PLAYING DAD’S SONG. She has also published widely in literary magazines and has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Originally from New York City, she moved to western Massachusetts 28 years ago because "it was a compromise between Brooklyn and the Ozarks." The state park behind her house, where she hikes daily with her husky-shepherd served as an initial inspiration for writing ESCAPING INTO THE NIGHT. Dina currently teaches at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. Read more about her at www.ddinafriedman.com. |
New York Public Library, Best Books for the Teen Age
American Library Association, Best Book for Young Adults Nominee
Association of Jewish Libraries Notable Book for Older Readers
Children’s Book Council/National Council of Social Studies
(CBC/NCSS) Trade Book
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Top Shelf Fiction
Two Pushcart Prize nominations for poetry and fiction
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| Da Chen |
www.dachen.org |
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Brothers |
Da Chen grew up in the deep south of China, running barefoot in muddy fields and riding the backs of water buffaloes. In his tiny Fujian village, water was fetched from an ancient well swimming with snakes, and the only lights that burned in most households were hissing kerosene lanterns. As the grandson of a disgraced landowner, he was a victim of communist political persecution and hollowing poverty during the Cultural Revolution. His family was beaten, his father thrown in reform camp, and young Chen, at the age of nine, was threatened with imprisonment.
Unfailing family love helped him survive in a dysfunctional society and he found unexpected love and friendship with four other hoodlum outcasts, but dreams made him soar above the poverty and persecution. His first encounter with a Christian woman, a Baptist professor, was life changing. She taught him English and opened the possibility of another world. He excelled in college at Beijing Languages and Culture University, and stayed on as a professor of English after graduating top in his class.
Da arrived in America at the age of 23 with $30 in his pocket, a bamboo flute, and a heart filled with hope. He attended Columbia University School of Law on a full scholarship, and upon graduating, worked for the Wall Street investment banking firm of Rothschilds, Inc. |
New York Times Best Seller,New England Bookseller Association Discovery selection, BookSense ‘76 selection, Borders Original Voice selection, Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, New York Public Library book for the Teen Age List for 2001 and 2002, Borders 2002 Original Voices Award finalist, American Library Association 2002 Best Books for Young Adults final nominee, New York Public Library Book For the 2002 Teen Age List, PBS TeacherSource recommended book |
| Daniel J. Mahoney |
www.danieljmahoney.com |
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A Really Good Snowman |
Daniel is a self-taught artist who has written and illustrated three titles for Clarion Books, as well as illustrated several others for clients such as Piggy Toes Press and Topthat! Kids. He resides in Albany, NY with his wife and son. |
The Saturday Escape - 2003 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year, The Perfect Clubhouse - 2005 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year, A Really Good Snowman 2006 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommendation The Society of Illustrators 2005 Original Art Show |
| Danielle Joseph |
www.daniellejoseph.com |
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Shrinking Violet |
I'm a teen fiction author. My first novel, Shrinking Violet, was released by MTV Books in May 2009. My next novel, Indigo Blues will be available on July 1, 2010 from Flux Books. I was born in Cape Town, South Africa and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. Shortly after graduating from college, I traded in my sled and snow boots for a pool noodle and flip flops and moved to Miami, Florida. |
Shrinking Violet was nominated for a 2009 Cybils award. |
| Daphne Grab |
www.daphnegrab.com |
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Alive and Well in Prague, New York |
Daphne Grab grew up in a small town in upstate New York. She has worked a number of jobs including teaching high school history, building houses for Habitat for Humanity, waiting tables and teaching ESL in China. She loves books, movies, hair products and fancy chocolate. She lives in New York City with her husband and children. |
Bank Street College Best Books of the Year for 2008, placed on several state high school reading lists |
| David A. Kelly |
www.baberuthcurse.com |
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BABE RUTH AND THE BASEBALL CURSE |
David A. Kelly is the author of Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse. Kelly has written for many newspapers and magazines on everything from travel to technology, but Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse is his first book for children. He’s also the author of the upcoming Ballpark Mysteries series coming in 2011. Kelly lives 15 minutes from Fenway Park in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife, two sons, and a dog named Samantha. |
"It's the lively sports lingo and compelling subject matter
that keep newly independent readers in their seats until the final out."
-Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books.
"The book provides a modern context [for the Curse of the Bambino] by describing the heartbreaking loss of the Sox to the Yankees in 2003. It goes on to give a brief but balanced account of the life of Babe Ruth, including some of the unsavory aspects of his behavior and personality. Kelly ends on a happy note, with the Red Sox winning the 2004 World Series."
- School Library Journal, Sept 2009 |
| Deb Lucke |
www.Deblucke.com |
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The Boy Who Wouldn't Swim |
Deb Lucke is a writer/illustrator of children's books with an interest in bad behavior and horribly embarrassing incidents. Since her own childhood had plenty of both she is never short of material. Previously Deb worked in advertising where she learned how to trap and snare an idea. She also studied filmmaking which influenced the way she visually tells her stories. She finds camaraderie in a group of children's book illustrators that meets in the Hudson Valley and a group of writers that meets in Manhattan. Deb lives in Cold Spring with Paul Hartzell who is also a writer. Both are occasionally badly behaved. |
Nominated for Cybil Award 2007 |
| Donald Crews |
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Freight Train |
Donald Crews (born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1938) is a U.S. writer and illustrator of several well-known children's picture books. He won the Caldecott Honor twice. Common subjects of his include modern technology (especially travel vehicles), and childhood memories. His stories often include few humans. |
Caldecott Honor for both Freight Train and Truck, ALA Notable Book, |
| Ellen Jensen Abbott |
www.ellenjensenabbott.com |
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Watersmeet |
Ellen Jensen Abbott grew up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire building fort, pretending, and reading in the forests around her house. When she is not writing, she teaches English at the Westtown School in Pennsylvania. Her debut novel is a YA fantasy, Watersmeet (Marshall Cavendish, 2009) The sequel to Watersmeet is due in Fall 2011. |
Nominated for Amelia Bloomer prize and Best Book for Young Adults (Young Adult Library Services); on Nebula Award suggested reading list, Watersmeet was named a IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award Notable book |
| Emily Arnold McCully |
www.balkinbuddies.com/mccully |
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Mirette on the High Wire |
E.A.McCully illustrated more than 200 children's books over forty years and written dozens. She has published two adult novels, had a story in the O'Henry Collection and acted in an Off-Broadway play. She has lived in Austerlitz since 1982. Long ago, her two sons provided inspiration and served as models. Lately, her interest in history, especially American history, has inspired most of her picture books. She has a special fondness for brave, curious, persevering girls, either real actors on the historical stage, or imaginary ones. |
Caldecott Medal; Christopher Award, Giverney Award, Jane Addams Award. |
| Eric Luper |
www.Ericluper.com |
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SETH BAUMGARTNER'S LOVE MANIFESTO |
Eric Luper has been writing for young people for over 10 years. His first two novels, Big Slick and Bug Boy, have met with critical acclaim. His newest novel, Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto… well, we shall see! The good people at the Hudson Children's Book Festival will be the first to read it! Eric lives with his family in Albany NY and likes to hang out in Lake George. |
Eric's novels have been nominated for ALA's Best Books for Young Adults, ALAN's Quick Picks and named to the IndieNext List. |
| Eric Velasquez |
www.Ericvelasquez.com |
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My Friend May Loves to Dance |
Illustrator Eric Velasquez was born in Spanish Harlem and grew up in Harlem. Eric graduated from the High School of Art and Design and earned his BFA from the School of Visual Arts, he also completed a year of studies with Harvey Dinnerstein at the Art Student’s League. Eric has illustrated numerous book jackets and interior illustrations including Beverly Naidoo’s award winning “ Journey to Jo’Burg”. Eric’s first picture book “The Piano Man” by Debbie Chocolate, published by Walker & Co. was awarded the Coretta-Scott King/John Steptoe award for new talent. He has since illustrated many Children’s books including “The Sound that Jazz Makes” by Carole Boston Weatherford, which was awarded the CBC-NCSS Carter G. Woodson award in the field of Social Studies. It was also nominated for an NAACP Image award in children’s literature. He also wrote and illustrated “Grandma’s Records”.
Both “Jesse Owens: The Fastest Man Alive” and “I Matthew Henson” by Carole Boston Weatherford were illustrated in vivid pastels. Both books have gathered rave reviews. His latest book is “My Fiend Maya Loves to Dance” about a little ballerina. Eric Velasquez lives and works in Hartsdale, New York. He teaches book illustration at FIT (The Fashion Institute of Technology) in NYC. For more information please visit his web site EricVelasquez.com
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Coretta-Scott King/John Steptoe award for new talent,CBC-NCSS Carter G. Woodson award in the field of Social Studies, nominated for an NAACP Image award in children’s literature |
| Eve B. Feldman |
www.evefeldman.com |
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BILLY & MILLY, SHORT & SILLY |
Eve B. Feldman is an acclaimed author of non-fiction and fiction. Her most recent picture book, BILLY & MILLY, SHORT & SILLY, received starred reviews and was selected as one of Kirkus’s Best Books of 2009. Her latest work is a short story in the anthology I FOOLED YOU, edited by Johanna Hurwitz and recently released from Candlewick. Ms. Feldman has taught students from nursery school through college, both here and abroad. She loves visiting schools to share her humor and passionate enthusiasm for reading and writing!
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BILLY & MILLY, SHORT &SILLY
One of Kirkus's Best Books of 2009, Indie Recommended Summer Reading, Starred Reviews Kirkus and School Library Journal
ANIMALS DON'T WEAR PAJAMAS
A Booksellers Pick of the List and NCTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children
DOG CRAZY
nominated for the Florida State Sunshine Award
SEYMOUR, THE FORMERLY FEARFUL
A Child Study Children's Book Committee Best Book of the Year
BIRTHDAYS, CELEBRATING LIFE AROUND THE WORLD
a winner of the Early Childhood News Director's Choice Award
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| Gail Carson Levine |
www.gailcarson.blogspot.com |
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Dave at Night and Writing Magic |
Gail Carson Levine is the author of sixteen books for children, including Ella Enchanted, which won a Newbery honor and was adapted into a motion picture starring Anne Hathaway. Her latest book, Ever, is set in an imagined ancient Mesopotamia. Writing Magic offers dozens of fun writing exercises. Dave at Night is historical fiction, an orphan story with forays into the Harlem Renaissance. Betsy Who Cried Wolf, a picture book, sets the record straight on the original Aesop’s fable.
Gail, her husband David, and their Airedale Baxter live in a 220-year-old farmhouse in Brewster, New York.
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* 1998 Newbery honor for Ella Enchanted
* Six NY Times bestsellers
* Dave at Night selected as New York Public Library Best Children’s Books of the 20th century
* Winner of readers’ choice awards in six states
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| Hudson Talbott |
www.hudsontalbott.com |
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River of Dreams |
Hudson's first book for young readers, called How to Show Grown-ups the Museum, was commissioned by New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1985. Since then he has written and illustrated more than twelve books for the child in all of us. Hudson's interest in other cultures and his genuine appreciation for all types of people have contributed enormously to the development of his work as both artist and story-teller. Hudson has written and illustrated many books including River of Dream, United Tweets of America: 50 State Birds, Their Stories, Their Glories, Show Way (Newbery Honor Book), Leonardo's Horse, and Safari Journal: The Adventures in Africa of Carey Monroe (Aspca Henry Bergh Children's Book Awards). He lives in New York City and Leeds, New York, in the Hudson Valley |
Newbery Honor, ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Awards |
| Iza Trapani |
www.izatrapani.com |
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Rufus and Friends' School Days |
Iza Trapani is an award winning children's book author and illustrator, with over twenty books to her credit. Her series of best-selling nursery rhyme extensions, including The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Row Row Row Your Boat are widely used in schools and libraries across the U.S. and abroad. Her new book Rufus and Friends-School Days was released in February 2010. To learn more about Iza and her books please visit: www.izatrapani.com
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Rip Van Winkle Award; IRA/CBC Childrens Choices; Oppenheimer Toy Portfolio;
Gold Book Awards; American Book Sellers Pick of the Lists; Bank Street College Best Books of 2007
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| Jacqueline Rogers |
www.jacquelinerogers.com |
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" Calvin Coconut Dog Heaven" written by Graham Salisbury, illustrated by
Jacqueline Rogers |
Jacqueline Rogers Is a 1981 graduate from the Rhode Island School of
Design. Her twenty five years of illustrating children’s books number
over one hundred, and several of them have sold over a million copies.
Jacqueline is a Spencertown resident and has two grown daughters. Please
visit her website at www.jacquelinerogers.com
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Jacqueline Rogers has received the runner up to the best book of the
year by the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, Pa for "William the
Vehicle King", "Weird Pet Poems" was awarded runner up to the Best Jacket at the 1997, NY Book Show. It also was ALA notable book. "The Ghost of Sifty Sifty Sam" won the Texas Mockingbird Award in 1998, "Little Scraggly Hair" was a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year
in 2004, "Cars" was a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year in 2005.
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| James Preller |
www.jamespreller.com |
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SIX INNINGS |
James Preller has written many books for children, including the
popular "Jigsaw Jones" mystery series. His recent hardcover titles
include the bully-theme title, BYSTANDER (2009 Junior Library Guild
Selection), ALONG CAME SPIDER (2008 Top 100 Best Books for Reading and
Sharing -- New York Public Library), and MIGHTY CASEY. Preller's 2009
ALA Notable Book, SIX INNINGS, was named by Booklist as one of 2008's
Top Ten Best Sports Book of the Year. It became available in paperback
just in time for the 2010 baseball season. Mr. Preller lives in Delmar,
NY, with his wife, Lisa, and three children. He blogs regularly at
jamespreller.com. |
*Bystander- 2009 Junior Library Guild Selection *Along Came Spider- 2008 Top 100 Best Books for Reading and Sharing *NY Public Library: Six Innings-ALA Notable Book and Booklists 2008 Top Ten Best Sports Book of the Year |
| Jan Cheripko |
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sun moon stars rain |
Jan Cheripko is the author of several books for children and young adults. He also teaches English at a private school for at-risk teens in upstate New York. Jan has spoken to students, parents and teachers throughout the country and abroad about the creative process, at-risk students, heroes, and the addictive nature of humans. He has a been a featured speaker at the International Reading Association, National Council of English Teachers, and has keynoted several state and regional conferences.
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Imitate the Tiger: The Joan Fassler Memorial Book Award; New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age; American Book Seller Pick of the List; sun moon stars rain: New York Public Library Best Books for Teens; Rat: IRA Children’s Choice; New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age; Caesar Rodney’s Ride: Parent’s Choice Recommended
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| Janet Lawler |
www.JanetLawler.com |
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A Mother’s Song |
Janet Lawler's critically acclaimed children's books include A Mother's Song (Sterling, 2010), Tyrannoclaus (HarperCollins, 2009), If Kisses Were Colors (Dial, 2003), A Father's Song (Sterling, 2006), and A Mama Bug's Love (Little Simon, 2006). Her love of family and nature inspires much of her writing. Janet, her husband, and two children share their home in Connecticut with a dog, a lizard, and a lop-eared rabbit.
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Tyrannoclaus was featured holiday selection of Childrens Book of the Month Club, 2009 |
| Jason Edwards |
MonsterDetectiveAgency.com |
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Will Allen and the Great Monster Detective |
Jason Edwards is an author, storyteller, teacher, coach, and father. He is an avid athlete who lettered in baseball and volleyball, ran 2 NYC marathons, and earned a gold medal in the NYS Empire State Games. Jason is also an authority on children’s anxieties who possesses a B.S. in Psychology and a M.A. in Education, with more than 20 years of experience helping children. His talent for illuminating issues for children and adults alike has been featured in print and on radio and TV, including locally on Talk of Connecticut Radio, the NY Daily News, and WCBS TV. |
Endorsed by the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and by the national anxiety sufferers advocacy group Freedom From Fear as a valuable tool for helping children address anxiety issues. |
| Jeannine Atkins |
www.jeannineatkins.com |
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Borrowed Names |
Jeannine Atkins writes books for children and teens. Her most recent book is Borrowed Names: Poems about Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C. J. Walker, Marie Curie and their Daughters (Henry Holt). She teaches Children’s Literature in the English Department at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. You can learn more on her website at www.Jeannineatkins.com or read her blog, View from a Window Seat, at http://jeannineatkins.livejournal.com |
Smithsonian Notable Book of the Year; NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People; Society of School Librarians International 2000 Honor Book; NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book, Booklist’s 2007 Top Ten Religion Books for Youth |
| Jennifer Berne |
www.jenniferberne.com |
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MANFISH: A STORY OF JACQUES COUSTEAU |
Jennifer grew up in New York City where she was active in dance and theater as a child. She studied art and design, worked for Andy Warhol at “The Factory,” and became an advertising copywriter, winning many awards. She and her artist husband, designed a sailboat which they sailed from Maine to the Bahamas. They now spend summers aboard, cruising Penobscot Bay and beyond. Jennifer has been a long-time contributing writer for Nick Jr. Magazine, and writes about our amazing universe and the people who explore it. She lives in the rolling hills of Columbia County NY. |
Jennifer has won an Ed Press Award for 'Excellence In Educational Publishing'. MANFISH received the following awards and honors: "Best Books of 2008"' - Nick Jr Magazine, "Best Children's Books"' - Society of Illustrators' -The Original Art 2008 show, "Best New Books for the Classroom"' - ALA Book Links, Nominated for 2008 Cybils Award, “Top 10 Sci-Tech Books for Youth: 2008” – Booklist Online, Kirkus Reviews - Starred Review, Boooklist - Starred Review, The IRA (International Reading Association) 2009 Award for Primary-Nonfiction. Chickadee Award Nominee 2009-2010 |
| Jerry Craft |
www.mamasboyz.com |
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Mama’s Boyz: The Big Picture |
Jerry Craft is the creator of Mama’s Boyz, an award-winning comic strip that has been distributed by King Features Syndicate since 1995. Each week, the strip is sent out as part of a package that goes to more than 1,500 newspapers around the country. His books include Mama's Boyz: As American as Sweet Potato Pie!, Mama’s Boyz: Home Schoolin’ and Mama’s Boyz: The Big Picture. His illustrations have appeared in magazines, comic books, greeting cards, book covers, board games and the children’s books, "Hillary's Big Business Adventure" and “Looking to the Clouds for Daddy.” |
Best Children's Book by an Independent Publisher, “Best Comic Strip” (2009 & 2004) African American Literary Awards Show Open Book Awards , Profile Magazine Award of Excellence (2009), 2007 “Conversation Starter Award” -- DC Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy, 2 ADA Outstanding Supporter Awards |
| Jo Knowles |
www.joknowles.com |
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Jumping Off Swings |
Jo Knowles is the author of Lessons from a Dead Girl and Jumping Off Swings (Candlewick Press). She teaches writing for children in the MFA program at Simmons College. She was the 2005 winner of the PEN New England Children’s Book Discovery Award. Jo lives in Vermont with her husband and son. |
Both books have been nominated for YALSA’s Best Books for Young Adults and Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers |
| John Farrell, Author, Songwriter, and Founder of Bridges of Peace and Hope |
www.johnfarrell.net |
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Stargazer's Alphabet
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John Farrell is an internationally acclaimed, songwriter, author, and peace educator. He has done educational programs and family concerts at over 1500 schools and events in fifteen countries around the globe. John is the founder of "Bridges of Peace and Hope," an educational non-profit, dedicated to promoting respect and understanding through writing, music, and the arts. John's three books were published by Boyds Mills Press. "Stargazer's Alphabet" was selected as an IRA Notable Book. John has released 7 CD's of songs and stories. He lives in Hillsdale, N.Y. with his wife, Ann Marie, a kindergarten teacher. They have five children. |
Stargazer's Alphabet Awards: IRA Notable Book of the Year; Society of School Librarians International Book Award Science K-6; Kansas State Reading Circle; Finalist NYSRA Charlotte Award. John Farrell Honors: Parents Choice Award;
Dove Foundation Award
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| John Grandits |
www.Johngrandits.com |
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Technically, It’s Not My Fault
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Blue Lipstick
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John Grandits is a poet, typographer, art director, designer, & writer. He’s written cartoons, articles, humor pieces, fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. In his previous life he was associated with a number of juvenile publishing ventures including Cricket, Muse, and Click magazines, Crown Books for Children and Random House. He lives in Red Bank NJ with his wife and two very silly kittens. |
Technically, It’s Not My Fault: Concrete Poems
ALA Notable Book for Children
ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
Book Links Lasting Connection
Book Sense Top Ten Poetry List
CCBC Choice
NCTE Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts
VOYA Poetry Pick
Young Hoosier (IN) Book Award Nominee
Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems.
ALA Notable Book for Children
ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults
Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor Book
National Parenting Publications Book Award
School Library Journal, Best Books of the Year |
| Karen Beil |
www.karenbeil.com |
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Jack's House |
Go ahead and ask her! There's little Karen Beil wouldn't do for a good story: climb a 40-foot tower to meet a bald eagle, bake a con man's birthday cake, canoe a marsh with a muskrat farmer, walk through fire (really!). She's reported news in Chicago, published a magazine, and launched the Children's Literature Connection. Her book, FIRE IN THEIR EYES, features Albany's Pine Bush, and JACK'S HOUSE was a Bank Street College Best Children's Book. |
"Quick Pick" Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, American Library Association; A top Nonfiction Book, National Council of Teachers of English, Orbis Pictus Committee; Nonfiction Honor Book, Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA); YA Top 40, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association; Children's choice awards in Maine and Alabama; The Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibition; A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book; Scholastic Book Club Selection; Children's Book of the Month Club Selection |
| Kate Feiffer
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www.katefeiffer.com
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The Wild Wild Inside: A View From Mommy's Tummy, illustrated by Laura Huliska- Beith
But I Wanted a Baby Brother, illustrated by Diane Goode
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Kate Feiffer wrote her first book DOUBLE PINK in response to her daughter's devotion to the color pink. She is now the author of eight books, including two picture books that were published this spring. Her books include MY MOM IS TRYING TO RUIN MY LIFE, which she wrote because she apparently does embarrassing things, HENRY THE DOG WITH NO TAIL, WHICH PUPPY? and THE PROBLEM WTH THE PUDDLES .
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Starred reviews in Publisher's Weekly for MY MOM and THE PROBLEM WITH THE PUDDLES. PRESIDENT PENNYBAKER, one of grandparents.com 10 best books of the year in 2008 and recipient of a Storytelling World Award Honor. Kate's books have received other very nice reviews from other very nice publications both on and off line.
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| Kathleen Benner Duble |
www.kathleenduble.com |
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QUEST |
I had sixteen car accidents before I was twenty-one. Being an at-home writer keeps me from hitting the road (or anyone else)!
I am the author of eight books for children, including The Sacrifice, Hearts of Iron, Bravo Zulu, Samantha!
Quest, and The Story of the Samson, among others. My newest book about the Tenth Mountain Division, Phantoms in the Snow, will be out in the spring of 2011 from Scholastic.
I love digging for great historical stories, although, despite my picture, I do not actually dig in graveyards. |
IRA Teacher's Choice, NCSS Notable Trade Book, Booklist Top Ten Historical Fiction for Youth, Agatha award nominee for mystery, Jefferson Cup Noteworthy Book, IRA Notable book, Book Sense Pick, School Library Guild Selection and nominations for many, many state readers choice awards. |
| Kathy Ceceri |
www.craftsforlearning.com |
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WORLD MYTHS AND LEGENDS: 25 PROJECTS YOU CAN BUILD YOURSELF |
Kathy Ceceri is the author of several activity books for kids, including DISCOVER THE DESERT, WORLD MYTHS AND LEGENDS, and AROUND THE WORLD CRAFTS. She has also been a regular contributor to Wired.com's GeekDad blog, Disney's FamilyFun, Home Education Magazine, and the Albany Times Union. In addition, Kathy shares her educational craft projects with kids in hands-on enrichment programs at schools and libraries throughout the Northeast. She lives with her husband and two children along the Hudson River in Saratoga County. |
Kathy has received recognition for her arts and education writing from the New York Press Association and the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers. |
| Kathy Troidle Jackson |
www.lulu.com/content/8028222 |
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White Dog Haikus |
Kathy works for IBM and lives in upstate NY with her husband and white Highland Terrier Islay Bear. A member of the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and avid supporter of animal rescue, she self-published her first book “White Dog Haikus” in 2009. |
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| KATIE DAVIS |
KATIEDAVIS.COM |
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Kindergarten Rocks! |
First grade
I can’t do the math. Mrs. Terwilliger stands me in the corner, creating a lifelong arithmetic allergy.
Third Grade
I hate my weird name, Katey. Cynthia would be so me. Then I read Katie John. I love my name! But I change the spelling.
Fourth Grade
Everyone hates me; I cry daily. Mrs. Ciricillo reads Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Candy, bad children, and triumph of the downtrodden: I’m hooked. I want to be a writer.
Now
Seven picture books, a novel, and a new picture book on the way, a collaboration with my husband.
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• Bank Street Best Book of the Year List
• Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum and Gold Awards
*IRA-CBC Children’s Choice
*Junior Library Guild selection
*Book Sense 76 Pick
*National Parenting Publications Award honor
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| Kyra Teis |
www.kyrateis.com |
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The Magic Flute |
Kyra Teis began her artistic career while majoring in folklore as an undergraduate. Drawn to symbolic and mythological imagery, she studied folktales from many different cultures. During this time, she identified that writing and illustrating children’s books would be a perfect way to combine many of the things she loved. These days, Kyra draws inspiration from her husband and two young daughters. She enjoys designing creative workshops and speaking to students about making stories and images of their own. Learn about Kyra’s school visits at: www.kyrateis.com. |
Society of Book Writers & Illustrators Magazine Merit Award for excellence in children’s magazine illustration. |
| Laurie Calkhoven |
www.lauriecalkhoven.com |
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Daniel at the Siege of Boston, 1776 |
Laurie Calkhoven is the author of many nonfiction books for children, including biographies of George Washington and Harriet Tubman. She started thinking about the siege of Boston while she was researching her biography of George Washington. She wondered what life was like for the people trapped in the city with the Redcoats. It wasn't long before a character started to whisper in her ear, and tell her about his secret work for General Washington. Daniel at the Siege of Boston, 1776 is her first novel.
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| Lea Wait |
www.LeaWait.com |
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Finest Kind |
Maine author Lea Wait writes acclaimed historical novels for children aged 8-14 set in 19th century New England; her books are on recommended reading lists throughout the country. Wait also writes the Agatha-finalist Shadows Antique Print Mystery series for adults. |
Student choice award nominations in 14 states. Bank Street College “best of the best” list (Stopping to Home) Cornerstone Award in Literature, Chatham University |
| Leslie Kimmelman |
www.Lesliekimmelman.net |
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Everybody Bonjours! |
Leslie Kimmelman is a children’s book editor, currently at Sesame Workshop, as well as the author of several dozen books for children. She lives with her family outside New York City. |
Everybody Bonjours – starred reviews from Booklist and PW I
In the Doghouse – A Bank Street Best Book
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| Lisa LaMonica |
www.jacketflap.cm/saxon |
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On Halloween, I Love You As Big As The Moon |
Lisa LaMonica is an illustrator and author living in upstate New York, nominated for 2002 Artist of the Year, Columbia County Council on the Arts, and a winner of the American Red Cross World Aids Day art competition, Adult Professional category, 2nd place. She teaches at Little Falls School of Music and Art and also serves on the Board of Directors, mostly a self taught artist, but also studied at Interlaken School of Art |
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| Locricchio, Matthew |
www.cookbooksandkids.com |
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The International Cookbook for Kids |
Matthew Locricchio created the highly regarded SUPERCHEF series of cookbooks for young readers. The eight books in the series introduce young chefs and new cooks to classic recipes from Italy, France, China, Mexico, Greece, India, Thailand, and Brazil. His most recent book, The International Cookbook For Kids, won the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2005 for Best Book for Children and Family in the USA as well as The Disney Adventures Book Award for Best Hands-On Book. His next book The 2nd International Cookbook For Kids will be released in October of 2008 and will be available at bookstores everywhere. |
Disney Adventures Magazine Award Winner, 2005 Best Hands-On Book ~ Kids-Voted, Gourmand World Cookbook Award Winner 2005, Best Cookbook for Children and Family in the USA, Gourmand World Cookbook Award Winner 2005, Best Cookbook for Children and Family in the World ~ Honorable Mention |
| LOIS MINER HUEY |
www.Loismhuey.com |
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American Archaeology: Uncovering the Dutch Colonies |
I have taught elementary school, worked for the State of New York as an archaeologist, written over 20 magazine articles for kids, and now write books for middle graders |
Awards for contributions to historical archaeology from regional, state, and national organizations. Winner of “best article” from Highlights for Children, “Mr. Lincoln’s Dog”—Feb. 2009; honorable mention from SCBWI for nonfiction article in Cricket Magazine: “Terror in New York”—July 2005 |
| Loree Griffin Burns |
www.loreeburns.com |
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THE HIVE DETECTIVES |
Loree Griffin Burns has a passion for science and discovery, which she channels it into creating fascinating books of non-fiction for young people. Her first book, TRACKING TRASH (Houghton Mifflin, 2007), received starred reviews and several honors, including a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book award. Her second book, THE HIVE DETECTIVES, will be published by Houghton Mifflin in 2010. |
Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book Award for Nonfiction;
IRA Children’s Book Award for Nonfiction;
John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers;
SB&F Prize Finalist
(These awards were for TRACKING TRASH, my first book.)
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| Lyn Miller-Lachmann |
web.mac.com/lynml |
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Gringolandia |
Lyn Miller-Lachmann is the Editor-in-Chief of MultiCultural Review and the author of eight books that include young adult fiction, adult fiction, and reference books on multicultural literature and education. She edited the anthology Once Upon a Cuento (Curbstone Press, 2003), which features 17 short stories by established and emerging Latino authors. Her critically acclaimed young adult novel, Gringolandia, received a Work-in-Progress grant from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She is currently working on a companion to Gringolandia. She is also assistant host of a Latin American music and poetry show on WRPI-FM. |
Nominated ALA Best Books for Young Adults; Nominated IRA Notable Books for a Global Society; Nominated Cybils Award; ForeWord Magazine ForeSight Feature |
| Lynne Barasch |
www.Lynnebarasch.com |
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First Come the Zebra |
For as long as I can remember, drawing is what I did best. I hoped that art school would help me eventually find a way to use this. On the other hand, writing is something I never planned to do. Although I was an enthusiastic and indiscriminate reader from the time I was very young I never thought of writing as an occupation until my five year old daughter had an adventure. On her second day of kindergarten she got on the wrong bus and went to the wrong school. After she was safe and sound again at home, I thought this would make a great story. And so, THE BUS FUSS was born. It was never published, but I was hooked. Lynne Barasch was born in New York City and grew up in Woodmere, Long Island. She attended Rhode Island School of Design and holds a B.F.A. from Parsons School of Design. She lives in New York City.
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FIRST COME THE ZEBRA:2010 Spirit of Paper Tigers Project, 2010 Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award. Honor Book, 2010 Storytelling World Resource Award, 2009 Smithsonian Notable Books for Children, OWNEY THE MAIL POUCH POOCH: 2009 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year List 100th Anniversary Edition, Rutgers Project on Economics and Children book of the month, 2009-2010 California Young Reader Medal Nominee, 2009 Keystone to reading book Award Master List, 2009-2010 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award Master List |
| Marc Tyler Nobleman |
www.noblemania.blogspot.com/ |
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Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman |
Nobleman is the author of more than 70 books for young people of all ages, a longtime writer for Nickelodeon, a cartoonist whose work has appeared in a Scholastic book and more than 100 international publications including The Wall Street Journal, and a popular speaker at schools and conferences nationwide. |
Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman:
Honors: An American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2009; A Junior Library Guild Selection; USA Today cover story, Life section;
A Children's Choices title 2009; A Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens 2009; An Association for Library Service to Children Notable Children's Book 2009
A Sydney Taylor Notable Book of Jewish Content 2009; Kirkus Reviews "best of 2008" list; New York Public Library's "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" 2008. Starred reviews: *Publishers Weekly
*Booklist *Kirkus Reviews
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| Marguerite W. Davol |
www.margueritewdavol.com |
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The Paper Dragon |
Marguerite W. Davol was a teacher at Mount Holyoke College’s lab school, a perfect apprentice for her successful second career as a children’s book author. She writes original folktales and middle grade novels, visits schools as author/storyteller, and speaks at conferences for writers, teachers, and storytellers. She and her husband, Bob Greenberg kive in South Hadley, MA and are world travelers. |
SCBWI's Golden Kite Award, Storytelling World Honor Reward, ABA Pick of the List, ALA Notable Book, Parents Choice Honor Book. |
| Mark Shulman |
www.MarkShulman.info |
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Mom and Dad are Palindromes |
Mark Shulman came to writing in a roundabout way. He's been an NPR radio broadcaster, a maitre' d at a Lincoln Center restaurant, a licensed New York City tour guide, and mainly a creative advertising and marketing guy. In 2000, Mark married a reading teacher and finally got serious. In just nine years, Mark has published over 100 childrens books of every kind, for most of the leading publishers. He writes with a love of words and wordplay. His picture book titles have titles like Mom and Dad are Palindromes, Attack of the Killer Video Book, Anagram Gables, and AA is for Aardvark. Mark has also written nonfiction, preschool, trivia, readers, movie tie-ins, sticker books, and even humor books for adults. He even ghost-wrote picture books for Oscar de la Hoya and Shamu. His most
recent projects include a young adult novel, Scrawl, which publishes in Fall 2010 with Neal Porter Books at Roaring Brook (Macmillan). |
Bilingual Picture Book of the Year 2007
Publishers Weekly, starred review ?Fall 2006 Parents' Choice Awards, Silver Honor, Picture Book category ?Children's Book Sense Pick
CCBC Choices 2007 ?San Francisco Chronicle, Best Children's Picture Books 2006 ?
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| Mark Teague |
www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/teague.html |
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Firehouse |
Mark Teague has delighted young readers with more than 20 picture books, and he has written many of them himself, including the popular Pigsty, Baby Tamer, and One Halloween Night. He is also the illustrator of Cynthia Rylant's beloved Poppleton series for beginning readers and the best-selling books by Jane Yolen, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight and How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon. Mark Teague's life changed when he moved from San Diego to New York City and he planted the seed for his first picture book, The Trouble with the Johnsons. Each of Teague's books start as 'notebooks full of sketches and scribbles, strange little drawings and phrases that suddenly come together,' Teague explains. And although he had no formal writing training, his endless imagination and understanding nature gives him a permanent place in the hearts of everyone. |
2009 Parent's Choice Silver Honor, 2002 Book Sense Illustrated Book of the Year |
| Maryrose Wood |
www.maryrosewood.com |
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The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book I: The Mysterious Howling |
Maryrose Wood has acted on Broadway, performed improv comedy and won some cool awards for writing for the stage. Now she writes books for kids and teens. Her new middle-grade series is called The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place. It’s about a young governess and her three rather unusual pupils (can you say “raised by wolves”?). Book I of the series, The Mysterious Howling, was called “The best beginning since The Bad Beginning [Lemony Snicket]” (Kirkus, starred review) and is a Junior Library Guild selection. Maryrose lives in New York with her two kids, two kittens, and a cute but incorrigible dog. |
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book I: The Mysterious Howling
Is a Junior Library Guild Selection.
Starred reviews in Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly and ALA Booklist
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| Megan Frazer |
www.meganfrazer.com |
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Secrets of Truth & Beauty |
Megan Frazer is an author for young adults. Her first novel, Secrets of Truth & Beauty, was published by Disney-Hyperion in July of 2009. She lives with her husband and son in Maine where she is a high school librarian. |
Starred review in Publisher's Weekly.
Named to ALA's Rainbow List.
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| Melanie Hall |
www.mhallillustration.com |
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Winter Song: A Poem by William Shakespeare |
Melanie is the award-winning illustrator of 40 books.Her work ranges from Shakespeare to poetry, Christmas, and Jewish holidays. Her work is a whimsical mixed media style that has been exhibited numerous times at the Society of Illustrators. Melanie taught children’s book illustration at Pratt Institute, and is currently teaching a MFA program at Marywood University. |
Winter Song was featured in the New York Times Book Review and exhibited in the Original Art Show at Society of Illustrators: other books have received the Sydney Taylor Award from the National Association of Jewish Libraries; In Our Image was a Catholic Bookstores Bestseller; other awards include a Parents’s Council, Ltd., Outstanding Selection; Starred Reviews in School Library Journal, The Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly . |
| Michael Teitelbaum |
www.jacketflap.com/profile.asp?member=Teitelbaum |
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The Scary States of America |
MICHAEL TEITELBAUM has been a writer of children’s books for more than twenty years. His non-fiction work includes a two-volume encyclopedia on the Baseball Hall of Fame, published by Grolier, books on sports history, women in sports, the history of radio and television, and how comic books are made. His latest non-fiction book is Jackie Robinson: Champion for Equality, published by Sterling.
Michael’s fiction includes books based on popular characters such as Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, Garfield, and Kermit the Frog. His latest fiction includes The Scary States of America, published by Delacorte; and Backyard Sports, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
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| Michelle Knudsen
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www.michelleknudsen.com |
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The Dragon of Trelian |
Michelle Knudsen is the author of 40 books for children. Her best-known title is Library Lion (Candlewick Press), which was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into several languages. Her latest book is the middle-grade fantasy novel The Dragon of Trelian. She is currently working on the sequel. Formerly a full-time children's book editor, Michelle continues to edit manuscripts on a freelance basis and has also worked as a bookseller, substitute teacher, library supervisor, and managing editor, among other things. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Library Lion was a Junior Library Guild selection, an Irma S. and James H. Black Honor Book, and has won several other awards and honors from readers, booksellers, and organizations. It also appeared on several best-of-the-year lists including those by School Library Journal, Amazon.com, and Child Magazine.
The Dragon of Trelian was a Kids' Indie Next pick and was selected as one of 20 books on VOYA's 2009 Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers list. |
| Michelle Zink |
www.michellezink.com |
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Prophecy of the Sisters |
Michelle Zink is author of the Prophecy of the Sisters trilogy and lives in New York with her four children. |
Starred review, Booklist. Starred review, Voya. One of Booklist's Top Ten First Novels of 2009 for Young Adults. 2010 Lone Star List. 2010 Chicago Public Libraries Best of the Best for Young Adults. An ALA Best Books for Young Adults Finalist for 2010. |
| MJ Caraway |
www.Mjcaraway.com |
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The Dark Light of November |
MJ Caraway grew up in the heart of New York’s Hudson Valley and is a Hudson High Class of '88 alum. With an organic writing style and an eye for moody, atmospheric tones, Caraway's award winning writing features reluctant heroes who grow as they triumph over obstacles, both natural and supernatural. His fiction is rooted in reality but peppered with the unreal. His stories are dark at times, but his writing never loses sight of the light that keeps hope alive |
Krug Beck Award for Creative Writing
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| Monica Wellington |
www.monicawellington.com |
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Riki's Birdhouse |
Monica Wellington is the author/illustrator of over 30 picture books for young children, all in her bold and brightly colored style. She was born in England and lived in Europe until she moved to the United States at the age of seven. She graduated from the University of Michigan's School of Art. She has been living in New York City for almost 30 years. She teaches writing and illustrating children's books at the School of Visuals Arts in NYC. |
various books have won state awards and lists |
| Muriel Weinstein |
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When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat |
Teacher, author, poet |
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| NA Nelson |
www.ninanelsonbooks.com/ |
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Bringing the Boy Home |
Nina (N.A.) Nelson was born in London, England and grew up on a cattle farm in Missouri. Living on a thousand acres of wilderness provided plenty of adventure, but it also created a sense of wonderment about what else was out there. After graduating with a degree in tourism, the author strapped on a backpack and has been exploring ever since. Her debut novel, Bringing the Boy Home won the Ursula Nordstrom Fiction Contest, was listed as one of Smithsonian Magazine's Notable Children’s Books, is a nominee for the 2010/2011 Mark Twain Award, the Georgia Children's Book Award 2010/2011, and a Sakura Medal Finalist. |
HarperCollins Ursula Nordstrom Fiction winner, Mark Twain Award Nominee 2010/2011, Georgia Children's Book Award Nominee 2010/2011, Sakura Medal Finalist, Smithsonian Magazine’s “Notable Children’s Books for 2008." |
| Nancy Castaldo |
www.nancycastaldo.com |
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Keeping Our Earth Green |
Nancy Castaldo is an award-winning author of several non-fiction books, including LEAP INTO SPACE, KEEPING OUR EARTH GREEN, and RIVER WILD. Her book, PIZZA FOR THE QUEEN was a Junior Library Guild selection.
Nancy is Sierra Club’s Chair of the National Education Team and the Regional Advisor for the Eastern New York region of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
She has conducted programs at the Boston Children’s Museum, Atlanta Zoo, Tennessee Aquarium, among others and has spoken at the World Congress for Environmental Education and Science Teachers Association of New York State.
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Association Art and Literature Award
River Wild – National Science Teacher Recommended Title
Pizza For the Queen – Junior Library Guild Selection
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| Nancy Furstinger |
www.orchardhousepress.com/nancyfurstinger/ |
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Creative Crafts for Critters |
Nancy Furstinger is the author of nearly 100 books, including many on her favorite topic: animals! She started her writing career in third grade, when a play she wrote was performed by her class. Since then, Nancy has been a feature writer for a daily newspaper, a managing editor of trade and consumer magazines, and an editor at two children's book publishing houses. She shares her home with 3 dogs and 5 house rabbits (all rescued), volunteers and fosters pets for several animal organizations, and is a member of The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. |
Best children's book of the year and best humor book of the year runner-ups from Dog Writers Association of America |
| Naomi Zucker |
www.Naomizucker.net |
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Callie’s Rules |
My first children’s book was Benno’s Bear, inspired by a bear I had seen being led down a crowded street in Istanbul. But before I began writing for children, I wrote award-winning nonfiction for adults.
Callie’s Rules is my second children’s book, but Callie has not done with me yet. She inspired a sequel, Write On, Callie, which will appear in 2010.
My husband and I live in Kingston, RI, where we raised our two children and now host visiting grandchildren
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Smithsonian Magazine’s Notable Books for Children, 2001
Starred Review, Booklist, 2001
Connecticut Award Books, 2001
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Selection, 2002
Boston Authors’ Club Award, Honorable Mention, 2002
DCF Books, 2002-2003
Maine 2003-3004 Master Booklist
Rhode Island 2004 Children’s Book Award Nominee
Starred Review, School Library Journal, 2009
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| Neesha Meminger |
www.NeeshaMeminger.com |
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SHINE, COCONUT MOON |
Neesha Meminger is the author of SHINE, COCONUT MOON, which was nominated for ALA's Best Books for YA, 2009. Neesha has a BA in film/video, and an MFA in Creative Writing. Her films have screened to international audiences, she has taught at NYC colleges, and is a board member of several arts and cultural associations. SHINE is her first novel. |
Nominated for the American Library Association's "Best Books for Young Adults, 2009" list. |
| Nick Bruel |
www.Nickbruel.com |
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Happy Birthday, Bad Ktty |
Nick Bruel is the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Kitty, Who is Melvin Bubble? And Bad Kitty Gets A Bath. Nick lives in Tarrytown, New York, with his wife, Carina. |
Bad Kitty has been nominated as “Book of the year in 9 states, winning in the states of Tennessee, Wyoming and Indiana. “Who Is Melvin Bubble?” won “Book of the Year” in North Carolina. In 2009, “Bad Kitty Gets a Bath” received a Gryphon Honor from The Center for Children’s Books and the University of Illinois |
| Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich |
www.olugbemisola.com |
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8th Grade Superzero |
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich is the daughter of a Nigerian father, a Jamaican mother, ,and married to a man of Croatian descent. She was born in New York City, and was the 'new kid' at school many times, in more than one country. As an adult, she studied writing with Paula Danziger and Madeleine L'Engle. She now lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York, where she loves working on crafts in many forms.
Visit her on the web at
www.olugbemisola.com
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Publisher's Weekly, starred review
Amazon.com Best Middle Grade Book of the Month, January 2010 |
| Pam Allyn |
www.LitLifeInfo.com |
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What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child and All the Best Times to Read Them |
Pam Allyn is Executive Director of LitLife and LitWorld, international organizations specializing in quality education. Pam's acclaimed book What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child and All the Best Times to Read Them (Avery, a Member of Penguin Group USA, 2009) has been featured nationwide on radio and television programs, in publications and throughout the blogosphere. Pam is also the Founding Director of Books for Boys. A literacy program celebrated for its efforts on behalf of at-risk youth. Pam has also written influential books for educators including The Complete 4 for Literacy (Scholastic, 2007). |
2009 Gold Award from the National Parenting Publications Association, finalist for Library Journal's 2009 Book of the Year, James Patterson Page Turner Award, Disney Points of Light Foundation Award and Legacy of Service Award from The Children's Village |
| Peter Marino |
www.petermarino.sunyacc.edu |
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Magic and Misery |
Peter is an English professor at Adirondack Community College in Queensbury, New York. He won the SUNY Chancellor's Award in 2006 for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activity. Dough Boy and Magic and Misery, his young adult novels, have won critical acclaim from all the major industry publications. His plays have been produced in the 9th Annual New York City 15 Minute Play Festival, the Samuel French 2003 Short Play Festival, and SlamBoston! 2005, 2006, and 2009. |
Magic and Misery:
Nominated by the American Library Association for Best Books for Young Adults 2009
Booklist’s Top Ten Books for Youth: 2009
Dough Boy:
Nominated by the American Library Association for Best Books for Young Adults 2006.
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| Rappaport, Doreen |
www.doreenrappaport.com |
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Eleanor, Quiet No More:
The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt
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Doreen majored in music at Brandeis University. For seven years I taught music and reading in junior high schools in New York City and New Rochelle, New York. In 1965, I went to Mc Comb, Mississippi, to teach at a freedom school. I met 'extraordinary ordinary' people ' black Americans who were threatened with death every day. Their courage inspired me. They were heroic. I knew there had to be many more 'unknown heroes'. I set out to recover and write about this 'lost' history. That was more than seventeen years ago. I now divide my time between New York City, where I was born and grew up, and Copake Falls in upstate New York |
Freedom Ship - CCBC Choices, Best Books of the Year, Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education, Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round!' Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement 'NAACP Image Award Finalist, A Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award Winner, The School Is Not White! A True Story of the Civil Rights Movement IRA Notable Book for a Global Society, NAACP Image Award Finalist, Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education, Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Caldecott Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Honor Book, ALA Notable Children's Book |
| Richard Loren Copley, 3-D photographer and author |
www.civilwar3d.com |
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The Civil War: A History in 3-D |
Richard Loren Copley has been experimenting with 3-D photography for over 25 years, building stereographic film and digital cameras to capture the realism that only the third dimension of depth provides. As an ex-teacher, museum exhibit designer, and website builder, he has a keen interest in history and a fascination with visual presentation. He and his wife, Mary Ann, have been married almost 50 years and live in the scenic countryside near Cooperstown, New York. |
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| Richard Michelson |
www.RMichelson.com |
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As Good As Anybody |
Richard Michelson received the 2009 Sydney Taylor Gold Medal from the Association of Jewish Librarians for “As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Amazing March Toward Freedom.” “A is for Abraham,” was awarded the Silver Medal. Michelson has twice been a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and the Massachusetts Book Award. Four of his books have been New York Public Library Best Books, and “Tuttle’s Red Barn” was a PublishersWeekly Best Book of 2007. He is the owner of R. Michelson Galleries, which represents many of America’s most notable children’s book illustrators. www.RMichelson.com
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2009 - Sydney Taylor Award - Gold Medal - Association of Jewish Librarians for As Good As Anybody
2009 - Sydney Taylor Award - Silver Medal - Association of Jewish Librarians for A is for Abraham
2009 - Massachusetts Book Award Finalist As Good As Anybody
2008 - National Jewish Book Award Finalist As Good As Anybody
2007 - Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2007 for Tuttle’s Red Barn
2006 - National Jewish Book Award Finalist for Across the Alley
2006 - Children’s Book Council Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Happy Feet
2003 - Skipping Stones magazine Multicultural Honor Award for Too Young for Yiddish |
| Rose Kent |
www.RoseKent.com |
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Kimchi & Calamari
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Rocky Road
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Rose Kent is a former naval officer and the mom-stepmom to six children (two of whom are adopted from Korea). Ms. Kent is a proud New Yorker from Long Island who now resides in upstate New York. Her most recent novel, ROCKY ROAD, takes place in an ice cream shop in Schenectady, NY. |
Kimchi & Calamari - Is on the 2010 New York State Charlotte List, the 2010 Rebecca Caudill list (IL), and the 2010 Louisiana Young Reader’s Choice List
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| Ryan Sias |
www.ryansias.com |
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Are You Eating Something Red? |
Ryan Sias is a writer and illustrator. He has worked in movies, TV and magazines. His first book "Are You Eating Something Red?" book and "Are You Eating Something Green?" placemats, Come out April 2010 from Blue Apple books |
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| Sarah Darer Littman |
www.sarahdarerlittman.com |
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PURGE |
Sarah Darer Littman is the author of CONFESSIONS OF A CLOSET CATHOLIC, winner of the 2006 Sydney Taylor Award for Older Readers and the YA novel PURGE. Her new YA novel, LIFE,AFTER is out July 1st from Scholastic Press. In her “grown-up” life she’s a political columnist and blogger. She lives in Connecticut in a house that never seems to have enough bookshelves with her two children and her writing assistant, a Havenese named Benny. |
2006 Sydney Taylor Award for Older Readers
YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults
Chicago Public Library “Best of the Best” List
International Reading Assocation’s “Chirldren’s Choice List”
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| Seymour Simon |
www.seymoursimon.com |
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Global Warming |
Seymour Simon has been called "the
dean of the children's science book
field" by the NEW YORK TIMES. He
has written more than 250 books for
young
readers and has received the
American Association for the
Advancement of
Science/Subaru Lifetime Achievement
Award for his lasting contribution to
children's science literature, the
Science Books & Films Key Award for
Excellence in Science Books, both the
Empire State Award and
Knickerbocker
Award for excellence in literature for
young people, and the Educational
Paperback Association Jeremiah
Ludington Award. His HarperCollins
photo-essay books are now co-
branded with the Smithsonian
Institution,
giving Simon's books a special seal of
approval from a leading U.S.
authority on science and education. GLOBAL WARMING Earth’s climate has always varied, but
it is now changing more rapidly than at
any time in recent centuries. Why is
the climate changing? Could Earth be
getting warmer by itself? Are people
doing things that make the climate
warmer? Award-winning science
author Seymour Simon teams up with the Smithsonian Institution to give you
a full-color photographic introduction
to the causes and effects of global
warming and climate change.
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American Association for the
Advancement of Science/Subaru first
ever Lifetime Achievement Award for
his lasting contribution to children’s
science literature; many other awards.
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| Siobhan Vivian |
www.Siobhanvivian.com |
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SAME DIFFERENCE |
Siobhan Vivian is the author of SAME DIFFERENCE and A LITTLE FRIENDLY ADVICE. In addition to writing books, Siobhan has also written for The Disney Channel. She currently teaches creative writing at The University of Pittsburgh. |
*Same Difference- Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2009 and Spring 2009 IndieNext Pick
*A Little Friendly Advice- Spring 2008 IndieNext Pick |
| Susan Colebank |
www.susancolebank.com |
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Cashing In
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Since the age of six, Susan Colebank wanted to be a doctor, a private investigator, a fashion designer, and a writer. She now has one of those jobs, and makes up characters who have the rest.
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Black Tuesday was a Secondary Librarian Pick by the Richardson Library School District in Texas.
Cashing In was chosen by Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences as part of its EconKids website, which focuses on "high-quality, newly-published children's books with valuable economics lessons."
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| Susanna Leonard Hill |
www.susannahill.com |
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Not Yet, Rose |
Susanna Leonard Hill is a graduate of the Brearley School, Middlebury College, and Teachers College Columbia University. She worked for many years as an educational therapist, but is now a full time mom and author. She visits schools whenever possible to share her passion for writing with kids. |
Punxsutawney Phyllis was a Book List Children’s Pick for Fall 2005 and made the Amelia Bloomer Project Feminist Books for Youth List 2006.
No Sword Fighting In The House is a Junior Library Guild Selection.
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| Suzanne Bloom |
www.suzannebloom.com |
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What About Bear? |
I live in the country but get to travel all over. My studio is quiet, except when I listen to CDs. It’s always messy. My ideas spring from all over the place and I have to be alert to catch them. Then I spend lots of time thinking about how they go together as I weed my garden. Some of the best ideas have come from students at the schools I visit. |
A Splendid Friend,Indeed: NY Public Library’s 2005 List of 100 Best Books To Read and Share, Texas 2x2 reading List, ALA Notable, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the Most Distinguished Beginning Reader, honor book, One Book, Every Young Child, PA Literacy Program, New York State Reading Assoc.– Charlotte Award List Melissa Parkington’s Beautiful, Beautiful Hair [written by Pat Brisson]: Best Children's Books of the Year, The Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education A Mighty Fine Time Machine: Texas 2x2 reading list |
| Sylvie Kantoroviz |
www.sylviekantorovitz.com |
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Go to Bed, Monster |
Sylvie grew up in France, settled in the US in 1985 and now lives in Albany with her daughter Sam and her dog Bob. Besides writing and illustrating for children, Sylvie likes to visit schools and talk with the children about her passions: drawing and reading. |
"Go To Bed Monster" was finalist for Cybils award 2008, "Loose Tooth" A selection of the Junior Library Guild, "I Love You, Mister Bear" A selection of the Junior Library Guild Starred review in Publishers Weekly (January, 2004) |
| Thomas Locker |
http://www.jacketflap.com/persondetail.asp?person=152504 |
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Rip Van Wrinkle |
Thomas Locker was born in 1937. He has spent his entire life in service to his two great passions: painting and nature. Through widespread exhibition of his artwork and publication of his illustrated children’s books, Mr. Locker has touched the hearts and minds of countless people. In 1982 he began work on his first children’s picture book. Today, Mr. Locker’s exceptional paintings and illustrations grace the pages of some 30 different books, several of which he also wrote. |
Parent's Choice Award for Illustration, New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year, Christopher Award, the John Burroughs Award |
| Todd Strasser |
www.toddstrasser.com |
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Wish You Were Dead |
Shortly after Todd was born (in New York City) his parents moved to Roslyn Heights, New York (Long Island). Todd went to the I.U. Willets Elementary school and then attended the Wheatley School for junior high and high school. In 1990, Todd moved to Westchester County, N.Y. He is the author of more than 120 books for teens and middle graders including the best-selling Help! I'm Trapped In ... series, and numerous award-winning YA novels including The Wave, Give A Boy A Gun, The Accident, Can't Get There From Here, Boot Camp, and If I Grow Up. His newest series for grades 3 - 6 is The Tardy Boys. Several of his books have been adapted for television and his novel How I Created My Perfect Prom Date became the feature release Drive Me Crazy. |
American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Redears, New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, American Library Association Best Book for Teens, New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age |
