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Lindsey Elementary students awarded for storytelling

By admin | Published: July 14, 2012

Congratulations to the West Geauga students from Lindsey Elementary for their accomplishments in the local PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest. Their picture books were judged on originality, creative expression, storytelling and integration of text and illustrations. Third-grader Athena Hocevar was the second-place winner. Third-grader Brinn MacLellan was the third-place winner. First-grader John Mikes was the [...]

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Pop Up Festival of Stories makes a noise about children’s books

By admin | Published: June 26, 2012

From a Roald Dahl disco hosted by the poet and children’s author Laura Dockrill to a theatrical exploration of the world of vampire lore courtesy of writer Marcus Sedgwick, a free two-day Pop up Festival of Stories is coming to King’s Cross later this month. Taking place on 30 June and 1 July in Granary [...]

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Pitch-perfect Fairy Tales « Books of Wonder and Wisdom

By admin | Published: May 28, 2012

15 may 2012 Leave a Comment by Janice Floyd Durante in Folk and Fairy Tales, Picture Books Tags: Brothers Grimm, John Nickle, Kate Coombs, Ruth Sanderson Once a hedgehog always a hedgehog? Surely such a thought is unfit for a fairy tale. in her new picture book Hans My Hedgehog, Kate Coombs has taken a [...]

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crackingthecover.com » Deep love for children’s books drives author Jane Kohuth

By admin | Published: May 27, 2012

Children’s author Jane Kohuth says her relationship with books as a child was so powerful that she hasn’t been able to leave children’s literature behind. Sure, she loves a lot of literature written for adults, but there’s a deeper love for children’s books. “When I decided that I wanted to be a writer (way back [...]

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The Importance of Diction When Reading to Children

By admin | Published: May 18, 2012

Over time the English language has changed so much that anyone picking up a book written by Chaucer would have plenty of trouble understanding what he was talking about. Even in our own lifetimes, the usage of words has changed and will continue to evolve. some of it doesn’t appear to make any sense, although [...]

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iStoryTime Launches Three Top-Selling Children?s Books on NOOK Color?

By admin | Published: April 29, 2012

Santa Barbara, Calif. (PRWEB) September 21, 2011 iStoryTime, the largest library of mobile children?s book apps, today announced that a number of its top selling iOS storybook apps, Kung Fu Panda 2, how to Train Your Dragon and THE SMURFS? are now available on the NOOK Color? from Barnes & Noble, inc. Offering these well-known [...]

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Books for children, lessons for everyone – SouthwestIowaNews.com: Denison Bulletin & Review

By admin | Published: April 25, 2012

Julie L. Cook’s books may be called “children’s books,” but she points out that they have messages for every individual. After all, she quipped, everyone has been a child or is currently a child. Cook, a nationally acclaimed children’s book author from Fremont, Nebraska, spent the day at Zion Lutheran School in Denison last Wednesday. [...]

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Reading the Numbers « ShelfTalker

By admin | Published: April 11, 2012

I have finally gotten a chance to really look at the year-end numbers for book sales in 2011 as published in last week’s Children’s Bookshelf article: Facts and Figures 2012. I’m fascinated by the frontlist and backlist breakdowns. The hardcover frontlist is chock full of sequels, fantasies, and young adult books. The dearth of picture books really [...]

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Writing Tips for Children’s Picture Books

By admin | Published: March 20, 2012

Although some advice for authors of children’s stories and books may seem contradictory, the basics are rather unchanged and stable. The following tips can help all of us write and produce more interesting and well accepted picture books. no, I am not including all the information needed for writing a children’s book, just enough to [...]

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What’s Missing From Children’s Books? Nature

By admin | Published: March 12, 2012

The Article: Nature Goes Missing from Kids’ Picture Books by Sarah Laskow in GOOD News. The Text: the film adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax comes out on Friday, and conservative pundits fear the movie will inculcate America’s children with a passion for the environment. But even if Lorax-loving children do get their hands on [...]

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