Introducing our June new releases: LULU & ZOEY and THE NOTEBOOK KEEPER 📚
Congrats to Carrie Finison and Stephen Briseño on their June new releases.
Kirkus Reviews says LULU & ZOEY is "a simple, heartwarming ode to sisterhood."
And Kirkus calls THE NOTEBOOK KEEPER "a hopeful story that encourages compassion."
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Welcome back to our series, 20 QUESTIONS!,
where we answer questions about writing, reading, and author life.
This month’s question:
What was one of your favorite childhood books and why?
Robert McCloskey’s One Morning in Maine was a favorite picture book of mine as a child because it transported me to another world—an island in Maine. There were many things that pulled me in: the sensory details in the text and illustrations (I could smell the salty ocean and feel the slippery seaweed), the two sisters who reminded me of myself and my sister, the dog (my parents wouldn’t let me have one, so Penny was my substitute), the everyday adventure of island life, and the way the whole community was interested in Sal’s problem (her lost tooth). Such is the power of a picture book that I now live in Maine (and have a dog who looks a bit like Penny)!
—Melanie Ellsworth, author of BATTLE OF THE BOOKS, illus. James Rey Sanchez (Little Bee Books, 2022)
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Join us for these events
Jun-July - Angela Burke Kunkel will participate in a number of library storytimes. Check out her website for details. Rajani LaRocca has a number of upcoming events during this timeframe as well. See her website for details.
June 27 @ 11 a.m. Nancy Carpenter and Colleen Paeff will sign copies of THE GREAT STINK at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC in the Simon & Schuster booth (#1522).
July 9 @ 2:30 p.m. Central - Colleen Paeff will appear on the panel, "The Story You Were Born to Tell: Picture Book Biographies and Their Creators" at The Writing Barn's virtual 2022 Nonfiction Kidlit Confab.
July 15-19 Summer Camp in Nonfiction: at Highlights with special guest M. O. Yuksel. (Honesdale, PA)
Aug 6 - Colleen Paeff will appear at the SCBWI Summer Conference (virtual) on two panels, "Debut Author Panel: An Honest Talk About the Path to Publication" @ 9:30 a.m. Pacific and "Level up with Layers: Creating an Irresistible Nonfiction Picture Book" @ 2 p.m. Pacific. Click here for conference details.
Aug 13 @ 10 a.m. Central (online) - Getting Into Graphic Nonfiction with Kirsten Larson via The Writing Barn ($25). Register and learn more here.