By: aquafortis,
on 6/13/2012
Welcome to Wonderland's first stop for the Summer Blog Blast Tour 2012! This year there's already a great crop of interviews with authors and illustrators to whet your appetite, pique your fancy, or whatever figure of speech you prefer. Today, at... Read the rest of this post
By: aquafortis,
on 6/11/2012
Hey everyone: it's that time of year again! The 2012 Summer Blog Blast Tour kicks off today with interviews on Chasing Ray, with Kate Milford; Crazy Quilt Edi, with Randa Abdel-Fattah; Bildungsroman, with Tim Lebbon; and The Happy Nappy Bookseller,... Read the rest of this post
By: tanita davis,
on 7/13/2011
The curtains part...The drum rolls.......YES!! Do you see that!? Our very own AF comes out from behind the book and the blog and gives an interview!!If you're behind on your reading in the Summer Blog Blast Tour, it won't take long to catch up. See... Read the rest of this post
By: aquafortis,
on 12/7/2010
Welcome to another Winter Blog Blast Tour! While Tanita is getting truly blasted by winter in Frosty Olde Scotland, and temps in California dip below freezing at night, turning Californians into popsicles (and making the rest of the country laugh at... Read the rest of this post
By: tanita davis,
on 5/17/2010
Summer's Almost Here!It's time for that beloved tradition (well, for the last few years, anyway) called the Summer Blog Blast Tour, where Aquafortis and I, along with a lot of the gang in the kidlitosphere, get together to celebrate story and the... Read the rest of this post
By: Erin,
on 11/17/2009
When I asked author Patrick Carman if he'd like to do an interview, he said sure, but due to being crazy-busy, would a phone interview work? I said yes (of course!) and had a great time chatting with Patrick about his innovative video-book series, the first of which includes Skeleton Creek and The Ghost in the Machine; his contribution to the interactive 39 Clues series; and more. You can find him online at www.patrickcarman.com.
I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I enjoyed talking with Mr. Carman!
Did you invent the idea of a video-book or had you heard of the concept elsewhere?
I don't know about inventing.... I'd never heard about it being done before. We started working on it about three years ago and, for my purposes, I came up with the idea of mixing the books and the videos together. So, I don't know if I was the first person or not, but for Skeleton Creek which we started on three years ago (and came out seven months ago) I think it was the first time that a project that told the story in those two formats had been done. Who knows, if you were to really dig around, maybe there's something else out there, I don't know.
Was your publisher on board with the idea right away, or were they skeptical about the whole video-book idea?
My editor is David Levithan at Scholastic, [and] when I came up with the idea I was sure there was no way he was going to want to do it. So I went in assuming it wasn't going to happen. I sent it to him, and he said, "Well, we're working on something else that this would be perfect to go along side of, but I can't tell you what the something else is." But Scholastic took it off the market the day after I showed it to them - it never got shown around besides that. Really surprised me. So it went in a day, and then it was later on, a couple of months later, that I found out--because it was all very secretive at that time--about The 39 Clues. He said, this is why we wanted Skeleton Creek, because we wanted something for a little bit older of kids, we wanted to do something else in what we call "21st century literacy" - in that vein, besides 39 Clues. The funny thing is, there was an email that went out to a very small group of people about 39 Clues when it was getting closer, and he didn't ask me if I wanted to do one, but as soon as I understood what it was, 20 seconds after I read it, I sent him an email and said, you have to let me do one of these. [laughs] I wasn't actually chosen to do a 39 Clues book, I sort of begged. I ended up being able to do one.
By: Erin,
on 11/16/2009
Mary E. Pearson is the terrific author of several YA novels, including the fascinating The Adoration of Jenna Fox, the heartbreaking, beautiful A Room on Lorelei Street, and her latest, the thoughtful, wonderfully-crafted The Miles Between. As I said in my review of A Room on Lorelei Street, Pearson has 'a great talent for creating characters that resonate strongly with me, even if on the surface I have nothing in common with them. Her writing is very strong, like a slap in the face at times. Very vivid, very powerful. The writing style is unique and unconventional, but it works well. She has a way with bringing stark truth and emotion to "everyday" scenarios.'
It is with great pleasure, then, that I present to you an interview with this talented writer.
What inspired The Miles Between?
After writing two very heavy books, I wanted to write something that was fun. Combine that with a certain fascination with coincidence and the unlikely ones I have encountered and the wheels began turning. Of course, even though I set off writing this to have fun, I am a very serious person and that part of me quickly kicked in. Destiny turned out to be a very complicated and conflicted character–a much darker side to her than I expected--and through her and the other characters, I explored some heavier topics. I just got a review from The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books and I was especially happy about one particular line: “The lightness of the prose and subtle hints of magic belie the substance of this text the way the gossamer appearance of a spider web belies its strength.” Writing “light” along with the heavy subjects was certainly a challenge. I didn’t want to be dismissive of the gravity of what I was dealing with but I wanted to be true to the personalities involved and as the reviewer said, still convey the magic of the day. It was nice that she saw that.
Do you prefer writing in first person or third? And what is it about present tense that appeals to you...does it come more naturally for you?
It really depends on the story. Most of the time I do like the closeness of first and being able to get right into the head of my character. First also gives ownership of the story to the character which I like. As for tense, I don’t consciously choose a tense but I do like the immediacy of present.
Do the theme and questions you want to pose/explore in the story come first, or do the plot or characters? Are the theme/questions more important to you than a specific plot in terms of what helps propel the story forward?
Oh boy, I don't even think of theme blatantly--and in fact I am really bad at identifying theme at all! It seems like there are so many in a story depending on what you focus on. My stories all begin in different ways. It might be a voice, an image, a question that I wonder about, or even maybe something I observe and my imagination gets carried away with it. So sometimes, yes, it is a question that gets the ball rolling, but I never think of "them
By: Erin,
on 11/15/2009
Beginning tomorrow is this year's Winter Blog Blast Tour! Here's the schedule for the week's author interviews:
Monday
Jim Ottaviani at Chasing Ray
Courtney Sheinmel at Bildungsroman
Derek Landy at Finding Wonderland
Mary E. Pearson at Miss Erin
Megan Whalen Turner at Hip Writer Mama
Frances Hardinge at Fuse Number 8
Tuesday
Ann Marie Fleming at Chasing Ray
Laurie Faria Stolarz at Bildungsroman
Patrick Carman at Miss Erin
Jacqueline Kelly at Hip Writer Mama
Dan Santat at Fuse Number 8
Nova Ren Suma at Shelf Elf
Wednesday
Sy Montgomery Pt 1 at Chasing Ray
Jacqui Robbins at Bildungsroman
Sarwat Chadda at Finding Wonderland
Cynthia Leitich Smith at Hip Writer Mama
Beth Kephart at Shelf Elf
Thursday
Sy Montgomery Pt 2 at Chasing Ray
Laini Taylor at Shelf Elf
Jim DiBartolo at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Amanda Marrone at Writing & Ruminating
Thomas Randall at Bildungsroman
Michael Hague at Fuse Number 8
Friday
Lisa Schroeder at Writing & Ruminating
Alan DeNiro at Shaken & Stirred
Joan Holub at Bildungsroman
Pam Bachorz at Mother Reader
Sheba Karim at Finding Wonderland
R.L. LaFevers at Hip Writer Mama
By: Erin,
on 5/21/2009
I am so pleased to present an interview today with the ever-fabulous Siobhan Vivian. She has written two young adult novels, A Little Friendly Advice (my review) and Same Difference (my review), along with a picture book, Vunce Upon a Time. She has quickly become one of my favorite YA authors, and I absolutely can't wait to read all of her future books. You can find her online at her blog or website.
What gave you the idea for A Little Friendly Advice?
I had this group of friends in high school and we were all very involved with one another’s lives. 
One friend had been dating this pretty awful guy on and off for about a year. They would fight, break-up, and then make-up—that was their cycle. Anyway, another girl in our group got so tired of our friend putting herself in this horrible situation over and over again, she finally said something like “If you take him back again, don’t come crying to me when he does it again.” I was really moved by that situation, because I could see both sides of it. I didn’t want my friend to get hurt anymore, but also you have to love and support your friends unconditionally. That’s what I wanted to explore in ALFA.
Which of the four girls in ALFA were you most like as a teenager?
I would say I was most like Katherine—loud, full of false-bravado, a tough exterior hiding a lot of deep insecurities.
Your second book, Same Difference, was inspired by your experience as a teen at art camp. How it very autobiographical or mostly fiction?
The book is biographical in that I had spent the summer between my junior and senior year of high school attending a fine-art program in Philadelphia, and I mirrored a lot of my personal experiences in Emily’s journey. But Emily is Emily, and Siobhan is Siobhan.
I love how the focus on friendship in your books is heavier than the focus on romance. Do you make a conscious effort to showcase friends vs. love interests in your stories?
I do tend to focus on friendship more because, to me anyway, my friendships have always been more passionate and intense than any relationship I had with a boy. I’ve fallen in love with soooo many guys in my lifetime (ha!) but finding a true friendship seems much more rare.
What's your journey been like as a writer? When did it start? How did you get published?
Well, everything started when I was living in Los Angeles, working in kids television. I really wanted to be a writer, but I realized that the kids of stories that I wanted to tell didn’t seem to fit well with TV. At the time, I had been working for The Disney Channel, and while I love those kinds of characters and shows…I was definitely not thinking up stories that worked well with a laugh track. So I decided to leave LA and move back to NYC and pursue YA writing.
For about two years, I pursued my MFA at night while editing books for Alloy Entertainment (The Au Pairs, The It Girl, a bunch of Hailey Abbott novels). Those experiences combined basically equaled Teen Fiction Boot Camp! And it was at grad school when I started writing A Little Friendly Advice. My thesis advisor was David Levithan, and he made an offer on the book after I graduated. It was pretty much a fairy tale!
What's the hardest thing for you as a writer? The easiest?
I think I am pretty good at plotting stories, but I have a really hard time developing characters.
What were some of your favorite books as a teenager?
I loved really trashy 1980’s stuff, like Sweet Valley High and any book that was a murder-mystery-thrillers, like when a girl’s boyfriend is found dead on prom night type thing.
What is your favorite thing about being a writer?
I love hearing from girls who’ve felt connected somehow to my books. The ideas that I could imagine something up and it would mean something to a person I don’t know is such an amazing feeling.
Thank you ever so much, Siobhan!
By: Erin,
on 5/20/2009
And the Summer Blog Blast Tour continues...
Barbara O'Connor at MotherReader
James Kennedy at Fuse #8
Maggie Stiefvater at Writing & Ruminating
Rosemary Clement-Moore at Bildungsroman
Jo Knowles at lectitans
Melissa Wyatt at Chasing Ray
By: Erin,
on 5/18/2009
The annual blog blast tour is here, and it kicks off today!
Monday
Andrew Mueller at Chasing Ray
Kekla Magoon at Fuse #8
Carrie Jones at Writing and Ruminating
Amber Benson at Bildungsroman
Greg van Eekhout at Shaken & Stirred
You can check out the full week's schedule at Chasing Ray.
On Tuesday, I'll be hosting an interview with poetry prodigy Maya Ganesan.
On Thursday, I'll post one with the fabulous YA author Siobhan Vivian.
By: Erin,
on 11/20/2008
Today's schedule:
Martin Millar at Chasing Ray
John Green at Writing and Ruminating
Beth Kephart at HipWriterMama
Emily Ecton at Bildungsroman
John David Anderson at Finding Wonderland
Brandon Mull at The YA YA YAs
Lisa Papademetriou at MotherReader
And Friday's:
Mayra Lazara Dole at Chasing Ray
Francis O'Roark Dowell at Fuse Number 8
J Patrick Lewis at Writing and Ruminating
Wendy Mass at Hip Writer Mama
Lisa Ann Sandell at Bildungsroman
Caroline Hickey/Sara Lewis Holmes at Mother Reader
A.S. King at Bookshelves of Doom
Emily Wing Smith at Interactive Reader
By: Erin,
on 11/18/2008
Tony DiTerlizzi co-authored (with Holly Black) and illustrated the bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles. He also helped produce the movie based on that series. Other works include the picture books The Spider and the Fly and Jimmy Zangwow's Out-of-this-world Moonpie Adventure. His newest release is the book Kenny and the Dragon, which he both wrote and illustrated. You can visit him online at http://www.diterlizzi.com
I had the opportunity to meet Tony last month in California while he was on tour for his latest book, Kenny and the Dragon.
Tony posing for the camera. He's such a hilarious guy. :)
Tony drew a few sketches, illustrating the different types of dragons and how the dragon in his book originated. He then took requests and drew a couple of Spiderwick characters. Afterward, he gave them away and I was lucky enough to come away with the sketch of the "European Dragon."
What was your inspiration for Kenny and the Dragon? How did you get the idea to retell The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame?
realized he was an awful lot like me as a kid.
get published). So the Spiderwick books were a great middle-ground for us to combine our storytelling talents.
is the nature of the beast.
What are you working on next?
, far out tales and drawing pictures for them. Seriously, I have been making up stories and creating little books since I was in grade school. I love a good story: whether someone tells it to me, or read it in a book, watch it on a movie or even play it in a cool video game.
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By: Erin,
on 11/17/2008
Laurel Snyder is the author of the brand new children's book Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains, or, The Search for a Suitable Princess (review here). She's also written a book of poems, entitled The Myth of the Simple Machines, among other works. Her most recent release was the picture book Inside the Slidy Diner. You can visit her online at www.laurelsnyder.com
What inspired Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains?
It began as a bedtime story. I don't remember why, but I was telling my boyfriend-at-the-time (now my husband) a story about a little milkmaid, and he said I should write it down. I had never really considered writing a novel of any kind, so I didn't think of it that way. I kind of scribbled down the beginning, and it kept on going.
The book has the charming feel of an "old-fashioned" fairy tale. Did you set out to w
rite a story in that vein on purpose? Or did that evolve as you wrote the story?
No, it was absolutely that way from the start. I'm a little obsessed with what people call "classic books" and I have a hard time writing in a contemporary voice. I think somehow "old fashioned" is easier for me, because I don't have to try to sound young and authentic. There's no temptation to be like, "Yo, wassup?" in a fairy tale. Nothing is worse than grownups doing bad impressions of teens. Gag.
But the challenge is to NOT just repeat what's already been done. I want to make this kind of book my own. And that's tricky. I really admire Shannon Hale. And have you read Victoria Forrester's The Girl Who Could Fly? Wow!
Yay Shannon Hale! And the latter book you mentioned is on the top of my reading stack right now.
Your writing style is simple; sparse and intelligent all at once. Did any books or authors influence you in particular?
I love and regularly re-read Edward Eager, Betty McDonald, PL Travers. The "classics". But really, the spare quality comes, I think, from reading a ton of translated poetry. Poetry has an economy that makes all prose feel wordy, and translation tends to strip things down. I love Tomaz Salamun. There's a fable quality to a lot of Eastern European poetry, something related to fairy tales.
Growing up, did you always want to be a writer? Or did that interest and passion develop later on?
Always. Or since about 4th grade anyway. Before that I wanted to be a ballerina.
For a long time I wasn't writing for kids. I also write poetry, and nonfiction for adults. But whatever I'm writing, I really can't imagine doing anything else. I always figured I'd be a waitress and a writer forever.
You're the author of a choose-your-own-adventure biography in verse, a picture book, a novel for children, and have edited a nonfiction anthology. Whew. How is it, working all across the board like this? Are there any forms of writing mentioned that you are especially fond of working on?
It's funny, they don't feel *that* different when I'm writing them. I approach certain issues--conformity, honesty, etiquette, loneliness, fence-sitting-- a lot. And so although one attempt may result in a grownups-only essay, and another may result in a picture book, I'm still just exploring the subjects of my various obsessions. I really feel that a project will demand its proper form, and you have to listen closely to find out what that is. Sometimes a prose poem turns into a picture book. Sometimes a novel outline turns into an essay. In my dream world, I'll someday write something publishable that nobody can categorize. Something like The Little Prince, that crosses all boundaries.
In a similar vein, Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains contains some rhymes and poems, and you've also published a book of poetry for adults. Which came first for you - did you begin by mostly writing poetry, or prose? Which comes easier for you?
I'm a poet at heart. I'm still just learning to play with prose. But the rhymed songs Lucy sings in the book, although they were fun to write, are very different from my poetry.
There's a precision in poetry, like nothing else. The process of getting into THAT head is very different. Writing poetry is like pulling the world apart to understand it. Writing prose is like building a new little world.
Do you have a favorite poet?
I mentioned Tomaz Salamun above. But if I have to pick a favorite poet, I'll take Berryman. Or O'Hara. Or... Umm... I don't think I have a favorite.
What are you working on next?
Well, next May my new novel, Any Which Wall, will come out. It's an homage to Edward Eager, kinda. About four kids who find a magical wishing wall. And I just (this week) started my new book, Penny Dreadful. It's about a little girl who moves to a town full of very odd children, and has to try to make friends.
What's your favorite thing about being a writer?
The best thing about being a writer is just writing. Really. I can't imagine what life would be like if I couldn't write. But it's also awfully nice to be able to stay home with my kids.
Thank you so much, Laurel!
By: Erin,
on 11/16/2008
The 2008 Winter Blog Blast Tour (hosted by the ever marvelous Colleen) is coming up this week! I'll have three interviews on my blog (highlighted below), and I can't wait to see the interviews everyone else has pulled together.
Monday
Lewis Buzbee at Chasing Ray
Louis Sachar at Fuse Number 8
Laurel Snyder at Miss Erin
Courtney Summers at Bildungsroman
Elizabeth Wein at Finding Wonderland
Susan Kulkin at The YA YA YAs
Tuesday
Ellen Dalow at Chasing Ray
Tony DiTerlizzi at Miss Erin
Melissa Walker at Hip Writer Mama
Luisa Plaja at Bildungsroman
DM Cornish at Finding Wonderland
LJ Smith at The YA YA YAs
Kathleen Duey at Bookshelves of Doom
Wednesday
Ellen Klages at Fuse Number 8
Emily Jenkins at Wrting and Ruminating
Ally Carter at Miss Erin
Mark Peter Hughes at Hip Writer Mama
Sarah Littma at Bildungsroman
MT Anderson at Finding Wonderland
Mitali Perkins at Mother Reader
Thursday
Martin Millar at Chasing Ray
John Green at Writing and Ruminating
Beth Kephart at Hip Writer Mama
Emily Ecton at Bildungsroman
John David Anderson at Finding Wonderland
Brandon Mull at The YA YA YAs
Lisa Papademetriou at Mother Reader
Friday
Mayra Lazara Dole at Chasing Ray
Francis Rourke Dowell at Fuse Number 8
J Patrick Lewis at Writing and Ruminating
Wendy Mass at Hip Writer Mama
Lisa Ann Sandell at Bildungsroman
Caroline Hickey/Sara Lewis Holmes at Mother Reader
A.S. King at Bookshelves of Doom
By: Erin,
on 5/21/2008
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel was one of the very first graphic novels I ever read. It's a memoir by Siena Cherson Siegel about her youth as a dancer, and it's illustrated by her husband Mark Siegel. To Dance is a slim, beautiful book that anyone who is a performer, or looking for graphic novels, or just in need of an engrossing tale, must read. I am so pleased to present to you an interview I recently conducted with Siena. Read on!
How did you decide you wanted to write a memoir? And why did you choose a graphic novel format to do that?
I considered the idea of writing something about those years at the School of American Ballet for a long time. I thought aspects of the experience would make for an interesting book, even while I was there as a teenager. It was just such an amazing and important time in ballet history, yet I think today’s young readers can relate to it because it’s seen through the eyes of a girl who is totally in love with dancing. I was telling my husband, Mark (the illustrator of the book), some stories about dress rehearsals with Mr. Balanchine when I was 12 and 13, and he could really picture it working well as a graphic novel. So, we started getting really excited about it and decided to do it together.
What was your favorite thing about the process of writing a memoir and collaborating with your husband (the artist) on it?
It was the wonderful surprise of seeing a picture that marries a visual memory of mine with a feeling or emotion that accompanied it, but seen through a different set of eyes, through a different mind than my own. Some of the illustrations perfectly evoke way more of my personal feelings/reactions than any photographic record of the same event could ever portray.
In the book, it seems that you were sort of living a double life: your dancing life at NYCB (New York City Ballet), and your family life at home. Did your personal life affect the way you danced, or did your dancing affect your personal life? Or did you separate them completely?
No, it didn’t seem like a double life. I didn’t separate them completely, I don’t think I could have done that. I think there were things about the dancing life that helped me handle the difficulties of the family life. For example, when other parts of life are confusing and chaotic, the repetition of the exercises you always do at the barre can feel like meeting an old friend. Despite the rigors of training your body in class, there is a mental focus, clarity and intensity of concentration needed that can be a relief. This is the part of the ballet training that I described as a refuge in the book. I also really enjoyed being able to express feelings through the dancing. It was a great artistic outlet for a lot of intense emotions.
Are you writing anything right now? Do you want to write another graphic novel in the future?
I have some ideas cooking for a future project, although I don’t know what form it will take. It could be a graphic novel, or maybe a picture book.
What is your favorite ballet, and why?
My favorite story ballet is Giselle. I love the exploration through dance of the themes of love, betrayal, revenge and forgiveness. It is also fascinating to watch the main character transform from an energetic young girl into a wili (a kind of ghost). In order to pull it off the dancer playing Giselle must go far beyond her technique and shade every movement to fit the story. The music and choreography are incredibly beautiful, and I find the experience very moving.
If I had to choose one favorite non-story ballet I think it would be Balanchine’s The 4 Temperaments. It was completely original and pioneering when it was created, but it still seems so today. Even after many viewings, the inventive movement manages to surprise and never feels dated. It is one of the best examples, in my view of Balanchine’s impeccable musicality and theatricality.
What was the best thing about being a dancer with NYCB?
I would like to clarify that the young dancers training at the School of American Ballet are not considered to be members of the Company NYCB. Although we danced with NYCB we were still members of the school. That said, performing in the NYCB productions at Lincoln Center was one of the best things. That was pure enjoyment and exhilaration.
Being in New York and having the opportunity to see a lot different performances and companies from around the world was also extremely rich.
What is the most important thing (advice, technique, anything) you learned at NYCB that you would like to share with other aspiring dancers?
I love the fact that these questions are coming from you at 17, exactly the age when the book ends. I was really hoping the book would find some readers around your age. When I was 17, my injury left me heartbroken— heartbroken that I couldn’t dance in NYCB, which had been my singular goal for years. It threw me into a devastating and depressing time when I had to ask: “What am I going to do now?” I wish I had been open back then to explore where else, and what other kinds of dance I could get into. It was NYCB or nothing in my mind, because it can be like that when you ‘lock in’ to a goal. But now I know that the passion for dance, having found something I really love to do, that’s what matters—more even than a career or a place in a dance company, or whatever else.
The most important thing I learned from the experience is that if you love doing something dive in. Go for it 100% without worrying if it will lead to a career. Whether you end up doing it professionally or not, the dedication, passion and discipline it takes to train intensely in any art form will serve you well, sometimes in unexpected ways.
Thank you so much, Siena! It was such a pleasure to be able to interview a fellow dancer and writer.
And the Summer Blog Blast Tour continues with interviews at the following sites:
Delia Sherman at Chasing Ray
Ingrid Law at Fuse #8
Polly Dunbar at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Tera Lynn Childs at Bildungsroman
Barry Lyga at A Chair, a Fireplace and a Tea Cozy
By: Erin,
on 5/20/2008
Today's shedule of fabulosity:
Ben Towle at Chasing Ray
Sean Qualls at Fuse #8
Susane Colasanti at Bildungsroman
Robin Brande at HipWriterMama
Susan Beth Pfeffer at The YA YA YAs
Debby Garfinkle at A Chair, a Fireplace and a Tea Cozy
Jennifer Lynn Barnes at Writing and Ruminating
By: Erin,
on 5/18/2008
This week marks the second annual summer blog blast tour! It's once again hosted by the fabulous Colleen of Chasing Ray. Everyday this week you can read interviews all over the blogosphere with some of your favorite YA and children's book authors.
On Wednesday, I'll be posting an interview with Siena Cherson Siegel, dancer and graphic novelist.
On Thursday I'll have a discussion of historical fiction with Mary Hooper.
And on Friday I'll be posting my interview with Gary D. Schmidt, one of my new favorite authors.
Here's the line-up for tomorrow:
Adam Rex at Fuse Number 8
David Almond at 7 Impossible Things Before Breakfast
R.L. Lafevers at Finding Wonderland
Dave Schwartz at Shaken & Stirred
Elizabeth Scott at Bookshelves of Doom
Laurie Halse Anderson at Writing & Ruminating
Susan Beth Pfeffer at Interactivereader
And you can view a complete schedule of the whole week here.
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By: Just One More Book!!,
on 11/24/2007
Author: Jez Alborough
Illustrator: Jez Alborough
Published: 1995 Candlewick Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1564025055 Chapters.ca Amazon.com
A determined crowd of affectionate penguins, acres of cartoon ice floes and a healthy balance of group hugging and irritation make this slapstick story of sibling saturation a huge hit with the preschool crowd.
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I love this interview and it makes me wonder why haven't I read Clement- Moore before. Especially since I'ved eyed Texas Gothic more then once. And I go have a thing for ghost stories and mysteries.
Just added it to my library queue. Thanks ladies,
@ Doret - you will REALLY enjoy her work - she's hilarious, and snarky and the action just gallops along. Backyard bbq reads, for sure.