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A little girl is presented with a different sort of a meal when her mom serves her green gooey goop. Interesting and icky ingredients appear one by one as the little girl decides what's in this noxious-smelling concoction. The little girl creates a flood, and her dog's fur turns green. Suggested age range for readers: 0-8
My thoughts...
I know from experience that young children laugh at icky, smelly, disgusting things...and for this reason they'll enjoy Green Gooey Goop, especially if the parent or other adult reads it to them in a funny voice and with the right beat. The verses have a nice rhythm and the pictures are humorous and quite green, of course! In general, I think this is a cute picture book. The only thing I found disappointing is that it finishes quite abruptly. From an adult's perspective, I was expecting the story to continue and reach some sort of conclusion, but it just ended. From a kid's perspective, I suspect they'll enjoy what happens to the girl's dog. Recommended for a fun read aloud time with kids.
About the Author
Anna C. Morrison is an author of children’s books, including Silly Moments and Green Gooey Goop, with many more to follow. She is also an adjunct professor for multiple colleges and universities, both face-to-face and online. While she instructs various levels of English composition, she also teaches classes on literature, film, feature writing, and technical writing, among others. In addition, she has worked with Adapt Courseware as a writing consultant on three video course projects, including college skills and composition. Anna received her MFA in Writing from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, and her BA in English, Creative Writing, from California State University, San Bernardino. Anna is an active member of SCBWI and is available for book signings. She lives in Southern California with her family and pets.
Amazon’s Kindle publishing program has just announced some new features that will affect children’s books and publishing.
Kindle Kids Book Creator
KDP has a new program designed to handle fixed layout ebooks with large full-page illustrations. In other words, children’s picture books.
I downloaded the program and had a look around. It appears to be an adaptation or repurposing of another Kindle program, the Comic Book Creator. Both deal with large images and a fixed layout. Aaron Shepard first used the Comic Book Creator in April, 2013, with some success.
I created this ebook with the Kindle Comic Book creator program.
One addition to the Kids Book Creator is the capability of adding pop-up text. The KBC has a base text, either embedded in the image or added within the creator. On top of the base text, though, you can add a pop-up text. This will add some interesting variations and possibilities to children’s ebooks.
The program is simple to use. You start with a pdf file or images. Since the standard file for print production is a pdf file, that makes it easy. Just do your pdf in InDesign, or if you want the poor-man’s layout, do it with MSWord (at your own risk!). From InDesign, you save the file as a high-resolution pdf; from MSWord, you print to an AdobePDF. Using either program, you can add the needed text and control the layout easily.
Upload the pdf and it converts to the correct formatting for a Kindle ebook. You have the option to add/subtract pages, edit text and more.Then, Save for Publication and the program outputs a .mobi file, which is the standard Kindle file.
Advantages
The Kid’s Book Creator has a couple advantages. First, it’s easy. Upload a pdf and you get a .mobi.
Second, you have access to the original html and CSS files, if you have the skills to do that. That means you have some nice control over the layout.
Disadvantages
However, there are a couple major disadvantages. First, you only get a .mobi file. This is, after all, a Kindle program. It means that you can only upload the file to KDP. You must have an epub file for Apple iBook, Kobo, Nook, Smashwords or other platforms. You’ll put lots of effort into a file that is only useful on one platform.
Second, you must be very careful about the file that is output. On the KDP platform, you must choose either a 35% or 70% royalty schedule. If you choose 35%, there are no associated delivery charges. However, if you select the 70% royalty schedule, delivery charges in the U.S. are $0.15/MB. See the KDP chart here for charges in other countries. When I tested the Kids Book Creator, it gave me similar results as the Comic Book Creator program, files that were quite large.
I started with a usual 32-page picture book, formatted for print at 300 dpi. I uploaded the pdf to the Kid’s Book Creator and converted–without adding any pop-up text to add extra size. The resulting .mobi file was 8.2MB; that file would incur a delivery fee of $1.23. This severely limits the ability to price the book at the lower end of the spectrum, unless you opt for the 35% royalty. If an ebook is priced at $1.99, here’s the math:
$1.99 – $1.23 delivery charge = $0.76 x 70% royalty = $0.532 profit/book.
$1.99 x 35% royalty = $0.72 profit/book.
The key, of course, is to begin with a smaller pdf at the outset. To do it right, you should go back to the original images, reduce those and go on from there. Which almost defeats the ease of use for the program.
My preference will probably be to stick with InDesign to create the print files and save as pdf. I’ll probably do a high-resolution version and a low-resolution version. InDesign exports as an epub for all platforms except Kindle. Using the low-resolution pdf, I’ll try this new program for the needed .mobi files.
This Kindle ebook was created with InDesign and then converted to .mobi with the Comic Book Creator. The Kids Book Creator should work just as easily.
Updated Metadata
KDP has finally joined the other ebook platforms by adding metadata to indicate the age range and grade range for the book. It’s a welcome addition, if a bit late. The support for this is underwhelming, too. KDP calls it an “Age and Grade” Tools, but it’s a simple table with five age levels from babies to young adult. And of course, these are only suggested levels, you are still free to list your book as you wish.
Compared with iBook Creator
Enhancing ebooks with pop-ups, music, video or other multi-media isn’t new. And in some ways, the Kids Book Creator doesn’t add much to the range of ebooks. Apple’s iBook Creator has allowed introduction of video and much more for several years. Kindle’s new program adds only pop-ups. I’m intrigued with the possibilities here, but I doubt that the interactivity will make much difference for most books.
Education v. Trade Books
In a wider context, it’s interesting that KDP is jumping on the bandwagon for children’s ebooks at this point. As the School Library Journal reported in September, 2013, schools–or the education market for ebooks–have many options. Most of the ebooks available to school libraries are device-neutral by displaying books through a browser. According to an SLJ survey, 67% of school librarians buy ebooks from Follett, which uses a browser-neutral platform. For schools, the battle has been lost by Nook, Kindle, and Apple because few schools wants to put all their budget into a device that must be updated often and requires too much consensus across the district. All tablets and many ebook devices have browsers; a browser-based ebook makes sense.
Now KDP has turned its attention to children’s ebooks. Is it too little, too late? Or, will this merely deepen the divide between trade children’s ebooks and education-market children’s ebooks?
A wee Christmas gift for all you Kindle owners, or anyone with Kindle software on a Mac or PC. It’s the time of year for sharing – and I’d like to share Wiggle Jiggle Free. Eggy Leggy is on promotion … Continue reading →
I think judiciously placed advertisements relevant to the content of the ebook can enhance the reader's experience. Obviously this must be done with taste and flair. Imagine, for instance, if you were reading an ebook about a chocolate factory. When you reached the end, you would probably quite fancy a bit of chocolate. Imagine your surprise and pleasure, therefore, to find placed elegantly before you an opportunity to place an order for, say, Fishblanket's Luxurious Chocolate Fancies! Delivered to your door within an hour by helicopter, and at the cost of a mere one thousand guineas. Would that not be a fitting finale to your reading experience. Who could resist?
In just such a spirit of maximising reader pleasure I have partnered with several esteemed online purveyors of hats, and have added adverts (or hatverts, as I call them) for their wares to the end of my children's ebook Happy Hat Day.
Here they are if you are interested in such things. (I am quite willing to disclose that I earn one shilling for every one thousand hats sold. Ker-ching!)
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When you buy a Harry Potter ebook from Amazon or from Barnes and Noble, you are redirected to Pottermore, JK Rowling’s own Harry Potter site. I think that’s exciting–an author retaining so much control! I also love that the Harry Potter ebooks are being sold without DRM, making them so much more accessible and easily transferred to different hardware by the buyer (as it should be). The ebooks are still watermarked and can be traced back to the buyer.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first book in the Harry Potter series, is $7.99, and ALL the Harry Potter ebooks are up and available for your Kindle or Nook.
What do you think? If you loved the Harry Potter books, are you going to download them for your Kindle or Nook as well? (I personally buy copies of books I love for both my Kindle and paper book collection.)
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Nicole Weaver speaks four languages fluently: English, Creole, French and Spanish. She teaches high school French and Spanish. She is the author of three trilingual books: Marie and Her Friend the Sea Turtle (2009), My Sister Is My Best Friend (November 2011), and My Brother Is My Best Friend (currently under contract).
Thanks for this interview, Nicole. Tell us, did you always want to be a writer?
No, I did want to be a writer. I had my heart set on being a translator and interpreter for the United Nations. I grew to like languages after learning English as a third language and later learning Spanish. I ended up taking Spanish my final year of high school because I wanted to drop a physics class. My guidance counselor gave me two choices: Stay in physics or replace it with another class. Well, lucky for me, the only class offered during physics was Spanish two honors. Even though I had never studied Spanish before, I took a gamble and switched to Spanish. Thus, began my true love affair with learning languages. Twenty-five years later, that decision has served me well. As a polyglot, I teach high school French and Spanish. Now, I have branched out by writing trilingual children books.
Congratulations on the release of your latest picture book, My Sister Is My Best Friend. What was your inspiration for it?
My newly published book: My Sister Is My Is My Best Friend is a trilingual story about two twin sisters who do everything together. I got inspired to write the story after meeting my half-sister Rachelle in 2008 for the first time.
I was very happy to have met her and sad that we did not grow up together. Since I have a vivid imagination, I began daydreaming about what it would have been liked to grow up with Rachelle. I had a blast writing the book because it helped me sort through some emotional situations. I do believe writing is great therapy for the soul.
Tell us about your children's books.
I have written three trilingual children’s picture book. My first book titled: Marie and Her Friend the Sea Turtle, My Sister Is My Best Friend, and a third book currently under contract with Guardian
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Nicole Weaver was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She is fluent in Creole, French, Spanish and English. She is a veteran teacher of French and Spanish at the high school level. Her second trilingual children’s book titled, My Sister is My Best Friend will be published by Guardian Angel Publishing in the fall. She is also the author of a trilingual picture book titled, Marie and Her Friend the Sea Turtle. She recently published a kindle ebook titled, My Birthday is September Eleven and Other Short Stories.
What compelled you to write a collection of children's stories about 9/11?
I have a friend whose nephew was born on 9/11. He will turn ten on 9/11. His birthday always has an undercurrent of sadness to it. After hearing about him, I began to wonder about all the children that were born on that day. The story is designed to give a ray of hope to all those children who were born on that horrible day.
I lived in New York and during the summers I worked as a summer intern at one of the twin towers. It is still very hard for me to accept that 9/11 really happened.
What would you say is the age range for the readers?
The stories are geared for 6-8 graders.
What do you hope your book will teach children?
I hope children will learn that there is always someone worse off than them. The main lesson I want children to learn is the need to have compassion for others.
Do you have other books published?
Yes, I have a trilingual children’s picture titled: Marie and her Friend the Sea Turtle/Maria y su Amiga la Tortuga del Mar. I have a second trilingual book due to be published by Guardian Angel Publishing fall 2011 titled: My Sister is My Best Friend and a third book under contract: My Brother is My best Friend.
What do you love most about writing for children?
I love inspiring children and encouraging them to appreciate other cultures and languages.
I understand your son is on the cover of the story collection. How did that come about?
My cover designer made the suggestion to use my own photo. After perusing my picture selection I came across the photo my oldest took of our youngest son while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
That sounds like a timely book. I've wondered how kids grow up feeling when their birthday is on that fateful date -- or any other great event. I read of weddings that went on and weddings that were cancelled. It does seem like a date that will always be fraught.
Franklin the Turtle books (by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark) are now available as ebooks (individual ebooks and a multiple-collection ebook)! I LOVE Franklin In The Dark (I think it’s best in the series–sweet, beautifully written & illustrated, touching), so I’m excited they’re now available for many more readers as ebooks.
Readers can get the following extra content:
Behind-the-scenes author commentary & videos at www.openroadmedia.com
Never-before-seen archival material within Franklin in the Dark ebook, such as an excerpt of the first manuscript and original sketches that reveal how the text and art evolved
Check out the video below with Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark talking about how they work!
Follow Franklin the Turtle online at http://www.Twitter.com/Franklin, where you’ll hear news about your favorite green turtle regularly!
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Title: Horatio Humble Beats the Big "D" Author: Margot Finke Illustrator: Ellen Gurak ISBN: 13: 978-1-61633-101-6 eBook ISBN: 13: 978-1-61633-102-3 Publisher: Guardian Angel Publishing
Horatio Humble Beats the Big "D" is a children's rhyming picture book that tackles dyslexia. For those who are unfamiliar with the term dyslexia, according to the Mayo Clinic, it is a brain impairment that hinders the "brain's ability to translate written images received from your eyes into meaningful language." And, it is the most common learning disability in children.
Margot Finke, in her usual insightful and playful way, shows the academic and emotional affects that dyslexia carries with it. Horatio, like all children with dyslexia, wants to read like his peers, but just can't. "Something was wonky within his poor head, so words in his books stayed a mystery instead."
The author captures the emotional impact a child feels when he can't read like others, which leads to: the need for special resources, tutoring, low self-esteem, and even anxiety.
With vivid full page illustrations Finke brings Horatio through the process of 'special class' and shows the outcome that can be attained with proper instruction. "Words came unscrambled and flowed smooth and clear. "
I've mentioned it before, and I'll do so again, I'm a fan of Margot Finke's work. She has a unique talent for approaching topics that children can use help with, such as moving away from familiar surroundings and friends, as in her book Ruthie and the Hippo's Fat Behind, and now with dyslexia. What's wonderful about Finke's books is she addresses these issues with lighthearted rhyming fun.
Horatio Humble Beats the Big "D" is a book every parent of a child who is struggling to read should get. It's important for children to know they're not alone in their struggles, and that dyslexia is a problem that CAN be overcome.
Included at the end of the story is a resource page that provides information on dyslexia and also offers links to pertinent articles, along with book suggestions. Listed in the information is the advice that encourages parents of children who have or are suspect of having dyslexia to let their children know it is not a sign of a lack of intelligence. These children should be told that actors/celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Orlando Bloom, Oprah Winfrey and Magic Johnson overcame dyslexia, as did Bill Gates and Albert Einstein.
According to statistics, one in five students (around 20% of the population) has a language based learning disability. And, less than one-third of the children with reading disabilities receive school services to help with their disability.
Reading Horatio Humble Beats the Big "D" with your dyslexic child is a valuable strategy to help with your child's self-esteem and motivation.
About the reviewer:
Karen is an author, ghostwriter, and freelance writer. She is on the team of DKV Writing 4 U; the creator and manager of VBT Writers on the Move; moderator of a children's writing critique group; and an acquisition editor intern.
Karen is a member of the Professional Writers Alliance; the International Association of Professional Ghostwriters; and the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors. She is also a member of SCBWI, Children's Writers Coaching Club, Writer's Market, Author's Den, and Jacket Flap. Here books include: Day's End Lullaby (a children's bedtime picture book) Walking Through Walls (a middle-grade fantasy chapter book) Writing for Children One Step at a Time (a 100+ page e-book) Writing, Publishing, and Marketing - You Can Do It (a 36 page e-book)
For more on writing, ghostwriting, freelance writing, and promotion visit: http://KarenCioffi.com While you're there, be sure to sign up for Karen's FREE monthly newsletter, A Writer's World; you'll get TWO FREE e-books on writing
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It is my pleasure to announce the winner of Carolyn Howard-Johnson's ebook, The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success!
And the winner is.... MAUREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you all for all your comments!
Maureen, the moderator of VBT will get in touch with you soon to send you your prize.
On a cold Christmas Eve night, David rushes from the mall to buy Mr. Rennetti’s special Christmas cookies. After visiting the store and buying the only two cookies left, David makes his way home. On the way, he has three encounters, which makes him rethink the meaning of Christmas. David faces challenges and tough decisions, even ones that Mom may not approve of. All the while a sparkling star seems to be following him. Join David on his adventurous way home.
Read an excerpt!
On a cold Christmas Eve night, David rushes from the mall to buy Mr. Rennetti’s special Christmas cookies. After visiting the store and buying the only two cookies left, David makes his way home. On the way, he has three encounters, which makes him rethink the meaning of Christmas. David faces challenges and tough decisions, even ones that Mom may not approve of. All the while a sparkling star seems to be following him. Join David on his adventurous way home. About Jennifer Gladen: Jennifer Gladen loves writing for children. She has written articles, stories and poems which have been published in Stories for Children, Once Upon a Time and Voices for theUnborn magazines. In addition, she is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of My Light Magazine, a Catholic centered magazine for children. She has three picture books under contract with Guardian Angel Publishing: A Star in the Night,Teresa’s Shadow and Angel Donor.
Read my interview with Jennifer Gladen on Suite101.
Say hello to today's guest, multi-talented Kim Chatel. Kim is the author of the delightful picture books, A Talent for Quiet and Rainbow Sheep, this last one an EPPIE Award Winner for Best Picture Ebook. Kim has many hats: she's a professional photographer and craft artist; in addition, she writes for older readers under her other name, Kim McDougall. But there's more! She's also a book trailer designer and the founder of Blazing Trailers. I invite you to visit her amazing website, Chatel Village.
Be sure to visit her blog and leave a message for a chance to win a free copy of her latest book, A Talent for Quiet.
This interview is part of the Bounding for Books Blog Tour. To see the full schedule and list of participating authors, click here.
It's a pleasure having you here today, Kim! Tell us 5 unusual things about yourself.
I fall down more than any grown up I know.
I was a cat in another life (but a very bad cat to have to come back as a human).
I lived in Nice, France for a year when I was young and adventurous.
I know all the words to Dr. Seuss’ ABC by heart.
I wrote my first poem when I was 8 years-old (Cats have fur. They often purr…)
You write because...
It’s like eating. I can go for a while without it, but then I get really cranky.
If you weren't an author, what would you be?
I wish I had become an anthropologist, but when I was fifteen years-old and the guidance counselor made us decide on a career, I said “Huh?” I’m not sure how we are expected to choose a career in high school. How was I supposed to know what would interest me in life? I hadn’t tried anything yet. The only thing that interested me in high school was boys, and apparently that’s not much of a career.
Tell us about your last children's picture book and what inspired you
to write it.
My newest release is “A Talent for Quiet.” I wanted to make a photo essay out of some pictures I took when I lived along the Yamaska River in Quebec. The busy life on the river fascinated me. There is so much more going on there than meets the eye. I spent hours with my feet in the water and my camera to my eye catching glimpses of the wildlife.
I often photographed my young stepsons along the rocky shores. Perhaps that’s why, when I sat down to write a story for it, the one that came out was about the relationship between a step-parent and child. I wanted to write about a good step-parent. Bad step-parents must have the best publicists in the world, because there are so many stories about them.
So “A Talent for Quiet” is about three things: bonding with a new step-parent, photography, and wildlife along a river.
How do you handle your muse when she refuses to help you?
I sit on her until she begs uncle and then put her back to work. We don’t put up with lazy muses in this house. Seriously, part of being an ‘author’ instead of a ‘writer’ is realizing that this is a job like any other. Some days it goes well. Some days it doesn’t. I think my strength lies in revising, so I don’t really worry too much about first drafts. I just want to get the story down on paper. Like a caterpillar it will then go into a chrysalis and emerge as something different and more beautiful.
What would you say to those people who think picture books are easy to write?
Try it. I tend to write story books and then put pictures to them. Picture books are a completely different animal. I am currently working on one now. It’s been a new experience for me. I want to tell the whole story in words, but have to back off and let the images have their share of the fun too.
Leave us with some words of wisdom....
You can pick your nose and you can pick your friends…no wait, that’s not it. Read everyday, even if you don’t like reading. One day you’ll find a book that will make you say “Wow!” and you’ll be hooked on the greatest addiction in the world.
Great interview Mayra. I like getting to know each author better. Kim, I like your comments. Anthropology is what my daughter studied in college. And yes, read, read, read!
Joy Delgado Illustrator and publisher of bilingual children’s books http://goingbeyondreading.blogspot.com/
Author and freelance editor Margot Finke writes midgrade adventure fiction and rhyming picture books. For many years she's lived in Oregon with her husband and family. Her 6 books series of rhyming picture books are fun and educational. They bring kids closer to many of the neat animals in the US and Australia. Excerpts and illustrations from these books can be viewed on her BOOKS page, along with instructions on how to BUY and great reviews. "Musings," her monthly column for children's writers, can be read in The Purple Crayon and the SCBWI NewsWorthy magazine. Her Website offers help to upcoming writers, and her Critique Service can help you iron out plot and character problems.
In this tour, Margot is promoting her latest picture book, Rattlesnake Jam. I had the chance of reviewing this book recently, and all I can tell you is that it's disgustingly delicious! Read my review HERE.
Hi, Margot! Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Why don't you start by telling us 5 unusual things about yourself?
I was born in the land Down Under I am scared of driving I love speaking to large audiences - no fear at all!! With a name like "Finke" I had to develop a good sense of humor I don't have a belly button.
You write because...
To not write is unthinkable. I think some people get double dibbs on the writing gene. I know I did. When an idea or a character takes over your every waking hour, and a big chunk of your dreams, it means that sooner or later, you have to put everything else on hold, and put those thoughts into words, sentences, paragraphs and chapters. Soon, a book is born! Although all these Book Tours, and promoting the books I have already written, makes writing time very scarce. Once you have several books published, the rush is on to sell, sell, sell!!
If you weren't an author, what would you be?
I would be a master gardener with my own nursery. We have an acre of landscaped gardens, and I often regret that these days I don't have the energy or time to work on both.
Tell us about Rattlesnake Jam. I wrote Rattlesnake Jam for boys and reluctant readers. My son was a reluctant reader, and I soon realized that if you want boys to really enjoy reading, you have to give them what their macho brains long for. Cut the frills, girly stuff, and the cute descriptions, and bring on the fat frogs, wild relatives, and use powerful words that paint vivid pictures in their heads. With boys, action and the YUCK factor rules!
Most Moms are nervous nellies about snakes. However, once they see how Gran, Pa, and that pot of rattlesnake jam captures their reluctant reader's imagination , they order up. Hey! Gran does promise her jam cures everything from gout to wheeze. It's not a big stretch to add "reluctant readers" to the list of cures - now is it?
How do you handle your muse when she refuses to help you?
My Muse knows her place, mate, fairdinkum!! When I call, she comes. Well. . . most of the time. Lack of ideas is not my problem - it's lack of TIME that often has me beat.
What would you say to those people who think picture books are easy to write?
I'd tell them that picture book writing is like being a great parent: It looks easy until you try doing it yourself. Throw a few words together on three or four pages, get a friend to draw cute pictures, and send it off to a publisher - all done over one weekend - right? Like good parenting, it's what you DON"T know about it that will ruin your chances of success.
Leave us with some words of wisdom....
You've got to be kidding, mate. Wisdom is a rare commodity. And I suspect that age is not the only necessary component. How about this: Do good. Be Good. And know your limits. And if you are lucky enough to have double-dipped on the writing gene, stick with it until your talent is well honed, and you are published.
Thanks, Margot!
Margot will be giving away a prize at the end of the tour. To be eligible, just leave a comment on her BLOG.
To win a print copy of my children's book, CRASH, just leave a comment here. I'll announce the winner on June 15th.
To see the full Bounding for Books Blog Tour schedule, click HERE.
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Okay Margot, no bellybutton? That truly is an interesting fact about you. Mayra, you've been able to pull a lot of information out of Margot. It's fun to read about her and get to know her better.
Joy Delgado Illustrator and publisher of bilingual children’s books http://goingbeyondreading.blogspot.com/
I think this is a smart move–it’s fantastic book promotion. It allows readers to get hooked on the story, talk it up with other readers, and want to buy a copy they can hold in their hands, not just read on the screen.
I found myself interested reading just the opening sentence. Of course I read on further.
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What compelled you to write a collection of children's stories about 9/11?
online; it’s being serialized.
This was a great interview, Mayra. Nicole's books all sound wonderful for children.