About Carmela
Hi Everyone,
I've been writing for years, with modest success as a freelancer for newspapers and magazines. Then I went back to school and got an MFA in Writing at Vermont College. While in the program, I started a middle grade novel that I eventually sold to Candlewick Press. Rosa, Sola was published in 2005. I'm plugging away at several different projects right now. I also post regular at our ... More
Carmela's Blog: Teaching Authors - Recent Posts
| 5/24/2013 | Now Where Did Those Books Go? (1 Comments )
 Last week, Jeanne Marie kicked off Children's Book Week by introducing our series of posts about beloved children's books we've lost and miss. Before I share my own lost-book story, I want to congratulate the winners of the Sixth Annual Children's... Read the rest of this post |
| 5/22/2013 | Wednesday Writing Workout: Ratchet Up Your Writing with Revision (6 Comments )
 Now you –
and/or - your students - can write a Success
Story, thanks to the Revision Tips our Monday Student Success Story
Interviewee, children’s book author Nancy J. Cavanaugh, shares in today’s
Wednesday Writing... Read the rest of this post |
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| Carmela's Published Works | Ages | Date Published | |||
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Books 1 - 4 of 6 from Carmela's published works, View all 6 books Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
| 1. 2011 Children's Writer's And Illustrator's Market (Children's Writer's &... Author: Carmela A. Martino Publisher: Writers Digest Books |
All Ages |
08/09/2010 Add | |||
| 22 Reviews | |||||
| 2. I Fooled You: Ten Stories of Tricks, Jokes and Switcheroos (Hardcover) Author: Johanna Hurwitz Illustrator: Tim Nihoff Publisher: Candlewick |
Ages 9-12 |
03/09/2010 Add | |||
| 13 Reviews | |||||
| 3. 2010 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market (Paperback) Author: Alice Pope Publisher: Writers Digest Books |
All Ages |
08/24/2009 Add | |||
| 28 Reviews | |||||
| 4. Rosa, Sola (Hardcover) Author: Carmela A. Martino Publisher: Candlewick |
Ages 9-12 |
08/09/2005 Add | |||
| 17 Reviews | |||||
| Bestselling order determined by Amazon.com SalesRank(tm) | |||||
| Books Recently Added to Carmela's Bookshelf | Ages | Date Added | |||
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Books 1 - 4 of 191 from Carmela's bookshelf, View all 191 books Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
| 1. The Firebird (Paperback) Author: Susanna Kearsley Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark |
Adult |
5/13/2013 Add | |||
| Carmela tagged as: I read | |||||
| 1 Reviews | |||||
| 2. Hidden (Hardcover) Author: Helen Frost Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Young Adults |
5/13/2013 Add | |||
| Carmela tagged as: I read | |||||
| 1 Reviews | |||||
| 3. Bubba and Beau, Best Friends (Hardcover) Author: Kathi Appelt Illustrator: Arthur Howard Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books |
Baby to Pre-K |
5/13/2013 Add | |||
| Carmela tagged as: I read | |||||
| 31 Reviews | |||||
| 4. Potty Animals: What to Know When You've Gotta Go! (Hardcover) Author: Hope Vestergaard Illustrator: Valeria Petrone Publisher: Sterling |
Ages 4-8 |
5/13/2013 Add | |||
| Carmela tagged as: I read | |||||
| 49 Reviews | |||||
| Bestselling order determined by Amazon.com SalesRank(tm) | |||||
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Comment by Jill Starishevsky on 5/12/2011 at 8:05 PM:
Hi Carmela,
Last month I appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show regarding the book I wrote and self-published. Oprah discusses the importance of teaching children to tell someone if they are being abused. Tell a parent, tell a teacher, tell a police officer.
Please share the clip w... more
Last month I appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show regarding the book I wrote and self-published. Oprah discusses the importance of teaching children to tell someone if they are being abused. Tell a parent, tell a teacher, tell a police officer.
Please share the clip w... more
Comment by Diana Levin on 10/20/2010 at 12:17 AM:
Its a pleasure to meet you Carmela
Its a pleasure to meet you Carmela
Comment by Peggy Archer on 1/9/2010 at 12:17 PM:
Hi Carmela! Thanks for your blog help. :)
Hi Carmela! Thanks for your blog help. :)
Comment by Debbie Dadey on 11/9/2009 at 1:17 PM:
Thanks Carmela. Isn't it strange that I didn't know before hand? Are authors always the last to know?
Thanks Carmela. Isn't it strange that I didn't know before hand? Are authors always the last to know?
Comment by Debbie Dadey on 9/9/2009 at 8:19 AM:
Thanks Carmela. I'll check out http://gottabook.blogspot.com/
Thanks Carmela. I'll check out http://gottabook.blogspot.com/
Comment by Debbie Dadey on 9/4/2009 at 7:49 AM:
Okay, yoiu are way too techy for me. My daughter (16) doesn't want me to join facebook.
Okay, yoiu are way too techy for me. My daughter (16) doesn't want me to join facebook.
Comment by Debbie Dadey on 9/4/2009 at 7:44 AM:
I see you have the same post on your blob as on JacketFlap. Do you just copy and paste? I don't know how these things work, but I have a blog on my website.
I see you have the same post on your blob as on JacketFlap. Do you just copy and paste? I don't know how these things work, but I have a blog on my website.
Comment by Debbie Dadey on 9/4/2009 at 7:43 AM:
Teaching authors is great!
Teaching authors is great!
Comment by Debbie Dadey on 9/3/2009 at 7:46 AM:
Hi Carmela, I'm trying out JacketFlap! I'm so proud of myself, but realize I'm way behind. Hope your writing is going well, Debbie Dadey
Hi Carmela, I'm trying out JacketFlap! I'm so proud of myself, but realize I'm way behind. Hope your writing is going well, Debbie Dadey
Comment by Sheila Welch on 3/24/2009 at 4:12 PM:
Hi, Carmela,
I am trying to catch up -- or at least run after -- all the great things offered on the Internet. I probably won't be very active but at least I'm here today. Thanks for contacting me. I'm happy to be one of your official friends.
Sheila
Hi, Carmela,
I am trying to catch up -- or at least run after -- all the great things offered on the Internet. I probably won't be very active but at least I'm here today. Thanks for contacting me. I'm happy to be one of your official friends.
Sheila
Comment by Bruce Black on 2/12/2009 at 10:41 AM:
Always good to bump into you... in virtual space if not on Michigan Ave. Great to find you on Jacketflap.
Always good to bump into you... in virtual space if not on Michigan Ave. Great to find you on Jacketflap.
Comment by Jill Westberg McNamara on 5/26/2008 at 11:07 AM:
thanks for recommending me, Carmela. Took me long enough to register. Now, I suppose, I'll need to find some sort of picture. And that bio. Ahhh!
thanks for recommending me, Carmela. Took me long enough to register. Now, I suppose, I'll need to find some sort of picture. And that bio. Ahhh!
Comment by Manuela Pentangelo on 3/7/2008 at 5:01 AM:
Ciao :)
Ciao :)
Thanks for friendship:)