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By: Lauren Castillo,
on 12/15/2011
Hi friends!
I hope these two little videos will help nudge you into the Christmas spirit if you’re not there already . . .
trailer for CHRISTMAS IS HERE
Rachel Marshall reading CHRISTMAS IS HERE
Happy Holidays to all!
By: Lauren Castillo,
on 11/21/2011
By: Lauren Castillo,
on 2/9/2011
The Cooperative Children's Book Center has just released their CCBC Choices 2011 annual best-of-the-year list, and both ALFIE RUNS AWAY and CHRISTMAS IS HERE are on it -- Hooray! The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) is a unique examination, study and research library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The complete CCBC Choices 2011 publication will be available after March 5th, and will include annotations and recommended ages for all of the books included, as well as an author/title/subject index, and a commentary on the publishing year. Many thanks to this years panel of jurors, Kathleen T. Horning, Carling Febry, Merri V. Lindgren and Megan Schliesman!
By: Lauren Castillo,
on 11/23/2010
This [Black] Friday, Nov. 26th @ 2pm, I am going to be signing CHRISTMAS IS HERE at Barnes & Noble in my home town of Bel Air, Md. If you live in the area, I hope you'll come by and say "hello". I'm pretty excited—it's shaping up to be a reunion of sorts!
By: Lauren Castillo,
on 11/16/2010
Thank you Horn Book for including CHRISTMAS IS HERE on your annual list of recommended holiday books! Here's the very nice review from their Nov/Dec magazine issue:
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By: Lauren Castillo,
on 11/8/2010
So! This Saturday and Sunday are filled with fun book and art-related events that I'll be a part of: One in Brooklyn, one in Manhattan, and one in Baltimore! Below are the flyers for all three events (just click on each for all the details). Hope to see you at at least one of the following!
*Saturday: THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR:
*Saturday: BOOKS FOR ROMANIA--a holiday fundraiser party! (please please please come to this if you can!)
*Sunday: ILLUSTRATION NEXT; MICA alumni gallery exhibition:
By: Lauren Castillo,
on 11/3/2010
CHRISTMAS IS HERE has received its 3rd starred review! Can't quiet believe it...Thank you Publishers Weekly!
CHRISTMAS IS HEREAdapted from the King James Bible and illustrated by Lauren Castillo (SSBFYR;9781442408227)Snowflakes fall on a young family watching a live nativity scene in their city neighborhood. As the boy peers into the manger, the story shifts to an ancient field underneath gentle moonglow and a brilliant star's guiding light on the holy night observed by shepherds. By literally bookending the traditional account of Jesus' birth (with text from the King James Bible) with cheery modern imagery, sans commercial trappings, Castillo underscores the connection between past and present. Sketched in thick, black line, her kind-looking figures, human and animal, convey a wealth of emotion. Ages 3–7. (Oct.)
By: Lauren Castillo,
on 10/5/2010
Today is the release of my Holiday book, CHRISTMAS IS HERE!!! I couldn't be more excited about this project, and am so grateful for the opportunity to illustrate the true meaning of Christmas. A BIG thanks to my two editors and art director at Simon and Schuster for all the love and hard work that went in to making this special book.
Also, School Library Journal (October edition) has just given the book its second starred review! Here it is:
CHRISTMAS IS HERE: WORDS FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE. illus. by Lauren Castillo. unpaged. S & S. Oct. 2010. RTE $12.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-0822-7. LC 2009045979. PreS-Gr 3
The only text in this book is a few sentences from the King James Bible, and many of the ink and watercolor illustrations, in soothing tones of brown and gray with bold outlines, are wordless. They show a modern family—mom, dad, babe in arms, and dog-walking child—out for a stroll on a snowy evening, when they come across a small, outdoor Christmas pageant. As the child peers into the manger, readers are taken back in time to Bethlehem, with illustrations of sheep grazing over a dry Middle Eastern landscape as the shepherds learn of the birth of Jesus. As light from the star streams down over the holy family and shepherds leaning over the manger, the scene switches with a turn of the page back to the modern family singing carols in the snow in front of the manger. The theme—that the most basic meaning of Christmas has remained the same over the centuries—is conveyed with a warm and captivating simplicity that even the youngest child will understand. -Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library
By: Lauren Castillo,
on 8/3/2010
SO wonderful! I can't wait to own your new Christmas book..love your work! Happy holidays to you!
Thank you so much, Shirley. Wishing you and yours a lovely holiday as well! :)