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Every year Connecticut writers can enter the Tassy Writing Competition put on by The Shoreline Arts Alliance. The award is to help encourage and nurture the creation of exceptional quality books for children.

This year Betsy Devany was a finalist for her story titled, Ibbie-Rae Paves the Way.  She has been one of the winners for the last three years making her the first-ever triple-crown finalist in the Tassy Contest. No one has ever been a finalist in all three categories: picture book, middle grade novel, and young adult novel.

Congratulations Betsy!
www.shorelinearts.org/tassywalden.cfm

Amalia Hoffman’s book,  The Klezmer Bunch was selected by the talented director, composer and writer, Elizabeth Swados to be part of her children’s production entitled, Jewish Books Cooking.

Ms.Swados is best known for her Broadway smash hit, Runaways. Her innovative creations thrilled audiences for over thirty years. She won three Obie awards and five Tony nominations. www.elizabethswados.com

All performances are free to the public thanks to a generous grant from The Covenant Foundation. http://www.covenantfn.org/

Congratulations Amalia!

http://www.jccmanhattan.org/performancespage=catcontent&pID=2605&progID=25915

You may be interested in attending. Here are the performance dates, times, and locations:

The JCC in Manhattan

334 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10023
www.jccmanhattan.org
646-505-4444
Grand opening May 20^th @ 11:00 am and 1:00 pm
RESERVE ONLINE

Center for Jewish History

Center for Jewish History
15 W. 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
www.cjh.org
June 3^rd @ 11:30 am
RESERVE ONLINE

Kings Bay Y

3495 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11229
www.kingsbayy.org
June 6^th @ 5pm

Bryant Park

THE CAROUSEL, 40^th
Street Between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
www.bryantpark.org
June 17th @ 1:00 pm

Lorraine Dey has written and Illustrated a picture book, “The Rain Forest Party” to be released in May 2012 by publisher, Raven Tree Press.

Congratulations Lorraine!

Talk tomorrow,

Kathy

By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review
Published: November 30, 2010

On overcoming your fears…..

Lobo and the Rabbit Stew: El lobo y el caldo de conejo

by Marcia Schwartz (Author), Brent Campbell (Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 4 to 8

Paperback: 32 pages

Publisher: Raven Tree Press (2010)

Source of book: Publisher

In this story about a mean old wolf who longs for rabbit stew, a little rabbit faces his fears with his cunning and savvy intellect. He thwarts the wolf’s attempts to turn him into stew and in the process discovers a little bit about himself. The text is sprinkled with key words in Spanish and there is a glossary of terms for easy translation.

Add this book to your collection: Lobo and the Rabbit Stew: El lobo y el caldo de conejo

Bedtime Monster: ¡A Dormir, Pequeno Monstruo!

by Heather Ayris Burnell (Author), Eida de la Vega (Translator)

Reading level: Ages baby to 3

Paperback: 32 pages

Publisher: Raven Tree Press (2010)

Source of book: Publisher

Many of us have had to deal with a toddler that doesn’t want to go to bed. Bedtime Monster illustrates the drama quite nicely, providing us with the visual we often imagine when our toddlers descend into tantrums and chaos. A very charming tale with an equally lyrical Spanish translation.

Add this book to your collection: Bedtime Monster: ¡A Dormir, Pequeno Monstruo!

Running with the Bats / Corriendo con los murciélagos

by Chris Holaves (Author), John Goomas (Illustrator), Candace Medina (Translator)

Reading level: Ages 9 to 12

Paperback: 64 pages

Publisher: Astakos Publishing (2010)

Source of book: Publisher

In Running with the Bats, we encounter a young boy who’s stepped out on the wrong night. Young Joe was out playing baseball with his friends but as the sun set and the moon rose, the bats came out to feed on fireflies. Joe has a rough time getting home but he does so safely and loses his fear of bats in the process. This story is geared to older readers as it does have some scary moments but in a clever move, the author includes intere

Lorraine Dey is an illustrator with a broad range of artistic styles. From the fresh, whimsical, unique and colorful characters in her children’s and textile illustrations, to the realistic scenes, animals, and product art produced in great detail for the advertising & publishing industries. Lorraine has been a professional illustrator and designer for many years in various company staff positions as well as working from her own studio for several years.  She has illustrated books for such organizations as Rockport Publishers, Rodale Press, and Simon & Schuster.

She recently illustrated a children’s picture book, A Sweater for Duncan, written by Margaret G. Malone that was just released by publisher Raven Tree Press.

She is now working on illustrating a picture book that she wrote as well, The Rain Forest Party is the story of an adorable little armadillo named Hector-Armando which will be released next Fall 2011 by Raven Tree Press.

Wildlife Art and Lorraine’s admiration for animals… In the late 80′s and through the 90′s, she exhibited her traditional pencil drawings and acrylic paintings extensively throughout the country in such prestigious shows as The National Wildlife Art Show in Kansas and The Waterfowl Festival in Easton, MD. She won the title of NY DU Artist of the Year in 1990 with her painting of Green Winged Teal titled, “Muddy Water Retreat” as well as NJ DU Print of the Year with “Floating Buffleheads”.

Many years of studying, sketching and gathering reference for wildlife and their environment has helped build a solid foundation for developing credible animal characters in her children’s books.  Although Lorraine enjoys illustrating all types of animals, she is just as comfortable creating expressive children and adults in her images as well.

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