The International Latino Book Awards awarded our Spanish edition of Guji Guji second place in the Best Children's Picture Book category.
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By: Sondra Santos LaBrie,
on 6/5/2008
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Chih-Yuan Chen wrote Guji Guji as well as On My Way to Buy Eggs. Both titles are available in Spanish as part of our Libros del mundo series in paperback editions.
By: Sondra Santos LaBrie,
on 6/2/2008
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Congratulations to author Joy Cowley and illustrator Gavin Bishop for this great recognition. A collection of short stories about an unlikely pair, Snake and Lizard is a laugh-out-loud, sophisticated edition of tales (and tails) of friendship and life in the desert.
Snake and Lizard have much different tastes - especially when it comes to mealtime. In the story entitled, "Surprise," Lizard finds an egg "in the dust, smooth, white, and round as the moon," an egg which he feels is just perfect for Snake. He "carefully fitted his jaws around the egg and carried it back across the desert" to surprise his dear friend.
Hours later, when Snake finally arrives, Lizard is delighted to share his discovery with her and sends Snake down into the tunnel, where her surprise awaits.
Moments later, Snake shoots out of the hole, "hissing and shaking."
"The egg had hatched. No chicken had come out of it! There in Snake's bed, making a noise like a firecracker, was a very angry young rattlesnake."
After angry words between the two friends, Snake asks Lizard how he plans to get the rattlesnake out...it's nearly bedtime.
" 'Don't look at me in that tone of voice!' snaps Lizard. 'You know all about snakes. It's your cousin. Go and talk to it!' "
Humorous, delightful and simply charming, these two characters are highly developed, spectacularly entertaining and completely memorable.
By: Sondra Santos LaBrie,
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By: April Henry,
on 11/1/2007
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By: Sondra Santos LaBrie,
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By: Sondra Santos LaBrie,
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Our first book from New Zealand, published originally by Gecko Press, has recently been honored with the New Zealand Post Best Children's Book of the Year award!
Snake and Lizard have much different tastes - especially when it comes to mealtime. In the story entitled, "Surprise," Lizard finds an egg "in the dust, smooth, white, and round as the moon," an egg which he feels is just perfect for Snake. He "carefully fitted his jaws around the egg and carried it back across the desert" to surprise his dear friend.
Hours later, when Snake finally arrives, Lizard is delighted to share his discovery with her and sends Snake down into the tunnel, where her surprise awaits.
Moments later, Snake shoots out of the hole, "hissing and shaking."
"The egg had hatched. No chicken had come out of it! There in Snake's bed, making a noise like a firecracker, was a very angry young rattlesnake."
After angry words between the two friends, Snake asks Lizard how he plans to get the rattlesnake out...it's nearly bedtime.
" 'Don't look at me in that tone of voice!' snaps Lizard. 'You know all about snakes. It's your cousin. Go and talk to it!' "
Humorous, delightful and simply charming, these two characters are highly developed, spectacularly entertaining and completely memorable.
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Kane/Miller arrived in Atlanta yesterday for the 53rd Annual Convention hosted by the International Reading Association.
If you're in Atlanta this week for the convention, please stop by and say hello. We'll be in Booth 2357.
We'll be highlighting our recent releases from Spring 2008 as well as our recent award-winning titles: Ziba Came on a Boat, The Zoo, New Clothes for New Year's Day and My Cat Copies Me.
If you're in Atlanta this week for the convention, please stop by and say hello. We'll be in Booth 2357.
We'll be highlighting our recent releases from Spring 2008 as well as our recent award-winning titles: Ziba Came on a Boat, The Zoo, New Clothes for New Year's Day and My Cat Copies Me.
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By: April Henry,
on 11/1/2007
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I do believe that it may be harder to get a book published if the main character is gay. I don't believe that if you can't find a publisher then it means you're being discriminated against.
In an essay in Salon Sarah Schulman says, "In 1999, I completed a novel called The Child. I had published seven novels and two nonfiction books between 1984 and 1998 with excited, positive reviews, translations, awards, and all the signs of success. But suddenly I could not get anyone to take this book.... Why was this book suddenly so unacceptable? There are people who believe that we live in a merit-based publishing environment. According to them, the reason I could not find a publisher was because The Child is less deserving than every novel that has been published in the last eight years, and, therefore, it objectively deserved to remain unavailable to readers. [Full disclosure: Huh? Is she saying some people believe thre is one person who controls all of publishing, like God, and weighs up every novel and its merits?] "The Child is about a romantic, sexual relationship between 15-year-old Stew and 40-year-old David. ... The relationship between Stew and David was intertwined with the story of a lesbian lawyer, her lover, and her legal partner. I have written widely about the ways and reasons that lesbian literature is disrespected in America, and I do not have the opportunity to fully replicate that information here."
I can think of a lot of reasons this book could have been rejected:
- Editors weren't comfortable with a relationship where one of the main characters verges on a pedophile and relationship is portrayed sympathetically.
- Editors thought there was a limited market for the book.
- Maybe it wasn't well written.
I just don't buy it. If an editor thinks a book will make money, they will publish it. No one has a right to be published, and I don't see that this is a sign that we live in troubling times.
