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Tuesday, April 12, 2011 2:14:30 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled April Is Poetry Month!:
Boni said, "Lemonade And Other Poems Squeezed From A Single Word If you want to get your kids, or someone else's kids, or anyone for that matter, interested in poetry, get a copy of this book by Bob Raczka. It is wonderful! Reading the poems is sort of..." more
Monday, March 7, 2011 5:17:52 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Ta Da!:
Boni said, "My next book, I Had A Favorite Dress, won't be out until this fall, but here's a sneak peak at the cover, illustrated by the super-talented Julia Denos: I Had A Favorite Dress"
Sunday, January 16, 2011 5:07:28 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Awesome Mail:
Boni said, "The best thing about being a children's book author? I think I'd have to go with what I'll loosely term "reader mail". Questions from kids, their artwork based on my books, thank-you's after a school visit... any and all of it is so awesome! I..." more
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 4:31:06 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Eleven More To Watch For in 2011: Final Call (for now...):
Boni said, "Boy Wonders Boy Wonders by Calef Brown Clink Clink by Kelly DiPucchio and Matthew Myers Square Cat Square Cat by Elizabeth Schoonmaker Hopper And Wilson Hopper And Wilson by Maria Van Lieshout Polka Dot Penguin Pottery Polka Dot..." more
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 3:12:03 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Eleven More To Watch For in 2011: BFF Alert:
Boni said, "So far, I've showcased books by authors I love, or illustrators I love, or debut books that I'm totally judging by the cover (or description) and which look amazing and/or intriguing. After all, that's usually how our audience picks their books,..." more
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 12:47:01 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Eleven More (more, more!) To Watch For in 2011:
Boni said, "Doggy Whys Doggy Whys by Lila Prap Zombie In Love Zombie In Love by Kelly DiPucchio and Scott Campbell Manners Mash-Up Manners Mash-Up by (holy cow! check out all those names!) Leap Back Home To Me Leap Back Home To Me by Lauren..." more
Monday, December 13, 2010 10:17:40 AM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Eleven More (yes, more!) To Watch For in 2011:
Boni said, "Three By The Sea Three By The Sea by Mini Grey The Voyage Of Turtle Rex The Voyage Of Turtle Rex by Kurt Cyrus Joe and Sparky: Superstars Joe And Sparky: Superstars by Jamie Michalak and Frank Remkiewicz Gibbus Moony Wants To Bite..." more
Saturday, December 4, 2010 10:07:44 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Eleven More To Watch For in 2011:
Boni said, "Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters by Jane Yolen and Kelly Murphy The Boy Who Cried Ninja The Boy Who Cried Ninja by Alex Latimer Gilbert Goldfish Wants A Pet Gilbert Goldfish Wants A Pet by Kelly DiPucchio..." more
Sunday, November 28, 2010 6:41:21 AM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Eleven To Watch For in 2011:
Boni said, "Let's face it- this year is going to be over before we know it. I hate how fast time flies the older I get. And there is pretty much only one reason I would ever wish time to march faster- so I could get my hands on books I'm looking forward..." more
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:41:11 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Mad-genius, I say:
Boni said, "That darn Mo Willems. He made me pick up a pen and write a picture book not too long after reading this book: Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus by Mo Willems It was smart. It was funny. It spoke to kids. It was amazing. I wanted to do..." more
Friday, November 12, 2010 8:33:15 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Day 12:
Boni said, "PiBoIdMo 2010 It's Day 12 of PiBoIdMo, and I must say, this is turning out to be a very interesting experiment. I am forcing myself to come up with one idea a day, knowing that I won't be able to capitalize on it right away. Okay, I fell off the..." more
Sunday, October 31, 2010 11:02:16 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo- Are You IN??????:
Boni said, "November is a REALLY busy month around here. I chair our Book Fair (and go WAY above and beyond for it, I might add...) and my daughter is in the Christmas Carol production at her dance studio and has a ton of rehearsals and my son has basketball..." more
Monday, October 25, 2010 10:02:31 AM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled No Comment!:
Boni said, "Urgh- I'm being besieged by spam comments! It's been going on for over a week and they've been innocuous so far (no, I don't want to send my readers to your site to buy cheap fake purses!), but now they've started to get, um, inappropriate, and..." more
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:16:00 AM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Psssst.....:
Boni said, "Hey, did you know these books are out NOW?! We've been waiting, eagerly waiting, for: The Brixton Brothers: The Ghostwriter Secret by Mac Barnett Guys Read: Funny Business edited by Jon Scieszka Stone Rabbit: Ninja Slice by Erik..." more
Monday, October 11, 2010 5:39:03 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled The Article:
Boni said, "I can't do it. I can't just stay quiet and say nothing about the New York Times article. I write and read and breathe picture books and that article made me so sad. You can go here or here or here or here to see excellent rebuttals and counterpoints..." more
Saturday, October 9, 2010 11:50:23 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo is coming...:
Boni said, " This is one of the most practical things you can participate in if you want to write picture books. Seriously. All the write-a-novel-in-a-month contests (NaNoWriMo and its variants) have, in my mind, drawbacks. The pressure, the quality..." more
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 7:17:41 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Fun at the Wisconsin Book Festival:
Boni said, "Have you ever been to the Madison Children's Museum?? It just opened a month or so ago and I'll tell you, as someone who's attended her fair share of different children's museums over the last 20-odd years- this is one of the BEST I've ever been to...." more
Sunday, October 3, 2010 3:02:35 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Huge Thanks!:
Boni said, "Earlier this year, Jen Robinson over at Jen Robinson's Book Page gave Over At The Castle a lovely review that pleased me to no end. She is a tireless supporter of children's books and literacy and her website and newsletter are terrific resources- I..." more
Monday, September 27, 2010 10:26:04 AM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Wisconsin Book Festival:
Boni said, " I'm going to be at the Wisconsin Book Festival Friday night, 6-8PM, at the Madison Children's Museum. I'll be reading my books with Josh Lewis, who will most likely be reading from his book: (Have you read this book? It is a fantastic..." more
Sunday, September 26, 2010 10:50:04 AM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Check This Out::
Boni said, "Cutest book trailer e-v-e-r! I love Scaredy Squirrel! Who knew he could make such awesome book trailers too? Thanks to Fuse #8 for the link! :)"
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:17:23 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Dotty for Dotty!:
Boni said, "I just can't figure out how to make this post look like anything other than Chapter One from the Nepotist's Handbook. I want to shout out this wonderful book I just read, see, but it's published by my publisher. And my art director had a hand in it...." more
Friday, September 10, 2010 2:54:56 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Another Interview of Moi?!:
Boni said, "I know, you just got done reading the Picture Book Roundtable over at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, right? I hope, at least, that it was interesting! And I hope you also saw the *fabulous* breakfast Jules had with Julia Denos this week?..." more
Friday, September 10, 2010 12:07:00 AM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Bernadette is almost here!!:
Boni said, "The really cool part about being an author is not what you'd think. Yeah, the fame, the fortune, the public recognition... I mean, it's cool, to a point, but after a while it gets a little old, y'know? That's why the best part of my chosen..." more
Friday, September 10, 2010 12:07:00 AM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled Seven Impossible Things- I'm One Of Them!:
Boni said, " I'm on Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast today!! Go check it out!! (Yes, I am ridiculously excited!!) Jules did a really neat round-table interview with the four people most directly involved in Hush, Little Dragon and Over At The..." more
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 3:22:32 PM
Boni Ashburn wrote a blog post titled I Had A Favorite Dress Coming Soon!:
Boni said, "I Had A Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn and Julia Denos My next book, I Had A Favorite Dress, is considered a "fall release", but the actual pub date is August 1st- which is really, really soon! I am so excited for this book to come out- it is one..." more