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Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:20:52 PM
Scotti Cohn replied to Helena's discussion about It Happened in Chicago (It Happened In Series):
Scotti said, "How funny! I did notice that you live in Illinois. I have two new books about Illinois coming out soon. Both are published by Globe Pequot Press. One is called Illinois: Mapping the Prairie State through History. The other is called Chicago Curiosities (i"
Monday, September 27, 2010 12:00:04 PM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Cover Art in Color!:
Scotti said, "Publication of the book is still "aways off" (February-March 2011), but the cover art for Big Cat, Little Kitty is essentially finished. There can always be last-minute changes, but basically this is what the cover will look like. I am..." more
Saturday, July 10, 2010 12:44:26 PM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Summer Reading Programs Rock!:
Scotti said, "On Thursday I was privileged to participate in the Summer Reading Program hosted by Farmington Area Public Library in Farmington, Illinois. The week-long program was titled "Be Creative @ Your Library." Each week, children..." more
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 9:19:10 AM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled How the picture book gets its pictures:
Scotti said, "I just got a sneak peek at color comps for the illustrations for my latest picture book -- Big Cat, Little Kitty (Sylvan Dell Publishing, 2011). I can't show the images here, but I thought I'd offer a few comments on the whole ..." more
Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:06:44 PM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Who Said Coo?:
Scotti said, "My "adventures in writing" include forming treasured friendships with other children's book writers and illustrators. Over the past ten years, I have been privileged to meet and get to know (a little anyway!) writer Deborah Ruddell and her..." more
Monday, June 14, 2010 8:24:13 AM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Lincoln Park Zoo Book Signing:
Scotti said, "Book signings at zoos are a "double bonus" for me because I love seeing the animals and talking to people who are interested in animals! My publisher, Sylvan Dell, arranged a signing for me at Lincoln Park Zoo on the North Side of Chicago...." more
Monday, May 24, 2010 9:11:57 AM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Letters. . . I get letters:
Scotti said, "One of my favorite things about doing school visits is that sometimes I receive letters from the children afterwards. Following a recent visit to Jefferson Park School in El Paso, Illinois, I received a batch of letters from third..." more
Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:01:04 PM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled More in the Making for More Than Petticoats!:
Scotti said, "I just found out from my editor at The Globe Pequot Press that my book More Than Petticoats: Remarkable North Carolina Women (originally published in 2000) has been approved for a revision in the Fall 2011 list. This means..." more
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 1:50:23 AM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Big Cat, Little Kitty is on track for Spring 2011:
Scotti said, "I just found out that Sylvan Dell Publishing has scheduled my picture book Big Cat, Little Kitty for publication in Spring 2011.Big Cat, Little Kitty is a concept book that shows similarities between the behavior of big cats (lions, tigers, etc.)..." more
Thursday, April 1, 2010 4:28:47 PM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Update on Letters About Literature Competition:
Scotti said, "I'm thrilled to report that two of the three winners in the Illinois Letters About Literature competition are moving on to the national finals! The three who won the state competition were my choices for the best in each level, so I'm especially..." more
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:16:52 PM
Scotti Cohn subscribed to the blog: Sylvan Dell Publishing's Blog
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:11:19 PM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Letters About Literature - Level 3 Entries and More!:
Scotti said, "To read all of my entries on Letters About Literature, please click HERE.LAL – Level 3Level 3 in the Letters About Literature competition is for students in grades 9 through 12. I received 19 letters in my batch for this level. First I will..." more
Monday, March 8, 2010 11:44:36 AM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled SKYPE!:
Scotti said, "I recently did my first SKYPE visit with a group of children in grades K-2 at Glen Carbon Elementary School in Glen Carbon, Illinois. These were not just any K-2 students, but students who participated in the 2010 Young Authors..." more
Friday, March 5, 2010 9:10:37 AM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Tiger? Baboon? Jungle? What's wrong with this picture?:
Scotti said, "If you have been following my guest bloggers' posts about the process of illustrating picture books (and even if you haven't), you know that an illustrator does a lot more than just draw pretty pictures.In my case, I am truly fortunate to have a..." more
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 3:28:30 PM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Letters About Literature - Level 2 Entries:
Scotti said, "(To read all of my entries on Letters About Literature from the beginning, please click HERE.)Level 2 in the Letters About Literature competition is for students in grades 7 and 8. I received 35 letters in my batch for this level. I noticed many of..." more
Monday, March 1, 2010 10:50:27 AM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Road to Publication: ILLUSTRATION / Christina Wald:
Scotti said, "Awhile back I posted a series of blog entries that tracked my experiences as a writer along the Road to Publication -- from Idea to Promotion of a finished book. I thought it might be interesting to have a few picture book illustrators do a..." more
Sunday, February 28, 2010 11:50:26 AM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled LAL - Level I - continued:
Scotti said, "(continued from HERE)I want to share a little bit more about some of the tendencies or general areas of interest I'm picking up by reading letters to authors by children in grades 4-6. As I mentioned in the previous post, books about loss (of a..." more
Saturday, February 27, 2010 3:00:22 PM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Letters About Literature - Level I Entries:
Scotti said, "I just finished reading my batch of Level I entries for the Letters About Literature (LAL) competition. The batch consists of 30 letters written by children in grades 4-6. For this contest, young readers write to an author describing how that..." more
Monday, February 22, 2010 5:52:47 PM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Road to Publication: ILLUSTRATION / Susan Detwiler:
Scotti said, "Awhile back I posted a series of blog entries that tracked my experiences as a writer along the Road to Publication -- from Idea to Promotion of a finished book. I thought it might be interesting to have a few picture book illustrators do a..." more
Sunday, February 21, 2010 2:20:47 PM
Scotti Cohn wrote a blog post titled Anderson's Bookshops 8th Annual Children's Literature Breakfast:
Scotti said, "For the second year in a row I attended the Anderson's Bookshops Children's Literature Breakfast in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. (Click HERE to read about last year's event.)As an author-guest, I sat at three different tables during the breakfast..." more
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:14:07 PM
Scotti Cohn updated the biography on her profile page