Congratulations and a big yahoo for Paul Schmid! Both of Paul's books that were published this year, A PET FOR PETUNIA and HUGS FROM PEARL, were accepted into the Society of Illustrators annual children's book exhibit, The Original Art show. The exhibit will be at the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators... Continue Reading →
You’re Invited to Page Ahead’s Best Books for Kids Awards Event
Members of the SCBWI are invited to attend Page Ahead’s Second Annual Best Books for Kids Awards event on Wednesday June 15, from 6- 8 p.m. at the Library Bistro in downtown Seattle. They will announce the winners of the 2011 Best Books for Kids Awards.Page Ahead serves 55,000 children in need across Washington State... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to the Crystal Kite finalists!
Congratulations once again to the Crystal Kite finalists for the Washington/Oregon/Idaho/Montana/North Dakota/South Dakota division! There are lots of familiar names from our region on the list, which we wanted to share with you here: A Bedtime for Bear by Bonny Becker A Garden for Pig by Kathryn Thurman Moon Bear by Brenda Z Guiberson More... Continue Reading →
Crystal Kite Nominees
Just in case you'd like to see a list of ALL of the nominees from our Crystal Kite regional division (which includes Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota), here they are! BIBLE KNOCK KNOCKS FROM THE BACK PEW, Mike Thaler, Zonderkidz BIBLE RIDDLES FROM THE BACKPEW, Mike Thaler, Zonderkidz CARMEN LEARNS ENGLISH,... Continue Reading →
ALA Notable Children’s Books – Nominated Titles
From the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) blog: After a full year of intense reading, evaluation, and re-reading by committee members, the final 2011 Notable Children’s Books Midwinter discussion list and ballot is now available. Final selections will be made at the ALA Midwinter conference. Congratulations to our upcoming 20th Annual Children's Writing & Illustrating Conference keynoters... Continue Reading →
Good News for Holly Cupala
Holly Cupala's trailer for TELL ME A SECRET is a finalist in the School Library Journal’s first ever Trailie Awards in the Publisher/Author created for secondary readers (7-12) category, and the voting closes on 10/22.Click here for viewing and voting. Check out more information on Holly, and her book on her website.
Good News for Samantha Vamos!
Samantha's first children's picture book, BEFORE YOU WERE HERE, MI AMOR (Viking, 2009) was named a 2010 Washington State Book Award winner (The Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award). Check out the article here. BEFORE YOU WERE HERE, MI AMOR, mixes in Spanish words in the story of how a pregnant mother, her unborn baby's older brother... Continue Reading →
COLUMBIAKids Wins 2010 MUSE Award
A big congratulations to COLUMBIAKids! The Media and Technology Committee of the American Association of Museums recently honored COLUMBIAKids with a SILVER award in the category of Community. This category recognizes “Web sites, moderated and hosted by a museum, that offer a virtual space for people to gather around a common experience, exhibit or interest,... Continue Reading →
You can Bank on our region
Forgive the pun headline, but check out how many of our region's books made the Bank Street List in addition to Joni Sensel (and apologies if we missed anyone). from the under 5 list: And Then Comes Halloween by Tom Brenner, illustrated by Holly Meade (Candlewick, $16.99) 978-0-7636-3659-3 The excitement and fun of this favorite... Continue Reading →
Happy tidings for The Farwalker’s Quest
Here's proof that even a book that’s been out more than a year can still get a little attention: Joni Sensel’s THE FARWALKER’S QUEST (Bloomsbury, 2009) was just named on the 2010 Bank Street Best Books list and will also be featured on Education.com’s 2010 Summer Reading Guide, which highlights only 10 titles per age... Continue Reading →