Are you ready for Tuesday's meeting? We have two great speakers lined up. Mini-Session: CULTURAL AUTHENTICITY IN FICTION with Margaret Nevinski.When we write outside our own ethnic culture, how can we provide an authentic experience for young readers? Or can we? Cultural authenticity in our fiction involves complex issues of cultural appropriation, relationship to a... Continue Reading →
Children’s Book Festival with Sno-Isle Libraries
Sno-Isle Libraries celebrates the CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL each November with programs from local authors and illustrators. Appearing in schools and libraries throughout Snohomish and Island Counties this year are: Kathleen Kemly, Erik Brooks, Craig Orback, Trudi Trueit, Samantha Vamos, Amanda Noll, Carole Schaefer, Pierr Morgan, Molly Blaisdell and Patrick Jennings. Program details can be found... Continue Reading →
Good news for Erik Brooks
The Orange County Children's Book Festival is Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. The Festival is free to attend and is expected to draw 20,000 people. JacketFlap held a contest for authors and illustrators to win space in the booth to display, sign and sell their books. Our own Erik Brooks is one of the winners. About... Continue Reading →