Meow! The first of two book trailers illustrator Wendy Wahman ever made, for A Cat Like That, was just selected for Minneapolis, Minnesota's Walker Art Center's "CatvidFest,"(Internet Cat Video Festival) from over 7,000 entries. The Festival was created to share a sincere love of cats and cat videos from crowd-sourced content within the context of... Continue Reading →
Weekly wrap-up
Registration for the 10th annual Western Washington University's Children's Literature Conference ends next Friday, January 25. Faculty includes Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Brian Pinkney, Katherine Applegate, and Michael Grant. Conference date: February 23, 8am-3:30pm. Redmond Association of Spoken Word (RASP) presents Wendy and Joe Wahman, who will read from Snowboy 1, 2, 3. Friday, January 25... Continue Reading →
An honor for Snowboy!
Congratulations to Wendy Wahman, whose picture book Snowboy 1, 2, 3 was chosen for Shelf Awareness Book Trailer of the Day. In her words, "Wahoo! I'm stoked (to use an old California euphemism)!" Read the full details here. We're stoked for you, Wendy!
Wendy Wahman’s Mitten Drive
Great news from Wendy Wahman, illustrator of the forthcoming Snowboy 1, 2, 3, which was written by her husband, Joe Wahman. She writes: We're having a mitten drive to celebrate the launch of the book. Your mittens will be delivered to kids who will need them this winter. Please send new or lightly worn children's mittens... Continue Reading →
Bellevue Book Readings
Saturday is a great day to get some Christmas Shopping done! It's also a great day to get out and support fellow SCBWI WWA members! We have several fellow members who will be at local bookstores and other venues doing book readings and signings! And we all know that books (especially signed by the author... Continue Reading →
Third Place Books Events
Sunday July 17, at 2 p.m. Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park) will host Wendy Wahman and her new book, A CAT LIKE THAT, and also their friends Samantha Vamos (THE CAZUELA THE FARM MAIDEN STIRRED), Paul Schmid (A PET FOR PETUNIA), Carmela D'Amico (SUKI, THE VERY LOUD BUNNY), Kevan Atteberry (TICKLE MONSTER AND BOOGIE... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday to A CAT LIKE THAT!!
Happiest Birthday wishes to Wendy Wahman's A CAT LIKE THAT, which celebrated it's book birthday June 21! Click any of the links below to find out more information!“Striking illustrations and a pitch-perfect portrait of an unnamed pet’s personality combine to showcase charming (and practical) advice on how to make friends with a feline.” – Kirkus... Continue Reading →
Wendy Wahman at Secret Garden
Author/Illustrator Wendy Wahman launches her new book, A CAT LIKE THAT, at Secret Garden Books on Thursday, July 7, starting at 7 p.m. Here's what Secret Garden has to say about Wendy:We love a great animal person, and if there ever was one, Wendy is a great animal person. Animals have no better champion to... Continue Reading →
Wendy Wahman Book Launch Dates
Wendy Wahman sent me an email letting me know that all you lucky SCBWI WWA members can go straight from her Eastside book launch party for A CAT LIKE THAT to Kid Lit at Red Robin on Sunday, June 26! Wendy is having Eastside and Westside book launch parties so you can head to the... Continue Reading →
Check Out Wendy Wahman’s First Book Trailer!
Wendy Wahman has made her very first book trailer for her second children's picture book, A CAT LIKE THAT, which is being launched June 21. You can check out her book trailer here (it's a wonderful trailer with fabulous music). For more information on Wendy, and her work, visit her website, and/or her facebook page.