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Rock Star Palooza Begins Now: Kirstie Edmunds Interview
One week from today is the official publication date of SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK STAR. Which is all kinds of cool. Also all kinds of cool: the book’s illustrator, Kirstie Edmunds, who kind of achieved the impossible. … Continue reading
How to Host a Perfect Book Launch
First, it’s a good idea to title your book WATER BALLOON, so every time you say water balloon launch, it evokes fun images. Preparation: Find a bookstore like Booktowne, where everyone’s friendly and supportive. It’s not a bad thing if … Continue reading
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Tagged Audrey Vernick, book launch, book signing, Booktowne, Maribeth Pelly, reading, Rita Maggio, sugar cookies, Water Balloon, water balloon fight
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Time in the Drawer
Okay, so I’ve been a little dormant. I once read an article by Jamaica Kincaid about gardening in which she granted full permission to shrug and say, “It’s August,” when a patch went untended toward the end of the season. … Continue reading
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Tagged Audrey Vernick, Clarion, Jamaica Kincaid, middle grade, revision, Water Balloon, writing novels, writing process
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Daniel Jennewein on Books, Friends, and Donald Duck
I remember when I saw the first sketches of the buffalo the rest of the world met in IS YOUR BUFFALO READY FOR KINDERGARTEN?. The instant connection I felt to that art, the way THAT was MY buffalo–is a memory … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Astrid Lindgren, Audrey Vernick, Daniel Jennewein, Donald Duck, Frederick, Hans Schmand, illustration, illustrator, Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten, Karlsson on the Roof, Leo Lionni, Luis Murschetz, Maurice Sendak, Mister Mole, Pippi Longstocking, Syd Hoff, Teach Your Buffalo To Play Drums, The Three Robbers, Theobald, Tomi Ungerer, Where the Wild Things Are
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The Gbemi and Audrey Show, Hosted by Erin Murphy
Hi! I’m not Audrey Vernick, I’m Erin Murphy, Audrey’s literary agent. When Audrey started this blog focused on literary friendships, I knew she had to somehow include her own friendship with Gbemi (Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich). I was there the day they … Continue reading
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Tagged 8th-Grade Superzero, Audrey Vernick, Ben & Jerry's, Bogart and Vinnie, Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz, Edgar's Second Word, Eighth-Grade Superzero, EMLA, Erin Murphy, Erin Murphy Literary Agency, Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten, lost email, mjojitos, Olugbemisola, Olugbemisola Amusashonubi Perkovich, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, paperback release, SCBWI, Teach Your Buffalo To Play Drums
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Echoes of My Mother
This post is in honor of To Mama with Love, part of a collaborative online art project that honors moms across the globe and raises funds to invest in remarkable women who create hope in our world. Thanks to Olugbemisola … Continue reading
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Tagged Audrey Vernick, Charlotte was both, Charlotte's Web, E.B. White, Echoes of my Mother, Jennifer Cervantes, Judy Glassman, Kelly Starling Lyons, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Sayantani DasGupta, Sheela Chari, The Morning Glory War, To Mama with Love, Water Balloon
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Liz Garton Scanlon on Friendship
Liz Garton Scanlon is the author of the rollicking A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes and last year’s Caldecott Honor recipient All the World. And now she has a brand new masterpiece out in the world: Noodle and … Continue reading
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Tagged A Sock Is A Pocket for Your Toes, All the World, Audrey Vernick, author interview, bird, Caldecott Honor, Chester's Way, Eloise, George and Martha, Jeanne Birdsall, Jo March, Kevin Henkes, Liz Garton Scanlon, Madeline, Marla Frazee, Noodle & Lou, odd couple, Ramona Quimby, Sheila Rae the Brave, The Penderwicks, worm, writing process
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