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KITCHEN
KUDOS
The
Ethnic Paris Cookbook, by Olivia Kiang Snaije and Charlotte
Puckette, illustrated by Dinah Diwan, adds to its Gourmand
Award for Best Illustrated Cookbook, and is now chosen
by the Washington Post as one of the Ten Best 16 Cookbooks of
the Year! C’est magnifique!
GOLDEN EGGS!
Dianna
Hutts Aston’s AN EGG IS QUIET has won
the Texas Golden Spur Award, given to the most distinguished
contribution to literature for children in a given year by a
Texas author.
KENTUCKY
BLUE RIBBON WINNER
Tanya Stone's A Bad Boy Can Be Good For a Girl (Wendy
Lamb/Random House) has been named to the 2007-2008 Kentucky
Blue Grass State Award Master List.
COLLINS
A NYT BEST SELLER
Suzanne Collins joins the ranks as a NYT Bestselling
author as The Underland Chronicles (Scholastic
Press) debuts at #7 on the list of Bestselling Children’s
series on April 29, 2007.
TWO
OF PAUL VOPONI'S BOOKS HAVE
RECENTLY BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED WITH STATE AWARDS
Black and White is the recipient of Missouri's
Gateway Award and Tennessee's Volunteer State Award YA. Rooftop
has been selected for the Texas TAYSHAS Reading List 2007-2009.
GADGETOLOGY
GOES GOLD!
The Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, honoring the year's best in
children's books, authors and illustrators, has bestowed its Gold
Medal on Pam Abram's Gadgetology, in the arts,
crafts and games category.
It was also
chosen as winner in its category, “Books: General Trade,
illustrated”, in the 51st Annual New England Book Show. |
BEAUTY
SHOP, HOT PROPERTY
Laura Bowers' Beauty Shop for Rent is one of three
books recommended in the Girls' Life "Top 10" page in
Girls' Life Magazine (June/July 2007)
AGENT
INTERVIEW ONLINE
Click
here to enjoy interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith on her "Cynsations"
website
ROSEMARY
WILL BE A SPEAKER AT . . .
the SCBWI-Illinois Conference on November 3rd,
2007. Please contact Sarah Shacter for further information at sfshacter@gmail.com
SCBWI-Western Washington, in Bellevue WA, April 26-27,
2008. For more information, contact Jolie Stekly, Co-Regional
Advisor and Conference Director, joliestekly@msn.com
FALL
2007 BOOKSENSE!
The Fall 2007 Children’s Pics boast two Studio titles.
In the #3 slot, is The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee
Marvelous by Suzanne Crowley. And Carpe Diem
by Autumn Cornwell seizes the day as a Teen Readers Selection.
LIBERTY FOR ALL!
LADY
LIBERTY, by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Matt Tavares,
graces the cover of Candlewick’s Spring/Summer 2008 catalog.
Have a look!
FOX NEWS:
Jenna Goes Hollywood!
Mary Pearson’s
provocative new YA, The Adoration of Jenna Fox, which graces
the cover of Henry Holt’s Spring 2008 catalog (the first YA to be
given cover placement in the publisher’s history!), has been
optioned by Fox 2000 for a major motion picture, with Julie Pistor
to produce and Brad Silberling to direct.
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