Archive for June, 2005

Monday morning on KOVR Sacramento Daybreak (Channel 13/ CBS)was great fun. I got to hang out with news anchors Michelle Kane and Cody Stark and talk about some awesome books. What’s not to love? Besides the middle grades books I talked about in my last post, I highlighted the following picture books: We’re Going On (Read the Rest…)

A BIG thanks to Burchfield Primary in Colusa, CA, for these photos of my recent Author Visit. It was great fun as usual and never the same, especially since I call up 10 pre-selected kids to help act out the mini-play based on my latest book, Little Bo Peep Can’t Get To Sleep. (All my (Read the Rest…)

Go to the bookstore. (Libraries don’t always have the most recent titles.) Look for books that are similar to yours (genre, tone, rhyme or prose) but not exactly alike (Whoever published those will not need yours–They already have similar titles on their list.). Check title page to see who the publisher is. Check acknowledgments and (Read the Rest…)

1. How many books have you written? 3P + 7M + 4 or 5T(trashed) + 2N= 17 or more. Three are published, seven manuscripts are making the rounds at editor’s desks right now (think good thoughts!), four or five are trashed in the I Once Thought These Were Good file, two novelty books will be (Read the Rest…)

I’m just back from lots of fun school visits featuring my second picture book, Little Bo Peep Can’t Get To Sleep, (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 2005), illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama. **Look for photos of the kids I’ve met in future posts.** Hanako also illustrated my first picture book, Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox (Atheneum 2002) which (Read the Rest…)