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May 7th, 2015 - cynsations
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Childrens-YA author Cynthia Leitich Smith. May 7th, 2015. The Tomás Rivera Book Award To Celebrate 20th Anniversary. May 7th, 2015 at 8:56 AM. Courtesy of Jesse Gainer. Director, Tomás Rivera Mexican American Childrens Book Award. For Cynthia Leitich Smith. The main events include a conference from 9 am to 3 pm Sept. 25 and a Mexican American literature fair from 10 am to 2 pm Sept. 26. Rivera Award Literature Fair. And San Marcos Activity Center. The fair is free and open to the public. Works for Younge...
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Children’s Diverse Books Matter! – Read It Real Good
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Read It Real Good. Children's book reviews and my musings on diversity. Children’s Diverse Books Matter! October 26, 2016. October 26, 2016. On Saturday October 15. In Cincinnati we had the Books by the Banks. Festival and I was on a panel! Cincinnati librarian Sam Bloom invited me (thanks again, Sam! To join him and authors Greg Lietich Smith. On a panel about the state of diverse children’s books. Education Librarian Edith Campbell. Was in the audience. Click to view in more detail! Zetta had really im...
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Bibliography of Korean Heritage Children's Books - Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Official Author Site and Home of Children's and YA Lit Resources. Bibliography of Korean Heritage Children’s Books. Raquo; Literature Resources. Raquo; Asian American. Raquo; Bibliography of Korean Heritage Children’s Books. This bibliography features Korean American children’s and young adult literature. If you know of any other books or related resources that should be included, please let us know. Recommendation by Greg Leitich Smith. Read The Story Behind The Story. From Linda Sue Park. Illustrated b...
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Guest Post: Amy & David Axelrod on The Bullet Catch: Murder by Misadventure - cynsations
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Childrens-YA author Cynthia Leitich Smith. Guest Post: Amy and David Axelrod on The Bullet Catch: Murder by Misadventure. May 21st, 2015 at 8:25 AM. For Cynthia Leitich Smith. When we began, we knew that we wanted to write a novel about a down-and-out magician during World War I. When trying to come up with a plot for the book, we kept circling around one magician in particular: Chung Ling Soo. He was an American named William Ellsworth Robinson who masqueraded as a Chinese conjurer and became a world-wi...
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May 6th, 2015 - cynsations
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Childrens-YA author Cynthia Leitich Smith. May 6th, 2015. Guest Post and Giveaway: Claire Legrand Announces Some Kind of Happiness. May 6th, 2015 at 7:58 AM. For Cynthia Leitich Smith. I will always remember the first time I had a panic attack. I thought maybe I just had to throw up and then these feelings would go away, but I couldn’t, and they didn’t. That was the first time, but it wouldn’t be the last. I will always remember playing in the woods behind my grandma’s house. Now, the trees are...We buil...
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Here. There. And Everywhere. | lauramartinbooks
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Bring Laura to You! Here There. And Everywhere. November 14, 2016. This post is long long looooong over due, so please forgive me for too many pictures and lots of random things all jammed into one post. That’s just how I roll these days. I don’t know if I’m the. But I do know that I am willing to do everything in my power to make my book a success. Plus, I find all of this author stuff to be incredibly fun and exciting (and only a little terrifying.). They made me a tree from The Oaks. And a whole shelf...
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Addicted to Heroines: April 2011
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Where I rant about my drug of choice: YA books with strong female protagonists. Friday, April 29, 2011. Some Conference Tips from a Social Dweeb. Now chances are, if you're reading blogs looking for advice about attending a conference, then you probably aren't the type to pitch in the bathroom or get irate at rejection. But I've learned there are so many more subtle ways you can screw up at a conference. So here's some of my mistakes and what I've learned. Everyon waits until the last event of the confer...
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Explorations: February 2012
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Friday, February 17, 2012. Link Medley: Subverting Expectations, Marketing, Dinosaurs, and more. This is a wonderful and insightful essay: Subverting expectations. Check out a series of great posts by Janet Fox about marketing and publicity. Is a new literary magazine for young adults. To find out more, read Mima Tipper's interview. With the editor, Hannah Goodman. Also- this online magazine is a great place to submit young adult short stories. Soon-to-be-released novel, Chronal Engine. Over on his blog.
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New Voice: Laura Woollett on Big Top Burning - cynsations
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Childrens-YA author Cynthia Leitich Smith. New Voice: Laura Woollett on Big Top Burning. May 28th, 2015 at 8:31 AM. By Cynthia Leitich Smith. Laura A. Woollett. Is the first-time author of Big Top Burning: The True Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and The Greatest Show On Earth. Chicago Review Press, June 1, 2015). From the promtional copy:. Big Top Burning investigates the 1944 Hartford circus fire and invites readers to take part in a critical evaluation of the evidence. Rdquo; and the panic began.
