IBPA Report from the 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference
The 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference brought 13,000 attendees and 5,500 exhibitors to Las Vegas from June 26 – July 1, 2014. This was…
Gribble’s Scribbles
10 ways to grow your followers on social media
It’s a fact: your social media marketing strategy is only as good as the work you put into it. If you set up profiles…
TRIUMPH OVER BAD THOUGHTS
Silvia Carrus is an Italian illustrator and comic artist. She works mostly in digital media, producing colorful or black and white digital illustrations and…
All Children Deserve to See Themselves in Story: CBC Diversity, 2.5 Years In
Dear friends of CBC Diversity, The need for diversity in children’s books is incontrovertible and CBC Diversity is one of many movements — spearheaded…
NYPLarcade: Ghost Games
NYPLarcade is an opportunity to play, watch, and discuss independent, experimental, and thought-provoking games in a library setting. Think of it as a book…
Writing by hand, or typing: when are you most creative?
According to this story from the New York Times, “research suggests that writing by hand allows [students] to process a lecture’s contents and reframe it — a…
Why we love Amos
Sometimes a children’s book is so heart-warming it needs no greater purpose for reading than just to enjoy it. And sometimes you get lucky…
Book Review: A Good Laugh at Other People’s Mistakes
Just My Typo: From “Sinning With the Choir” to “The Untied States,” by Drummond Moir, provides lots of hearty laughs. As I read the…
Using Picture Book Techniques in Novels
As an author who’s slowly been transitioning from novels to picture books (my first picture book will be out in March 2015), I’ve realized…
Aptly ever after
Back in April, Natascha Biebow wrote a post for this blog about picture book openings and why it’s important to get them right. I think endings…