Author: paulahy

Vital Statistics Illustrator and Author of Children’s Books Graphics Reporter and Illustrator for the Austin American-Statesman Recent books illustrated by Don Ron’s Big Mission, written by Corinne Naden and Rose Blue (Dutton, 2009) I am My Grandpa’s Enkelin, by Walter Wanergin, Jr. (Paraclete Press, 2007) The Hidden Feast, by Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss (August [ Read the full article… ]

Vital Statistics Stay-at-Home Mommy and Freelance Writer/Children’s Book Author NEATE: Eddie’s Ordeal (Just Us Books, 2004) Million Men and Me (Just Us Books, 2007) Three Words That Describe Her Hopeful. Appreciative. Evolving. Her Writing Style When I’m writing picture books, I strive for them to be lyrical and meaningful. When I’m writing middle-grade stories, I want them to [ Read the full article… ]

Hard as it is to believe, this is the last week of 28 Days Later. That loud crashing you hear are the Brown Bookshelf members slumping against their keyboards from exhaustion. But it’s a good exhaustion! (I hope, says the one member who’s been done her profiles since the 13th). Anyway, just a reminder that [ Read the full article… ]

We’re mid-way through our 2009 campaign and hope you’ve enjoyed this year’s interviews, so far. The last half of the month will be just as informative and fun. Normally, we here at The Brown Bookshelf tend to take a “vacation” of sorts once 28 Days Later ends. As much as I wish it were a [ Read the full article… ]

[Insert the scratching and drums intro to the Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff’s jam, Summer Time] The following are some of the winners from this year’s ALA Mid-Winter: *Denotes a Brown Bookshelf Spotlight, past or present Forgive me, some of the books do not have the author because I took the winner list from a [ Read the full article… ]

Than never. Isn’t that the old saying? If you’re wondering where the 28 Days Later list is because we promised it on Martin Luther King’s actual birthday (Jan. 15) wait no longer. My dad passed last week and as I tended to my and my mom’s needs, my Brown Bookshelf family handled the release preparation. [ Read the full article… ]

The fact that the Coretta Scott King award does not evoke as much “who will win?” chatter as the Newbery and Caldecott, in my opinion, is simply more proof that too often the books for and by African Americans remain somewhat on the periphery of children’s literature. But that’s what places like The Brown Bookshelf [ Read the full article… ]

Since much of the debate surrounding the Newbery is that it doesn’t much cater to what many kids actually like and since the Newbery isn’t likely to go changing what it’s been doing for a few decades just because those of us in the kidlitosphere are whining, AND because solutions are so much more fun [ Read the full article… ]