What a month it’s been. What started out as a simple exercise in shelf awareness has grown into a full-fledged mission to bring authors and readers of all backgrounds, ethnicities and races together to celebrate books, the authors who write them and the illustrators who make them beautiful. The support from visitors to our site, [ Read the full article… ]
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Looking ahead to Friday!
I just wanted to take a second to let everyone know how excited we are about our 28 Days Later initiative, which premiers on Friday. The past couple of months have been a growing experience for me. Many of the authors we plan to profile here, I’d never even heard of until we began this [ Read the full article… ]
Heads Up Vol IV
Heads Up is a reposting of AACBWI’s announcement of book releases that may picque the interest of young African American readers. As a Brown Bookshelf partner, The African American Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators society is dedicated to spreading the word about these and other books that are of special interest to multi-cultural audiences. From Board Books [ Read the full article… ]
Why we do what we do
Some days I look up from a full day of Brown Bookshelf preparation, writing, promotion or whatever is on my plate and I wonder what possessed me to add such a detailed initiative as 28 Days Later onto my workload. I could plead temporary insanity. But what might my Brown Bookshelf cohorts excuses be? Could [ Read the full article… ]
Artist to artist: Don Tate chats with CSK honor winner, Nancy Devard
Wednesdays are my day to blog here at the Brown Bookshelf and yesterday, I realized I had less than 24 hours to come up with something. I had nothing. And I was too busy to even think about it. I wanted to post an interview. Pie in the sky, Nancy Devard, illustrator of the book, [ Read the full article… ]
It’s No Mystery: The 2008 Edgar Awards
It’s still the season to recognize authors, books, and darn good writing. Named after Edgar Allan Poe, the Edgar Awards are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America to honor the best mystery writing in fiction, non-fiction, and film. Nominated for Best Young Adult is Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin who was [ Read the full article… ]
Newbery Highlight: The Hundred Penny Box
When I began writing for children, I searched for mentors. A kind children’s book author agreed to meet me in a local library and pass along pearls of wisdom. Her first tip: Start by reading. “Get to know the award winners,” she said and handed me a pamphlet of titles that won Newbery and Coretta Scott King awards and honors. I have a long [ Read the full article… ]
Re-introducing our 28 Days Later Poster
If you dropped by here earlier today and tried to download our 28 Days Later poster, I need to apologize. We had major problems…or, more specifically, I had major problems. I’ll spare you the technical gobbledegook. But after a long day and many, many, many error messages, I think the poster is finally good to [ Read the full article… ]