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Category Archives: Author Spotlight
An Interview with Nancy Garden
Nancy Garden, winner of the 2003 Margaret A. Edwards Award, is best known for her candid fiction on gay and lesbian issues, including the ground-breaking Annie on My Mind. She defended Annie on My Mind in a major challenge in … Continue reading
Free Tickets to the 2013 Arbuthnot Lecture
Get your FREE tickets for this year’s 2013 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture featuring Michael Morpurgo! The lecture, entitled “War Boy to War Horse,” will be held at 7 p.m. on May 16, 2013 in Rochester, N.Y. and will be hosted by … Continue reading
2014 Arbuthnot Lecture Host Applications Due Apr. 22
The deadline for submitting applications to host the 2014 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Andrea Davis Pinkney is fast approaching! Applications are due Monday, April 22, 2013. Pinkney is a New York Times best-selling writer of more than 20 books for children … Continue reading
The Poppy Lady
During World War II, my Dad was a young soldier about to go overseas when he found out that his two brothers were missing in action. He was far from home. Worried and alone. Moina Belle Michael took time each … Continue reading
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Precious Bones
My debut novel, PRECIOUS BONES, is a tribute to a time, a place, and a people that have all but vanished. The story takes place in a small Florida community in the summer of nineteen-forty-nine. The womb of the world, … Continue reading
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Author Spotlight – Ed Young
Ed Young has written and/or illustrated more than eighty-five books. He is the winner of the Caldecott Medal for Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China, he is also the author-illustrator of Seven Blind Mice and … Continue reading
A World Where Anything is Possible
There is a special moment in every project that I love. There is this moment where the idea is filled with infinite possibilities. In that moment an idea transports you into a world where the story comes alive. I get … Continue reading
Join ALSC for a Facebook Forum!
After Thanksgiving, don’t forget to join ALSC for a Facebook Forum with three-time Caldecott Medal-winning author David Wiesner. The event takes place on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 11 am Eastern time. This event is free and open to the … Continue reading
