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Month: July 2014

AT YOUR SERVICE Trailer Reveal

July 29, 2014 Alumni & Guests

Oh. Holy. Yikes! My book releases NEXT month and today I’m super-excited to share the trailer for it. Of course, I figured I’d make it

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Does Your Book Have “It”?

July 25, 2014 Alumni & Guests

By Paul Czajak Just recently I was interviewed by the Boston Herald about my series Monster&Me. Specifically Monster Needs A Costume, since it will be

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Battling Resistance in Illustration

July 22, 2014 Alumni & Guests

By Diana Zipeto At an art school critique many years ago, my figure drawing teacher told me, “Your drawings have improved, but you still need

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The Future of eBooks and Interactive Textbooks

July 18, 2014 Alison Potoma

I recently completed an online professional development class for art teachers called Tech Ready Teacher. Each week we explored another online resource that art teachers

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Meet the talented author/illustrator, Sarah Brannen!

July 11, 2014 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Can you tell us a little about your journey of becoming an author/illustrator? SARAH BRANNEN: I always knew I was going to

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Are your critiques as helpful as they could be?

July 8, 2014 Alumni & Guests

By Jen Malone Most writers describe the first draft as falling in love. We love our words, our concept, our characters. We have fallen asleep

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Two young boys acting silly in a street scene.

How PLAY can help your WORK

July 1, 2014 Marianne Knowles

The company I work for, Six Red Marbles, develops technology-based educational materials for use in schools and other settings. Six Red Marbles has six core

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    • MG Book Review: The Peach Thief by Linda Joan Smith
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    • New in Picture Books: Hello, Tobi! by Andrea Cáceres
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    • Dedications: How Do You Decide?
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    • ANT ics with Picture Book Layers plus Smarty Ants GIVEAWAY
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