Schools visits are magical…most of the time. My very first school visit started with technology issues. After struggling for half an hour, I decided to give
Category: Inspiration
“Every Book Still Kicks My A**” Words of Solidarity from the SCBWI 2015 NY Winter Conference
By Diana Zipeto Dr. Brené Brown, vulnerability researcher, says that in the midst of struggle, the two words we most want to hear are, “Me,
Talented Author, Corey Rosen Schwartz
Corey Rosen Schwartz writes action-packed picture books that appeal to girls and boys and parents! Her rhyming meter is fun to read and reread and
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: A Golden Key
What do Ezra Jack Keats, Sylvia Plath, Stephen King, Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Robert McClosky, and Andy Warhol have in common, besides being incredibly creative?
What’s So Great About ReFoReMo?
By Carrie Charley Brown ReFo…what? Well, you can pronounce it in four syllables just like it looks, or you can change it up to be
Should you follow a formula when #writing #picturebooks ?
When I first started writing picture books about twelve years ago, I wasn’t aware there was a “formula” for writing them. I wrote from my
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