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Tag: Illustrating

ORIGIN STORY: Picture Book Opportunities

January 7, 2020 Marianne Knowles

How the generosity of writing communities turned a blog post idea into a whole new resource page and 12 monthly posts.

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World of Books #8: Turkey

January 4, 2019 Joyce Audy Zarins

It is important to be aware of the visual voices of picture book authors and illustrators around the world. We can all inspire one another

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Book People Bonding

November 4, 2016 Joyce Audy Zarins

This is a story about book people, a table, and some croc-a-mole. Once upon a time Ron McCutchan, then Art Director for Cricket Magazine, had

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Hazel Mitchell’s debut as author/illustrator with the picture book, TOBY

October 11, 2016 Carol Gordon Ekster

Carol Gordon Ekster: I had the good fortune of highlighting Hazel Mitchell’s illustrative talents in another interview here at Writers’ Rumpus a few years ago.

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Drawing-A-Day

September 16, 2016 Alumni & Guests

By Sarah Lynne Reul Even though I spend most of my work hours pursuing writing and illustration, I find that sometimes I need to trick

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Instagram and #The100DayProject

April 29, 2016 Alumni & Guests

By Sarah Lynne Reul I’m still working out the best way to dive into social media for my illustration work, but recently I started using

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Animation, Illustration and Writing – Part 3: Observation

March 18, 2016 Alumni & Guests

By Sarah Lynne Reul (This is the final entry in a three-part series – earlier posts here: Part 1: Iterations and Part 2: Planning) Finally, my favorite point

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Animation, Illustration and Writing – Part 2: Planning

February 19, 2016 Alumni & Guests

By Sarah Lynne Reul (This is part two of a three-part series – part one focused on Iterations, and part three is on Observation.) When starting a new

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Animation, Illustration and Writing – Part 1: Iterations

January 22, 2016 Alumni & Guests

By Sarah Lynne Reul Animation has been called the illusion of life. It’s the optical illusion of persistence of vision that creates the effect of

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Kristi Yamaguchi is Dedicated to Reading–And Writing

October 24, 2014 Alumni & Guests

GUEST POST by  SARAH S. BRANNEN Like many children’s book writers and illustrators, I have a second job: I cover figure skating for icenetwork.com and

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    • New Picture Books!
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    • April Picture Book Opportunities
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    • Twin Book Babies Are Born!
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    • Kids, and the Daunting World of Writing
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COW SAYS MEOW

By Kirsti Call, Illustrated by Brandon James ScottMarch 16, 2021
More barnyard fun from Kirsti Call! Available today from HMH.

COLD TURKEY

By Kirsti Call and Corey Rosen Schwartz, illustrated by Chad OtisOctober 12, 2021
5 months to go.

SOME DADDIES

By Carol Gordon Ekster, Illustrated by Javiera Maclean AlvarezMay 4, 2022
12 months to go.

MY PET FEET

By Josh Funk, Illustrated by Billy YongMay 30, 2022
13 months to go.
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