tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41148015660260620712019-11-11T05:58:58.466-05:00Author School Visits BY STATE!A state-by-state listing of children's book authors and illustrators who do school visits. States are listed alphabetically. If you're with a traditional publisher, <b>(see NOTE BELOW for my definition of "traditional"),</b> and would like to be listed, email kimnorman (@) mac.com. <b>I do not arrange visits.</b> This site is to help educators find presenters to contact on their own.Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-66398946529435242542015-03-09T07:24:00.004-04:002018-10-03T11:22:40.240-04:00Interested in DOING Author School Visits?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EQiNwliSkN8/W5F7MpolxFI/AAAAAAAABac/UO-V5RKM_TUoMhKkTV7OMXNO0EOEYzglACLcBGAs/s1600/VisitsBkKindleCovr_KimImage082508redc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EQiNwliSkN8/W5F7MpolxFI/AAAAAAAABac/UO-V5RKM_TUoMhKkTV7OMXNO0EOEYzglACLcBGAs/s400/VisitsBkKindleCovr_KimImage082508redc.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>Now there's a book all about how to do them! Check it out <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Books-doing-Author-School-Visits-ebook/dp/B07H3CFZJ3/ref=" target="_blank">HERE, ON AMAZON!</a></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">It answers these questions and many more:</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">• How do I get gigs, otherwise known as:</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• How do I find schools that host authors?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• How do I set up an author visit?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• How much should I charge?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Do I need a contract?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• How do I arrange an advance book sale?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• How do I hold a book signing?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• How do I promote myself as a children’s book author who visits schools?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Do I need a brochure?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• What should I put on my author website?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Who arranges the visit?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Are self-published authors hired to do author visits? (Good news! Yes!)</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• What kind of equipment and technology do I need?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• What goes into an author presentation?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Do I need different programs for different ages?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• How long should the programs be?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• How do I know what to say?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• How do I say it?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Do I need insurance? If so, where do I buy it?</span><br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Books-doing-Author-School-Visits-ebook/dp/B07H3CFZJ3/ref=" target="_blank">LEARN MORE HERE.</a></b></span></span></h3><span style="color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Hope you find it helpful!</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Best,</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Kim Norman</span></span><br /><br /><br />Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-70667574187626423542014-08-27T10:51:00.003-04:002014-11-09T08:15:20.996-05:00Meeting the kids...I'm late posting this, since the visit happened last spring, but I just wanted to share a photo of myself posing with a dear little girl named Rochelle. She made the sweetest card for me. We nearly missed meeting each other at an evening event for Arlington Public Schools (Virginia), but luckily I'm a slow poke, so I was still there when she arrived at teensy bit late. I'm so glad we met. (And I'm so jealous of her purple boots!)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JtzHvkkRbWE/U_3wUrWFjUI/AAAAAAAABFo/R5RiZK6zXhk/s1600/Kim%26Rochelle.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JtzHvkkRbWE/U_3wUrWFjUI/AAAAAAAABFo/R5RiZK6zXhk/s1600/Kim%26Rochelle.JPG" height="320" width="169" /></a></div><br />Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-18736089784183609052013-01-28T10:40:00.000-05:002013-01-28T10:40:24.302-05:00Thank you, Texas Library Association!<span class="userContent">Awesome news! I KNOW A WEE PIGGY has made the 2013 Texas "2x2" Reading List. "The Texas 2X2 Reading List is a project of the Children’s Round Table, a unit of the Texas Library Association, and it is comprised of enriching titles recommended for children age 2 to grade 2. The Texas Library Association sponsors the Texas 2X2 Reading List solely to encourage free voluntary reading."</span><br /><br /><span class="userContent">This is how I feel about it!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ynNE21_WBTs/UQabyN4SY0I/AAAAAAAAA70/HFngvL9DBAM/s1600/happy-pig1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ynNE21_WBTs/UQabyN4SY0I/AAAAAAAAA70/HFngvL9DBAM/s320/happy-pig1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="userContent"><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/" target="_blank">KIM NORMAN </a></span>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-17686711061228236882012-06-08T10:03:00.001-04:002012-06-08T10:03:06.077-04:00A pleasant ramble with illustrator Terri Murphy<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>531</o:Words> <o:Characters>3031</o:Characters> <o:Company>Kimberly Norman</o:Company> <o:Lines>25</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>6</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>3722</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Kim: Congratulations, Terri, on illustrating another spectacular picture book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Tell us a bit about <i>ONE DAY I WENT RAMBLING</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Terri: Thank you Kim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It’s a story written by author Kelly Bennett about a highly imaginative boy, Zane, who “rambles” by finding the extraordinary in everyday objects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>His creative declarations and repurposed treasures cause him to be the subject of ridicule among his neighborhood friends, but undaunted, he perseveres. One by one, the kids come over to his way of seeing the world, and together, they build something fantastic.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DU_mzcKpJW8/T9ICREk3FzI/AAAAAAAAA0s/64vwoulagfs/s1600/RamblingBlog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DU_mzcKpJW8/T9ICREk3FzI/AAAAAAAAA0s/64vwoulagfs/s400/RamblingBlog.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Kim: What did you find interesting or challenging about illustrating this story?</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Terri:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The author, Kelly Bennett, knows how to write a story that suggests, then leaves a lot of room for an illustrator’s interpretation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>She purposefully never states where all the rambling in <i>ONE DAY I WENT RAMBLING</i> takes place. It stretches across several days, so I was able to set it in an inner-city neighborhood, and let the gang venture out from backyards to front stoops, to the zoo, the beach and to an empty lot in all their adventures.</span><br /> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Kim:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I love that you chose to set this in the inner city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>What contributed to this decision?</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Terri:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Part of it was that I grew up in the inner city, in a very diverse low-income neighborhood in Chicago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>We didn’t have gaming systems to keep us occupied (our games came in cardboard boxes), so we spent a lot of time outdoors playing and pretending.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I also felt it was important to give a nod to all those kids who don’t live in the idyllic countryside featured in so many picture books and to the creative impulses that beckon them.</span><br /> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Kim:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>At first Zane’s friends don’t get him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>They make fun of him and his treasures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Can you tell us a bit about how you decided to show this visually?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Terri:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I immediately saw the conflict here as thinking outside the box vs. thinking inside the box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>To show this, all of Zane’s wild imaginings are full-color, double spreads, full bleed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>When he brings his treasures back to the group and is shunned, those are small boxed illustrations, all the color has been removed, except for Zane and his pet chameleon, who manage to hold on to a tint.</span><br /> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Kim:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Oh yes, the chameleon!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>What a great choice for a pet, and once again, it doesn’t appear in text, only in pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Why a chameleon?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br /> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YmaMEX82esU/T9ICTCsPf7I/AAAAAAAAA00/lnMRMIAs5HI/s1600/ruthie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YmaMEX82esU/T9ICTCsPf7I/AAAAAAAAA00/lnMRMIAs5HI/s1600/ruthie.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Terri:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>A lot my time in creating a picture book is spent thinking, and what-if’ing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I asked, “What if Zane had a pet?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In researching other popular kids' gangs, Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts,” Scooby Doo, the black-and-white “Our Gang” movies...there was always a pet to help express emotion, usually a dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>But Zane wouldn’t have a dog...he’d have a chameleon! In the illustrations, the chameleon changes color to the child who expresses the most imaginative thought...usually Zane, but later, the other kids start playing along.&nbsp;</span><br /> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Kim:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Any last thoughts on <i>Rambling</i>... and are you available for school visits?</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Terri:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Yes, Kim, I’m available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>I already kicked off the school tour with a fun visit to an inner-city Chicago magnet school dedicated to arts appreciation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Could there have been a better fit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>And my last thought on <i>Rambling</i>.... the author and I ask the reader to play along on the last page of the book, to use their imagination and guess at what is shown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>That’s how we ramble!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><b><i>ONE DAY I WENT RAMBLING</i></b> can be purchased at <a href="http://www.brightskypress.com/">www.brightskypress.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">To see more illustrations from Terri, visit <a href="http://www.terrimurphyart.com/">www.terrimurphyart.com</a><o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;">To enter in a drawing for an original illustration from the book during its blog tour,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>visit here for instructions:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><a href="http://terrimurphy.typepad.com/mermaid_waves/">http://terrimurphy.typepad.com/mermaid_waves/</a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Read Kim Norman's own review of<i> One Day I Went Rambling</i> <a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/www.kimnormanbooks.com/Blog/Entries/2012/6/8_REVIEW__One_Day_I_Went_Rambling.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>, on her blog.</span><br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><!--EndFragment-->Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-21973033676749653372012-04-23T21:17:00.000-04:002012-04-23T21:17:12.576-04:00Kim Norman's Author Visit T-shirt Pillow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bCb3v8bM6os/T5X_AQaGGAI/AAAAAAAAAzs/5IZ6xCtksxk/s1600/Kim+Norman+School+Visit+Tshirt+Pillow.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bCb3v8bM6os/T5X_AQaGGAI/AAAAAAAAAzs/5IZ6xCtksxk/s1600/Kim+Norman+School+Visit+Tshirt+Pillow.JPG" /></a></div>Sometimes schools give me lovely gifts, like this croco-delightful T-shirt, given to me by LaMoure Public School last fall. I've been redecorating a room, turning it into a creative space, so I repurposed the shirt into this SUPER simple pillow. Learn more about the visit and read instructions on <a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/www.kimnormanbooks.com/Blog/Entries/2012/4/5_Author_Visit_T-shirt_Pillow%21.html" target="_blank">Kim Norman's School Visit and Author Blog, HERE.</a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-58487514661366660762011-12-31T09:22:00.001-05:002011-12-31T09:23:44.858-05:00TEN ON THE SLED holiday performance<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{&quot;type&quot;:1}"><span class="messageBody" ft="{&quot;type&quot;:3}">How adorable it this?! A school program (where, I don't know) where students performed my TEN ON THE SLED as a holiday song. Great job and so cute. I feel very proud -- like Cole Porter for kids!</span></h6><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FdyQHcXyTFw" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com">Kim Norman</a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-65071087096571821302011-01-18T06:30:00.008-05:002016-07-26T07:12:47.644-04:00SCBWI listed publishersHere is a list of publishers which appear in the SCBWI "Published and Listed" (PAL) list. <b>IMPORTANT NOTE: PAL is different from simply being listed by SCBWI</b> <b>as a publisher that exists somewhere in the world.</b> Those listed in PAL have been vetted by SCBWI as trustworthy, traditional publishers. Usually this means they pay advances and/or royalties. If you paid your publisher <b>ANYTHING</b> for your book to be published, it's unlikely your publisher will be listed in the Market Survey. This is no judgement on the quality of your book or the quality of your publisher. It's just a different sort of publishing model from traditional publishing. This list is many times longer than I ever expected it to be, so -- to keep the list to a manageable level -- I had to instate the "traditionally-published-only" parameter.<br /><br />If you see your publisher on this list, feel free to write to me about adding your link to this site. I'm sorry to have to be so specific, but I've been spending a lot of time checking out obscure publishers and self-publishers.<br /><br />If you are published by any of these houses, I'll be happy to add you to my listings. If you don't see it here, then submit your publisher to SCBWI for review. If they approve and add your publisher to their <b>PAL list</b>, (not just to their list of existing publishers) let me know, and I'll add it to my list, too.<br /><br />Oh, and your book needs to be a physical, paper book that kids can hold in their hands and flip pages. Call me old fashioned, but that's my call for now. <br /><br />Following is the current list of SCBWI PAL (Published And Listed) publishers: <br />02 Yayinevi<br />10-2 Childrens Books<br />3 DAL<br />4RV Publishing LLC<br />80 Pages Inc<br />A &amp; C Black Publishers<br />A &amp; C Black Publishers Ltd<br />A &amp; C Black Publishers Ltd. (Bloomsbury Publishing)<br />Abbeville Press<br />Abbey Home Media<br />Abbey Home Media<br />ABC Books<br />ABC Press<br />ABC-CLIO<br />ABDO Group<br />Abe's Peanut<br />Abe's Penny, LLC<br />Abela Publishing<br />Abingdon Press<br />Abiva Publishing<br />Abrams Books for Young Readers<br />Abrams Learning Trends<br />Absey and Co<br />Abvia Publishing<br />Acair Books<br />Accord<br />Accord Publishing<br />Actes Sud Junior<br />Actes Sud Junior<br />Adarna House<br />Adarna House<br />Adelphi<br />Adelphi<br />Adventure Publications<br />Aer<br />AER<br />AFCC Publications<br />Africa Sun Press<br />African Sun Press<br />Aim Magazine<br />Akane Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd.<br />Akatsuki Kyoikutosho<br />Aladdin (Simon &amp; Schuster)<br />Albert Whitman &amp; CO.<br />ALEF Design Group<br />Alfabeta Boleforlag<br />Alfabeta Boleforlag<br />Alfaguara Infantil<br />Alfred A. Knopf (Random House Children's Books)<br />Algonquin Young Readers<br />All About Kids Publishing<br />All Things that Matter Press<br />Allegra Publishing<br />Allegra Publishing Ltd.<br />Allen &amp; Unwin<br />Allen and Unwin<br />Allen And Unwin<br />Alligator Books LTD<br />Alligator Books Ltd.<br />Alpacas Magazine<br />Altea<br />Al_Ameen Serve SDN BHD<br />AM Oved Publishers<br />Amana Publications<br />Amazon Children’s Publishing (not CreateSpace or KDP)<br />Amazon Publishing (not CreateSpace or KDP)<br /><span style="color: red;"><i><b>(CreateSpace and Kindle Direct are Amazon's self-publishing arms, so are not considered traditional publishing.)</b></i></span><br />Ambassador Books<br />American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults<br />American Cancer Society<br />American Girl<br />American Girl Magazine<br />Amirah Publishing<br />Amulet Books (Abrams Books for Young Readers)<br />Anaiah Press<br />Analog Science Fiction<br />Anaya Infantil<br />Anchor Group Publishing<br />Anchorage Press Plays<br />Andara<br />Andersen Press<br />Andersen Press Ltd.<br />Andrés Bello Mexicana<br />Andrews McMeel Universal<br />Angry Robot Books/Strange Chemistry Books<br />Angus and Robertson<br />Anicia<br />Anicia<br />Anness Publishing<br />Anness Publishing<br />Annick Press<br />Annick Press<br />Annick Press<br />Anova Books<br />Anvil Books/ The Children’s Press<br />Anvil Publishing<br />Anvil Publishing, Inc.<br />APE Junior<br />Ape Junior<br />APEC Publishers<br />Appleseed Books<br />Appleseeds Magazine<br />Apprentice shop books<br />Apprentice Shop Books<br />Arbordale publishing<br />Arbutus Press<br />Arcadia<br />Archie Comics<br />Arcturus Publishing<br />Arcturus Publishing Ltd.<br />Arena Verlag GMBH<br />Aris Kan Co., Ltd.<br />Arizona Highways Books<br />Arka<br />ARKA<br />Arkaim Publishing House<br />Arnoldo Mondadori<br />Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Divisione Libri Per Ragazzi<br />Arsedition GMBH<br />Arte e Crescita<br />Arte E Crescita<br />Arte Publico Press<br />Arte Publico Press<br />Artebambini<br />Artebambini<br />Artes de México<br />Arthur A. Levine Books (Scholastic Press)<br />Ashberry Lane<br />Ashby-BP Publishing<br />Ashland Creek Press<br />Ask Magazine (Carus Publishing)<br />Aslan Shobo, Inc.<br />Aspirations Publishing<br />Assent Publishing<br />Astraea press<br />Asunaro Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd.<br />Athanasios Kastaniotis SA<br />Athanasios Kastaniotis Sa<br />Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon &amp; Schuster)<br />Atlantic Europe<br />Atlantic Europe Publishing Co. Ltd<br />Atlantis - M Pechlivanides And CO. SA<br />Atlantis-M Pechlivanides And Co SA<br />Aufbau Verlag GMBH&amp;CO<br />Augsburg Fortress Publishers<br />August House<br />Author Inks Books<br />Autism Asperger Publishing Company<br />Autumn Publishing<br />Autumn Publishing<br />Avalon Travel(Perseus)<br />Ave Maria Press<br />Avlyn<br />Award Publications<br />Award Publications<br />Awareness Publishing SA (PTY) Ltd<br />AWSNA Publications<br />Azro Press<br />B Edizioni Design<br />B Edizioni Design<br />B Small Publishing Limited<br />B Small Publishing Limited<br />B Wahlstroms Bokförlag AB<br />B Wahlstroms Bokforlag AB<br />Babalibri<br />Babalibri<br />Babybug Magazine<br />Badi Publishing Corporation<br />Bailiwick Press<br />Balzer &amp; Bray<br />Bancroft<br />Bancroft Press<br />Bancroft Press<br />Bantam Delacorte Dell (Random House Children’s Books)<br />Barbour Publishing<br />Barefoot Books<br />Barefoot Books<br />Barefoot Books Ltd.<br />Barking Rain Press<br />Barrington Stoke<br />Barrington Stoke Ltd.<br />Barron's Educational Seris<br />Barrons Educational Series<br />BatCat Press<br />Battello Stampatore<br />Battello Stampatore<br />Baumhaus Verlag GMBH<br />Bay Light Publishing<br />Bayard Editions Jeunesse<br />Bayard Editions Jeunesse<br />BBC Audiobooks LTD<br />BBC Audiobooks Ltd<br />BBC Children’s Books (Penguin Group)<br />Be There Bedtime Stories<br />Beach Lane Books (Simon &amp; Schuster)<br />BeachHouse Publishing, LLC (Mutual Publishing)<br />Bearport Publishing<br />Beau Coup Publishing<br />Beautiful Books<br />Beautiful Books<br />BeBop Books<br />Becker &amp; Mayer<br />becker&amp;mayer! (Chronicle Books)<br />Behrman House<br />Beisler Editore<br />Beisler Editore<br />Bell Bridge Books<br />Bell Bridge Books<br />Belle Books<br />Beltz &amp; Gelberg<br />Benesse Corporation<br />Benjamin Press<br />Benjamin Press<br />Bess Press<br />Bethany House<br />Beyond Word<br />Bibliographisches Institue AG<br />Big Idea<br />BigthinkMedia<br />Bill Smith Group<br />Billiken Shoukai<br />Birdsong Books<br />BL Publishing<br />Black Dog and Leventhal<br />Black Dog Books<br />Black Dog Publications<br />Black Hill Press<br />Blacksmith Books<br />Blackwater Press (Folens)<br />Blake Education<br />Blank Slate Press<br />Blooming Tree Press<br />Bloomsbury Berlin Verlag<br />Bloomsbury Children's Books<br />Bloomsbury Children's Books<br />Bloomsbury Children's Books<br />Blue Apple Books<br />Blue Manatee Books<br />Blue Marlin Publications<br />Blue Sky Press (Scholastic Press)<br />Blue Water Publications<br />Bluewood Publishing Ltd<br />Boardwalk Books – Dundurn Press<br />Bodley Head Children's Books<br />Bodley Head Children’s Books<br />Bohem Press Italia<br />Bohem Press Italia<br />Boje Verlag<br />Bold Stroke Books<br />Bold Strokes Books<br />Bold Strokes Books (Solioquoy)<br />Bookbridges<br />Bookbridges<br />Bookfish Books<br />BookLight Press<br />Bookmart<br />Bookmart LTD<br />Bookmart Ltd<br />Books Beyond Words<br />Books to Treasure<br />Books To Treasure<br />Booktrope Publishing<br />Boomerang<br />Boulden Publishing<br />Bow Publications<br />Boxer Books LTD<br />Boxer Books Ltd<br />Boxing Day Books<br />Boyds Mills Press<br />Boys Life Magazine<br />Boys Quest Magazine<br />Bradipolibri<br />Bradipolibri<br />Brainworx Studio, Inc.<br />Brands And Licensing (Division)<br />Brandylane Publishers Inc<br />Breakaway Books<br />Breakwater Books<br />Brethren Press<br />Brick Cave Books<br />Bright Ring Publishing<br />Bright Sky Press<br />Brilliant Publications<br />Brilliant Publications<br />Brimax<br />Brimax<br />British Museum Company LTD.<br />British Museum Company Ltd.<br />Brodsky Library Press<br />Bronze Man Books<br />Brown Publishing Network, Inc.<br />Brown Wells &amp; Jacobs<br />Bruno Mondadori<br />Bruno Mondadori<br />Bubbly Books<br />Buddhapuss Ink LLC<br />Bumples Magazine<br />Bunka Publishing<br />Bunkeido Co., Ltd.<br />Bunken Shuppan<br />Bunker Hill Publishing<br />Burd St/White Mane Publishing<br />Bureau for At-Risk Youth<br />Buster Books<br />Buster Books<br />Buzz Books<br />BVK Buch Verlag Kempen<br />C'Era Una Volta<br />C.E.L.T.A. Amaquemecan<br />Cacho Publishing House<br />Cader Books<br />Cadet Quest Magazine<br />Calkins Creek, an Imprint of Highlights<br />Callicéphale Éditions<br />Callicephale Editions<br />Calliope Magazine<br />Callis Niños (Kalandraka, Callis Editora, Factoria K de libros, Obranegra)<br />Cambridge University Press<br />Cambridge University Press<br />Cambridge University Press<br />Campanotto<br />Campanotto<br />candlewick<br />Candlewick Press<br />Canon Press<br />Cape Breton University Press<br />Capstone Press (Capstone Publishing Group)<br />Caramel Tree<br />Caribbean Reads<br />Carl Hanser Verlag GMBH &amp; Co. Kg<br />Carlsen Verlag GMBH<br />Carlton Publishing Group<br />Carlton Publishing Group<br />Carolrhoda Books (Lerner Publishing Group)<br />Carson Dellosa<br />Carson-Dellosa Publishing<br />Cartedit<br />Cartedit<br />Carth Usia<br />Carth Usia<br />Cartwheel Books (Scholastic)<br />Castalia<br />Castalia<br />Caterpillar<br />Caterpillar (Magi Publications)<br />Catnip Publishing<br />Catnip Publishing Ltd.<br />Caxton Press<br />Cbay Books<br />CBJ Verlag &amp; CBJ Avanti<br />CCA Publications<br />Cecilie Dressler Verlag GMBH<br />Cedar Creek Publishing<br />Cedar Fort<br />Cedar Grove Books<br />Celebrate Magazine<br />Celtic Cat Publishing<br />Celtic Cat Publishing<br />Cengage&nbsp;Learning (Australia)<br />Centering Corporation<br />Centre Narnia<br />Centro Studi Erickson<br />Centro Studi Erickson<br />Chameleon Press<br />Champagne Books<br />Character Publishing<br />Charles Davey LLC<br />Charlesbridge Publishing<br />Cheeky Monkey Publishing<br />Chelsea House (Infobase Publishing)<br />Chemmatters<br />Chess Life For Kids<br />Chicago Review Press<br />Chickasaw Press<br />Chicken House<br />Chicken House<br />Chicken Soup<br />Child -Honsha Co., Ltd.<br />Child and Family Press/Child Welfare League<br />Child's Play International<br />Childcraft Education<br />Children's Book Press<br />Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta<br />Children’s Digest<br />Children’s Playmate Magazine<br />Children’s Press (Scholastic Library Publishing)<br />Childswork Childsplay<br />Child’s Play (International) Ltd.<br />Chirp Magazine<br />Choubunsha Publishing Co., Ltd.<br />Christian Art Gifts<br />Christian Education<br />Christian Education<br />Christian Education Publishers<br />Christian Focus Publications<br />Christmas Press<br />Christy Ottaviano<br />Chronicle Books<br />Chrysalis Children's Books<br />Chrysalis Children’s Books<br />Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints<br />Cicada Magazine<br />Cidar Mill Press/Applesauce Press<br />CIDCLI<br />Cillian Press Limited<br />Cinco Puntos Press<br />Citta'Aperta<br />Citta’ Aperta<br />Claire Publications<br />Claire Publications<br />Clarion<br />Classic Education<br />Clavis Books<br />Clean Teen Publishing<br />Clear Light Publsihing<br />Clever Books<br />Clever Books<br />Clever Factory<br />Clever Factory<br />Click Magazine<br />Click Magazine (Carus Publishing)<br />Clubhouse Magazine<br />Cobblestone Magazine<br />Code Can<br />Coleman &amp; Stott<br />Colihue<br />Colihue<br />College Bound Magazine<br />Collezionare<br />Collezionare<br />Collins Children's Books<br />Collins Children's Books<br />Colofón<br />Colonnese<br />Colonnese<br />Colourpoint Books<br />Colourpoint Books<br />Comfort Publishing<br />Compass<br />Compass Point Books<br />Compendium Inc<br />Conatto<br />Conciliar Press<br />Concordia Publishing House<br />Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo (CONAFE)<br />Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (CONACULTA)<br />Contatto<br />Continental Press<br />Cooper Square<br />Cooper Square Publishing<br />Coppernrath Verlag<br />Coral Stone Press<br />Corby Publishing<br />Corgi Children's Books<br />Corgi Children’s Books<br />Cormorant Books<br />Corwin Press<br />Coscom Entertainment<br />Coscom Entertainment<br />Coteau Books<br />Coteau Books<br />Cottonwood Press<br />Coughlan Companies<br />Cousteau Kids Magazine<br />Covenant Communication Inc.<br />Coward McCann<br />CP Publishing<br />CP Publishing<br />Crabtree Publishing Company<br />Craigmore Creations<br />Crayon House<br />Creative Book Publishing<br />Creative Teaching Press<br />Creston Books<br />Crick Hollow Books<br />Cricket<br />Cricket Books (Carus Publishing)<br />Crow Magazine<br />Crow Toes Quarterly<br />Crown (Random House Children's Books)<br />Crown House Publishing<br />Crown House Publishng Ltd.<br />Curiosity Quills Press<br />Curriculum Corporation (Australia)<br />Cygnet Books<br />Cypress Publications<br />C’era Una Volta<br />D &amp; M Publishers Inc (formerly Douglas &amp; McIntyre Publishing Group)/Greystone Books<br />Dai Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd.<br />Dainippon Tosho<br />Dalmatian Press<br />Dancing Cat Books<br />Dancing Dakini Press<br />David Cook<br />David Fickling Books<br />David Fickling Books (Random House Children’s Books)<br />David Godine<br />David West Children’s Books<br />Davis Publications<br />DawnPublications<br />DC Comics<br />De Agostini<br />De Agostini<br />De Agostini Spa<br />De Vier Windstreken<br />Dear Baby Books<br />Dear Baby Boooks<br />Deeds Traditional<br />Delacorte Dell (Random House)<br />Delacorte Dell Yearling (Random House)<br />Delius Book Packagers<br />Deseret Book<br />Desert Breeze Publishing<br />Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GMBH &amp; CO.KG<br />DeVorss and Company<br />Dial Books For Young Readers (Penguin Young Readers Group)<br />Diamond DMT Publishing<br />Didax, Inc.<br />Dig Magazine<br />Discipleship Publictions International<br />Discovery Communications<br />Disney Adventures<br />Disney Libri<br />Disney Libri<br />Disney Press (Global Children’s Books)<br />Disney-Hyperion (Disney Children’s Book Group)<br />Diversion Books<br />Diversion Press<br />Dix Verlag &amp; PR<br />DK Publishing (A Pearson Company)<br />Dog Eared Publications<br />Dog Fancy<br />Donna Mae Ltd<br />Doodle and Peck Publishing<br />Dorling Kindersley<br />Dorling Kindersley Verlag GMBH<br />Doshinsha<br />Double Storey<br />Doubleday Canada (Random House of Canada)<br />Dover Publications<br />Down East Maine<br />Down-the-Shore Publishing<br />Downeast Books<br />DPI Books<br />Dragon Tales Publishing<br />Dramatic Publishing<br />Dramatics Magazine<br />Dref Wen<br />Dref Wen<br />Duckbill Books<br />Dundurn Group<br />DuoPress<br />Dutton Children’s Books (Penguin Young Readers Group)<br />Dynamath Magazine<br />E&amp;E Publishing<br />E.M. Querido's Uitgeverij B.V.<br />e:lit (formerly Primary English Teaching Association)<br />Early Learning Resouce Unit<br />Early Learning Resource Unit<br />Early Learning Resources Unit<br />East West Discovery<br />Echelon Press<br />Echelon Press<br />EDCO Publishing<br />Ediciones Castillo<br />Ediciones Castillo<br />Ediciones Internacionales Edebé<br />Ediciones Palabra SA<br />Ediciones Palabra, SA<br />Ediciones Tecolote<br />Edicolors<br />Edicolors<br />Editeam Young<br />Editeam Young<br />Editing Edizioni<br />Editing Edizioni<br />Editions Du Dromadaire<br />Editions Du Dromadaire<br />Editions Du Panama<br />Éditions Du Panama<br />Editions Talents Hauts<br />Editions Thierry Magnier<br />Editions Thierry Magnier<br />Editori Riuniti<br />Editori Riuniti<br />Editorial Directions, Inc<br />Editorial Everest Mexicana<br />Editorial Jus<br />Editorial Juventud<br />Editorial Juventud<br />Editorial Norma<br />Editorial Progreso<br />Editorial Serpentina<br />Editorial Trillas<br />Editorial3Abejas<br />Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori<br />Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori<br />Editoriale Jaca Book<br />Editoriale Jaca Book<br />Editoriale Scienza<br />Editoriale Scienza<br />Editrice Pisani<br />Editrice Pisani<br />Edizioni<br />Edizioni Arka<br />Edizioni Arka<br />Edizioni Coccole E Caccole<br />Edizioni Coccole E Caccole<br />Edizioni Corsare<br />Edizioni Corsare<br />Edizioni E/O Il Baleno<br />Edizioni E/O Il Baleno<br />Edizioni Il Punto D'Incontro<br />Edizioni Il Punto D’incontro<br />Edizioni Larus<br />Edizioni Larus<br />Edizioni Messaggero Padova<br />Edizioni Messaggero Padova<br />Edizioni Pavees<br />Edizioni Pavees<br />Edizioni Piemme<br />Edizioni Piemme<br />Edizioni Piemme<br />Edizioni San Paolo<br />Edizioni Sonda<br />EDT-Giralangolo<br />Edt-Giralangolo<br />Educational Company of Ireland<br />Educational Company Of Ireland<br />Educavision<br />Eerdmans Books for Young Readers<br />EGA – Edizioni Gruppo Abele<br />EGA- Edizioni Gruppo Abele<br />Egmont Books<br />Egmont Books (Egmont And Dean)<br />Egmont Russia<br />Egmont USA<br />Ehonkan Publishers, Inc.<br />Eifrig Publishing<br />Einaudi Ragazzi Edizioni El<br />Einaudi Ragazzi, Edizioni El Einaudi Ragazzi Emme Edizioni<br />Einaudi Scuola<br />Einaudi Scuola<br />Ekare Europa SL<br />Ekare Europa SL<br />Ekstasis Editions/Cherubim Books<br />El<br />EL<br />El Naranjo<br />Electronic Arts<br />Elemond Scuola<br />Elemond Scuola<br />Elephant Rock Books<br />Elephant's Book Shelf Press<br />Elledici<br />Elledici<br />Ellinika Grammata Publishers SA<br />Ellinika Grammata Publishers SA<br />Elva Resa Publishing<br />Ember (Random House)<br />EMI Music Switzerland<br />Emma Treehouse Children's Books<br />Emme<br />Emme<br />Empyrean Hill Books<br />En Theos Press<br />Enslow Publishers<br />Enslow Publishers<br />Entangled Publishing<br />Epigram Books<br />Era Publications<br />Erdem Yayinlari<br />Erdem Yayinlari<br />Erika Klopp Verlag<br />Eriksson &amp; Lindgren Bokforlag<br />Eriksson &amp; Lindgren Bokforlag<br />Esseffedizioni<br />Esseffedizioni<br />Esslinger Verlag J.F. Schreiber GMBH<br />Etopia Press<br />Evan-Moor Corporation<br />Evans Brothers LTD<br />Evans Brothers Ltd. (Evans Publishing Group)<br />Evernight Teen<br />Everyman's Library<br />Everyman’s Library (Alfred A. Knopf)<br />Excalibur Press<br />Exisle Publishing<br />Fabbri<br />Fabbri<br />Fabbri Editore<br />Fabbri Editore<br />Faber and Faber LTD<br />Faber And Faber Ltd.<br />Faces Magazine<br />Falzea Editore<br />Falzea Editore<br />Familius<br />Family Fun<br />FantaSi Books (PTY) Ltd<br />Fantasi Publishers<br />Fanucci<br />Fanucci<br />Farcountry Press<br />Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, Inc.<br />Fat Brain Toy Company<br />Fatatrac<br />Fatatrac<br />Featherweight Publishing<br />Feiwel and Friends (Macmillan Publishers)<br />Feldheim Publishers<br />Feltrinelli<br />Feltrinelli<br />Fernández Editores of Mexico<br />Fickling Books<br />Fifth House<br />Fifth House Publishers / Fitzhenry &amp; Whiteside<br />Filter Press<br />Filter Press<br />Finney Company<br />Firedrake Books<br />Firefly Books<br />First and Best in Education<br />First And Best In Education Ltd.<br />First Second<br />Fischer Schatzinsel in der S. Fischer Verlag GMBH<br />Fitzhenry and Whiteside<br />Fitzhenry and Whiteside<br />Five Mile<br />Five Mile Press<br />Five Star Publishing (Gale)<br />Flame Tree Publishing<br />Flame Tree Publishing<br />Flashlight Press<br />Flashlight Press Books<br />Flat Hammock Press<br />Fleurus<br />Fleurus (A Cappella Fleurus Family)<br />Fleurus Enfant<br />Fleurus Enfant<br />Fleurus-Idées / Fleurus Jeunesse<br />Fleurus-Idees/Fleurus Jeunesse<br />Floris Books<br />Floris Books<br />Flowerpot Press<br />Flux<br />Folens Publishers<br />Folens Publishers<br />Folens Publishers<br />Fondo de Cultura Económica<br />Ford Streeet Publishing<br />Ford Street Publishing Pty Ltd<br />Forest Hill Publishing LLC<br />Formac Publishing<br />Formac/Lorimer Publishing<br />Forward Movement<br />Four Corners Publishing<br />France<br />Frances Foster<br />Frances Lincoln Publishers<br />Frances Lincoln Publishers (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books)<br />Franckh Kosmos Verlags GMBH &amp; Co. KG<br />Franklin Watts (Hachette)<br />Franklin Watts (Scholastic Library Publishing)<br />Free Spirit<br />Free Spirit Publishing<br />Free Spirit Publishing<br />Freies Geistesleben<br />Fremantle Press<br />Froebel-kan Co., Ltd.<br />Frog Legs Ink<br />Frog Street Press<br />Front Street (Boyds Mills Press)<br />Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc.<br />Fulcrum Publishing<br />Fun For Kidz Magazine<br />Future ACE Publishing SDN BHD<br />FutureWord Publishing<br />FutureWord Publishing<br />G.P. Putnam's Sons (Penguin Young Readers Group)<br />Gabriel Verlag in der Thienemann Verlag GMBH<br />Gairm Publications<br />Gairm Publications<br />Gakken Co., Ltd.<br />Gale Cengage Learning Group<br />Gallimard Jeunesse<br />Gallimard Jeunesse<br />Gallucci Editore<br />Gallucci Editore<br />Gallus Publications<br />Gallus Publications<br />Galore Park Publishing<br />Galore Park Publishng Ltd.<br />Gamekeeper Press<br />Gecko Press<br />Geddes &amp; Grosset<br />Geddes &amp; Grosset<br />Gefen Publishing House LTD<br />Gefen Publishing House Ltd<br />GemmaMedia<br />Gemser Publications<br />General Store Publishing House<br />Gerstenberg Verlag GMBH &amp; Co. KG<br />Giacché Edizioni<br />Giacche Edizioni<br />Giannino Stoppani Coop<br />Giannio Stoppani Coop<br />Giant Elephant<br />Gibbs-Smith Publisher<br />Gifted Education Press<br />Gihon River Press<br />Giles Ltd.<br />Gingerbread House<br />Ginn &amp; Co. 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Deeper than my 17-year-old son has seen in his whole life.<br /><br />The best sledding hill in this flat little tidewater town is right behind our house (lucky us!) so I went out with the super-sized Scholastic paperback of <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Ten-on-the-Sled/Kim-Norman/e/9781402770760/?itm=1&amp;USRI=ten+on+the+sled"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Ten on the Sled</span></a> and found a quartet of good-natured models to pose with the book. So thank you to Kathryn, Emily, Marnie and Ev for being such good sports. And thanks to their moms and dads, too!<br /><br />Happy sledding!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kim Norman</span></a><br /><br />ps: I think the super-sized Scholastic paperback (as well as regular-sized Scholastic paperback &amp; an audio CD) are only available thru Scholastic Canada right now. I haven't seen it yet on the Scholastic US site -- but I could be wrong about that. The Sterling hardback is available... well... "everywhere books are sold" as the advertisements always say.Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-43356430165609282182010-11-02T21:46:00.001-04:002010-11-02T21:48:16.144-04:00Hanging in the top ten!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TNC_KL_IdUI/AAAAAAAAAwk/O-fw4hg4kJY/s1600/BNtop10list.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TNC_KL_IdUI/AAAAAAAAAwk/O-fw4hg4kJY/s400/BNtop10list.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535134123775522114" border="0" /></a><br />I took this screen grab from Barnes &amp; Noble on Tuesday night. Check out the Bestsellers in the right hand column. (Specifically, the book at number 5.)<br /><br />Take THAT, Justin Bieber, looking up at me from your lowly number 10 position!<br /><br />:-><br /><br />Yeah, I know it changes almost hourly, and usually young Mr. Bieber wins. But it's been nice for the past week, watching my TEN ON THE SLED bounce around.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kim Norman</span></a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-6421855623792548922010-09-18T20:00:00.002-04:002010-09-18T20:01:27.403-04:00Ten on the COUCH!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TI_AfhlQv3I/AAAAAAAAAvs/WF6sRz_PErw/s1600/IMG_5604.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TI_AfhlQv3I/AAAAAAAAAvs/WF6sRz_PErw/s400/IMG_5604.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516839716375281522" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A few more than ten, in fact: a big fat box of my newest book, TEN ON THE SLED, scheduled for release from Sterling only 3 weeks from now, on October 5th. Very proud to have my name on this book, made so fun and colorful by Liza Woodruff's BRRRRilliant illustrations. (Get it? Brrrrrr-rilliant?... in the Arctic? Ar ar!)<br /><br />Also got some great news about the book last week. Shouldn't really blab what, but it's good. It's really good.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kim Norman</span></a><br /><br />P.S.... Aaaannnd THAT didn't take long, did it? My cat cannot RESIST an open box, even if it's way too small for him to fit his fat feline rump into it.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TI_E8HMwj_I/AAAAAAAAAv0/_og7VZp9-bI/s1600/cat.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TI_E8HMwj_I/AAAAAAAAAv0/_og7VZp9-bI/s400/cat.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516844605555904498" border="0" /></a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-34047999275249599242010-06-05T09:36:00.000-04:002010-06-05T09:37:02.905-04:00Croc on CD. So cute!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TApEce1DZmI/AAAAAAAAArE/sKq_zN7RfEs/s1600/IMG_5434.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TApEce1DZmI/AAAAAAAAArE/sKq_zN7RfEs/s400/IMG_5434.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479267152752240226" border="0" /></a><br />My editor sent me sample versions of my new Crocodaddy <a href="http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/honeybee/may.htm">Scholastic paperbacks</a>. Very nice job. They look good. She also sent a handful of read-along CDs that Scholastic had created. They're adorable! The guy doing the reading (an actor named Marc Thompson) does a good job with pacing and rhythm. They added sound effects and music, which really do enhance the story. I am very proud to see my name on these new versions of my book.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kim Norman</span></a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-48246661778920063412010-06-02T12:00:00.001-04:002010-06-02T12:00:12.580-04:00Thank you, Courtland Elementary!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8QCxCETI/AAAAAAAAAqM/3a3erT3rbJA/s1600/CourtlandTU007.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8QCxCETI/AAAAAAAAAqM/3a3erT3rbJA/s400/CourtlandTU007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202611805065522" border="0" /></a><br />What a fun author visit I had yesterday at Courtland Elementary School in Fredericksburg, Virginia! Thank you a thousand times over to Tammy Jones, who coordinated the visit. Also a big thank you to Mrs. Steele, the principal, who was a good sport about manning the cute new Crocodaddy puppet I bought in Florida last month. I was delighted to learn that the students knew every word of "The Storytime Boogie," so another thank you to Mrs. Lipscomb for taking the time to teach it to the students before I arrived. And of course, an extra big thank you to the PTO for making the event possible. God bless them. What would we do without our school PTOs?<br /><br />And now, most charming of all, a collection of thank you notes from 2nd graders, some of whom got to hold up some of the colored papers I use when we do a read-aloud of I KNOW A WEE PIGGY WHO WALLOWED IN BROWN. (Still 2 years away from publication.)<br /><br />I wish I'd had time to scan them all, but here is a sampling. I love how accurately some of them drew my "Crocodaddy-colored" green suit... all the way down to my green sandals! Thank YOU, Courtland students, for making me feel so welcome!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8FC0BE6I/AAAAAAAAApk/KHJXI_4kHlg/s1600/CourtlandTU003.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8FC0BE6I/AAAAAAAAApk/KHJXI_4kHlg/s400/CourtlandTU003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202422839022498" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8E3y28qI/AAAAAAAAApc/5VeqOjVMdxg/s1600/CourtlandTU002.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8E3y28qI/AAAAAAAAApc/5VeqOjVMdxg/s400/CourtlandTU002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202419881374370" border="0" /></a><br />I love that this student used artistic license and added a green bow to my hair. Maybe I need to add that to my outfit!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8ZaCX6vI/AAAAAAAAAq0/BIrSZ9RrhKI/s1600/CourtlandTU013.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8ZaCX6vI/AAAAAAAAAq0/BIrSZ9RrhKI/s400/CourtlandTU013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202772670638834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8Zhr0jLI/AAAAAAAAAq8/9PWMp_d8rwc/s1600/CourtlandTU014.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8Zhr0jLI/AAAAAAAAAq8/9PWMp_d8rwc/s400/CourtlandTU014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202774723529906" border="0" /></a><br />The above is a reference to my <a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/www.kimnormanbooks.com/Beware%21%21.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Evil Inner Editors"</span></a> who say ugly things inside my head when I'm struggling with a first draft. Kids really seem to get the concept, especially since I pair the sayings with funny, distorted images of myself saying things like "What makes you think YOU can write a book?"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8ZA_kobI/AAAAAAAAAqs/g97cKcK727s/s1600/CourtlandTU012.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8ZA_kobI/AAAAAAAAAqs/g97cKcK727s/s400/CourtlandTU012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202765948002738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8YhoPqjI/AAAAAAAAAqk/EbS56jLBhII/s1600/CourtlandTU011.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8YhoPqjI/AAAAAAAAAqk/EbS56jLBhII/s400/CourtlandTU011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202757528660530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8QqyIfdI/AAAAAAAAAqc/BwavSDUh6tA/s1600/CourtlandTU010.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8QqyIfdI/AAAAAAAAAqc/BwavSDUh6tA/s400/CourtlandTU010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202622547099090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8QemhpiI/AAAAAAAAAqU/XAaFICSj0OU/s1600/CourtlandTU009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8QemhpiI/AAAAAAAAAqU/XAaFICSj0OU/s400/CourtlandTU009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202619277190690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8Ftakv6I/AAAAAAAAAp0/feZQYCZia-0/s1600/CourtlandTU005.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8Ftakv6I/AAAAAAAAAp0/feZQYCZia-0/s400/CourtlandTU005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202434275032994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8Pj_pjgI/AAAAAAAAAp8/9UrvTem2KEM/s1600/CourtlandTU006.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8Pj_pjgI/AAAAAAAAAp8/9UrvTem2KEM/s400/CourtlandTU006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202603544874498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8FdXmspI/AAAAAAAAAps/Lz6b0bQk9T0/s1600/CourtlandTU004.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8FdXmspI/AAAAAAAAAps/Lz6b0bQk9T0/s400/CourtlandTU004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202429967610514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8EUxh0ZI/AAAAAAAAApU/CvvME2bIJEE/s1600/CourtlandTU001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/TAZ8EUxh0ZI/AAAAAAAAApU/CvvME2bIJEE/s400/CourtlandTU001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478202410480554386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kim Norman</span></a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-73667903297042546782010-05-18T21:17:00.000-04:002010-05-18T21:18:17.872-04:00My shiny new book!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S_M6jn1K1NI/AAAAAAAAAl4/bgcSXQ45Y0k/s1600/Collin10Sled.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S_M6jn1K1NI/AAAAAAAAAl4/bgcSXQ45Y0k/s400/Collin10Sled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472782355847107794" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />Ten on the Sled</span> IN THE HOUSE! Received my first advance copy today. Gorgeous, colorful illustrations by Liza Woodruff; cool, silver foil-stamped title on the cover. Granted, Collin reading here is a little old for the book, dedicated to him and his brother Skylar. Hey, I wrote it as quickly as I could! And Sterling Publishing produced it fast, too. Great people there at Sterling.<br /><br />It'll be in stores nationwide in October, just in time for the winter holidays!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kim Norman</span></a><br />proud mama and authorKim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-55404321146346573012010-05-03T10:24:00.001-04:002010-05-03T10:24:53.448-04:005 Little Crocodiles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97awvgoFPI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/HB_ZAnhi52M/s1600/5Crocs_wCopyright.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97awvgoFPI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/HB_ZAnhi52M/s400/5Crocs_wCopyright.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467047528596247794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97aw8cZFvI/AAAAAAAAAkY/7l0DL02Eh6k/s1600/5Crocs_wCopyright2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97aw8cZFvI/AAAAAAAAAkY/7l0DL02Eh6k/s400/5Crocs_wCopyright2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467047532068148978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97axJ8b-wI/AAAAAAAAAkg/sK4-eO4FHAw/s1600/5Crocs_wCopyright3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97axJ8b-wI/AAAAAAAAAkg/sK4-eO4FHAw/s400/5Crocs_wCopyright3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467047535692217090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97bHkh7h1I/AAAAAAAAAk4/RZIXqRJ04wI/s1600/5Crocs_wCopyright4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97bHkh7h1I/AAAAAAAAAk4/RZIXqRJ04wI/s400/5Crocs_wCopyright4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467047920785917778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97bsps68lI/AAAAAAAAAlY/TE3hEciQ76U/s1600/5Crocs_wCopyright5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97bsps68lI/AAAAAAAAAlY/TE3hEciQ76U/s400/5Crocs_wCopyright5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467048557829354066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97benUJWUI/AAAAAAAAAlI/FUMAGrjrtac/s1600/5Crocs_wCopyright6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97benUJWUI/AAAAAAAAAlI/FUMAGrjrtac/s400/5Crocs_wCopyright6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467048316670400834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97be-GygaI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/auWpwnMdWEk/s1600/5Crocs_wCopyright7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97be-GygaI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/auWpwnMdWEk/s400/5Crocs_wCopyright7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467048322788393378" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a PowerPoint presentation I created for my "5 Little Crocodiles" (Based on "Five Little Monkeys," obviously.) I tried to go the lazy route, using clipart, but there was no way I was going to find clipart for 5 different crocodiles in matching styles. If there's anything I hate, as a graphic artist, it's a flier that has been thrown together using a dozen pieces of clipart that look like they were drawn by a dozen different artists. (Right up there with my peeve about using too many typefaces or using a fancy font in illegible caps.)<br /><br />So I went ahead and drew 5 little crocs. My drawing skills are pretty rusty, but it was fun. Super high tech: did the drawings on white printer paper. Scanned into Photoshop for coloring.<br /><br />The basic rhyme is:<br /><br />5 Little Crocodiles swimming in the lake.<br />One got cold and began to shake.<br />Crocodaddy said, "For goodness sake!<br />No more crocodiles swimming in the lake!"<br /><br />Once we get to zero, the last line switches to, "Feed those crocs some nice hot steak!" (which explains the last graphic.)<br /><br />Anyhow, it was fun to do. Hope the kids like it. I'm going to have to ask someone else to man the projector, since I do hand motions with the kids.<br /><br />My sister-in-law Nelle helped me write one in Spanish for the Cuban families to whom I'll be presenting later this week. We switched lake to river, since so many Spanish words rhyme nicely with "rio." At the end, they're eating ice cream (helado frio. Nell was brilliant to come up with that!) I'll probably trip over my tongue, fitting in all those quick syllables, but I think it will be fun.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97b-v3B7zI/AAAAAAAAAlg/RE2Y_3ZNabM/s1600/CincoCrocs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97b-v3B7zI/AAAAAAAAAlg/RE2Y_3ZNabM/s400/CincoCrocs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467048868720013106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97b-8MeU1I/AAAAAAAAAlo/Gld5UwYsKnc/s1600/CincoCrocs7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S97b-8MeU1I/AAAAAAAAAlo/Gld5UwYsKnc/s400/CincoCrocs7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467048872031179602" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Kim Norman</span></a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-15023545610747586012010-04-16T20:41:00.001-04:002010-04-16T20:41:35.298-04:00A room with a new view<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S8kDRc1IMmI/AAAAAAAAAkI/5ehNCeif3BY/s1600/Photo+54.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S8kDRc1IMmI/AAAAAAAAAkI/5ehNCeif3BY/s400/Photo+54.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460899621495124578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Took my writing outside today -- even farther than my front yard. Tossed my laptop into the car and drove to the Windsor Castle parking lot. (Yes, I KNOW I could have walked the trail to get there, but I was eager to get on with the writing.) Set up my laptop on a table in the brand new picnic area and had the whole place to myself. Used my computer's camera to snap these photos of my surroundings. Lovely lovely day -- if a little bit sneezy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S8kDRPOtL7I/AAAAAAAAAkA/txJjx-Iaags/s1600/Photo+55.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S8kDRPOtL7I/AAAAAAAAAkA/txJjx-Iaags/s400/Photo+55.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460899617844309938" border="0" /></a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-26524781387559234092010-04-05T20:06:00.001-04:002010-04-05T20:06:51.136-04:00It's National Poetry Month, so...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S7p1q-IY76I/AAAAAAAAAj4/xebKSECcLig/s1600/YellowBrickRdVert_shopped.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S7p1q-IY76I/AAAAAAAAAj4/xebKSECcLig/s400/YellowBrickRdVert_shopped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456803279605919650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Where I'm From</span><br />by <a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/">Kim Norman</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Inspired by George Ella Lyon's poem "Where I'm from"</span><br /><br />I am from<br />Maine mosquitos and Virginia creeper.<br />From loon and lobster,<br />kudzu and Kayro.<br />I am from pepper flecked corn chowder<br />and golden fried okra.<br />And for dessert,<br />patience,<br />whether the wait is for<br />steaming Indian pudding<br />or freezing pecan praline, home-churned.<br /><br />I am from<br />Pink Pearl erasers and Luden's cough drops.<br />From September books,<br />stiff-spined and ink scented,<br />grown floppy soft and pinky smudged by June.<br />I am from summer sundresses and summer reading lists,<br />from Pooh Corner and E.B. White,<br />yellow roads and black stallions.<br />I am from card catalogs<br />and nickel fines on golden tickets<br />too precious to release.<br /><br />I am from boy pranks<br />like<br />salted slugs writhing on sidewalks,<br />screaming cicadas tethered on strings,<br />or a tiny Cuban lizard flashing out of sight,<br />leaving its twitching tail in my surprised fingers.<br />I am from chess and Chinese checkers,<br />from battleships and "Do not pass Go."<br />I'm from Saturday morning cinnamon toast,<br />with Stooges and cartoons,<br />and from Sunday night popcorn<br />with Mickey and Walt.<br /><br />I'm from Huntley and from Brinkley,<br />from Cambodia and Camelot,<br />from Dodge and Virginia City.<br />I am from the moon, ("One small step for a man,")<br />and from space, ("Danger, Will Robinson!")<br /><br />I'm from diaries and Beta tapes,<br />records, 8-tracks and cassettes.<br />I am bound in books, boxes and baby clothes.<br />I am from these things, in these things,<br />whether remembered, forgotten or forsaken.<br />I have outgrown the sundresses but not the sun.<br />Nor the books...<br />Even if I give them away,<br />or pay the fines and return them,<br />I live on<br />in the stories.<br /><br />###<br /><br />This my the first in a planned trio of poems based on George Ella Lyon's remarkable poem, "Where I'm from." The next two will likely cover young adulthood and motherhood. (Maybe it will become a 4-part series, if I get ambitious in my old age -- not so long from now!) Click <a href="http://georgeellalyon.com/where.html">HERE</a> to read Ms. Lyon's original poem, which inspired my own.<br /><br />Oh and, ps -- the above photo is one I took during the winter of 2010 on the new Windsor Castle trail. Okay, I'll admit the "yellow brick" is a little Photoshop trickery!Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-50720369909690127522010-03-21T19:21:00.002-04:002010-03-21T19:23:04.548-04:00Crocodaddy on board!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S6anDEC6WMI/AAAAAAAAAjo/6BTHJjg9tLU/s1600-h/CrocodaddyBlackboard_031910.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S6anDEC6WMI/AAAAAAAAAjo/6BTHJjg9tLU/s400/CrocodaddyBlackboard_031910.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451228070045964482" /></a><br />...on a bulletin board, that is. This is a bulletin board that greeted me at Margaret Beeks Elementary School in Blacksburg, VA last Friday. What a treat. I love the added crocodile balloon! A big thanks to Lindsay Barron and all the fine staff and PTO of Beeks, (not to mention a bright, enthusiastic student body) for making the visit such a success.<br /><br />Equal thanks goes to Christel Reiber, PTO volunteer extraordinaire of Trimmer and Wallace Elementary Schools in York, Pennsylvania, which I visited the day before, on March 18th. Christel juggled books, toddlers and schedules to pull together a terrific pair of visits to sister schools. I only wish I'd remembered to pull out my camera for a photo.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com">Kim Norman</a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-49660902674112344892010-03-16T16:52:00.002-04:002010-03-16T16:59:20.127-04:00Headin' out!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S5_xFBVKcCI/AAAAAAAAAjg/-vX_S2eo1sU/s1600-h/MidAtlanticStates.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S5_xFBVKcCI/AAAAAAAAAjg/-vX_S2eo1sU/s400/MidAtlanticStates.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449339142700429346" /></a><br />What a busy week ahead, (after a busy week LAST week!) but I'm excited about it. I'll be in York, Pennsylvania on Thursday, March 18th, visiting Trimmer and Wallace Elementary Schools. Then on Friday, I'll be in Blacksburg, VA, a few hours south, visiting Margaret Beeks Elementary.<br /><br />Then, for icing on the cake, I'll be in Charlottesville on Saturday, attending the Festival of the Book. I've always meant to get to that and never have yet. So this will be a treat.<br /><br />The BUSY part of last week was that I had two conferences, AND -- the best part -- got to meet and have dinner with my agent. It was such a great weekend!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Kim Norman<a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com"></a></span>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-32757266447295289582010-02-26T08:18:00.000-05:002010-02-26T08:19:18.070-05:00It's not polite to insult bears<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S4fJuoCFR-I/AAAAAAAAAjA/JhLetkUtVj4/s1600-h/bear.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/S4fJuoCFR-I/AAAAAAAAAjA/JhLetkUtVj4/s400/bear.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442540477557852130" /></a><br />Darn these crummy bifocals. Yesterday I thought I read the following headline: <br /><br />"Cruel winter's latest <br /><br />insults bears downeast" <br /><br />Then I read it again: <br />"Cruel winter's latest insult bears down on East" <br /><br />Well thank goodness. I'd hate to think some rude "latest" is going around insulting bears in Maine. <br /><br />It gave me such a grin that I have been inspired to "limerize" the following poem:<br /><br />IT'S NOT POLITE TO INSULT BEARS<br />by <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com">Kim Norman</a></span> <br /><br />The bulletin caused me to frown, <br />and my brain wondered, "Black bears? or brown?" <br />Then I found my opaque, <br />Ursa Major mistake <br />was confusing a verb for a noun. <br /><br />###Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-70108957170411332542009-12-16T14:28:00.003-05:002009-12-16T14:30:12.649-05:00Santa Baby for WritersI've finally made an actual VIDEO of my "Santa Baby for Writers" song parody. I know; no one is going to give me a job in Hollywood as a movie editor. Blame the dancing stockings' lack of rhythm on my limited cinematography skills.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Caveat: One teensy scatological word in the lyrics. No, not the "s" word. The "t" word which rhymes with... well... "word.")</span><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxhb-xmbeywoP5v4-T5VAg4GUvnIYJp3M2P6NxkVcJscNRtL8UZ_HLoBitxszT-bw0V5nO5aA1CcbRM4H8KBQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0' /><br /><br />I've added videos to my website, too. A couple of song videos and one recorded while I was visiting Coventry Elementary School last year.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">KIMNORMANBOOKS.COM</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Happy holidays!</span><br /><br />KimKim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-36250405488779065532009-11-12T04:13:00.002-05:002009-11-12T04:27:14.789-05:00When IS a good time to submit?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SvvQ4e0O8HI/AAAAAAAAAhE/EfV6w-VFF6I/s1600-h/calendar+icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SvvQ4e0O8HI/AAAAAAAAAhE/EfV6w-VFF6I/s320/calendar+icon.jpg" /></a><br /></div>“Nobody reads anything in December. They’re busy planning holiday parties.”<br /><br />“It’s summer. Don’t even bother to submit anything now. Editors are all away on vacation, and nobody is reading anything until the fall.”<br /><br />This is the sort of talk I’ve heard over the years about the futility of submitting manuscripts over the holidays or in the summer... or a half-dozen other times of the year. It’s frustrating advice because there seem to be so many other times of the year when submissions are discouraged.<br /><br />“All the publishers are in Bologna right now. No sense in submitting anything.” <br /><br />One publisher even specifies a <i><b>single</b></i> month of the year when they will accept submissions. (And I'm not sure they even do <i>that</i> anymore.) For goodness sakes. When ISN’T it a bad time to submit?<br /><br />Well, here’s good news – about December and summer, anyway. Some big sales have happened during those months, so don’t be daunted by nay sayers.<br />Sue Corbett, author of the recently released THE LAST NEWSPAPER BOY IN AMERICA, has told me that her first novel, TWELVE AGAIN, was first read and noticed during the holidays.<br /><br />Jennifer Mattson, an associate agent with the highly-regarded Andrea Brown Literary Agency, believes there is really no bad time to submit. “June and July submissions can be quite nice because editors have a little more leisure to empty their in-boxes, (many officially have half-day Fridays for summer hours, but stick around into the quiet afternoons to get caught up) and some even bring manuscripts on their vacations.”<br /><br />She does agree that late summer can be a little slower. “August isn't such a great time because many bigwigs go away on long trips, so it's hard to get deals formalized. But in general, I would say, don't write off summertime submissions!”<br /><br />Besides, since manuscripts often sit in slush piles for months, there is almost no correlation between when a manuscript is mailed and when it is read.<br /><br />Authors I talked with have similar summertime stories to tell. Jennifer Ward, (jenniferwardbooks.com), is happy to report: “Most of my published books were summer sales. Keeping with the trend, I just sold a picture book to Marshall Cavendish; signed the contract just a few weeks ago.”<br /><br />There is also activity in subsidiary sales during the summer. Alex Flinn, (alexflinn.com), whose novel BEASTLY is now in production with a hot young cast from CBS Films, tells me she sold audio book rights in June to three books: BEASTLY, KISS IN TIME and her upcoming book.<br /><br />When Jennifer Mattson consulted her colleagues at the Andrea Brown agency, she heard opinions similar to her own. “Several of us have made major sales in the summertime. The consensus is that there are no off seasons in publishing anymore – so let that be motivation to authors to overcome those doldrums!”<br /><br />###<br /><br />Kim Norman's first picture book, JACK OF ALL TAILS, was released by Dutton, a Penguin imprint, in 2007.&nbsp; CROCODADDY, (Sterling, a subsidiary of Barnes &amp; Noble), debuted as the May 2009 feature for the Children's Book of the Month Club. She is looking forward to the release of two Sterling titles in 2010: TEN ON THE SLED, (illustrated by Liza Woodruff), and ALL KINDS OF KITTENS, a "Storytime Sticker" title. I KNOW A WEE PIGGY WHO WALLOWED IN BROWN, illustrated by Henry Cole, will be published by Dutton in 2012. She is represented by the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Website: <a href="http://www.kimnorman.com/">kimnorman.com</a><br /><br /><i>This article first appeared in Kim Norman's "Outside the Lines" column in the summer 2009 issue of the Mid-Atlantic SCBWI's newsletter, "The Highlighter."</i>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-62512781462960879962009-09-28T11:01:00.004-04:002009-09-28T11:11:05.925-04:00Storytime Boogie<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz3gYbYxmNdLzstA7xwYvhbGKOtCxiKsjVTQ3jItgLrmjA87egnhcjIjadoJBC9Dq_cMH021AHBr6oF6hDajQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0' /><br />Here's a video of the kindergartners from Coventry Elementary School in Yorktown, VA, singing along with my "Storytime Boogie." I love it when they know the song in advance. (I always send a CD in advance of my visit.) But even if they don't know it, they're still bouncing and bobbing to the music in no time.<br /><br />It's cute the way all the heads are swaying to the lullaby at the beginning of the song, then start bopping when the music speeds up.<br /><br />I often use this song as a closing for presentations to younger students, say 3rd grade and younger, depending on the school and area. If 3rd graders seem too sophisticated for the song, or are mixed in with older students, I close with something else.<br /><br />I wrote this a few years ago with a different title and lyrics, originally titled "The Lullaby Boogie." But when I started doing school visits, I rewrote it as "The Storytime Boogie," a song which encourages reading at bedtime. I also created a music video of the song which you can view on YouTube, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMNT6BU2WjY"><span style="font-weight: bold;">HERE</span></a>. And, of course, you can visit my website by clicking my name below.<br /><br />Storytime Boogie ©2006 by <a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Kim Norman</span></a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-30367117354366437532009-09-24T13:05:00.002-04:002009-09-24T13:06:53.239-04:00A squeaky clean visit with Elizabeth Dulemba<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SruMrXx40aI/AAAAAAAAAgc/uIw-JUTL2Fc/s1600-h/Clanton-strikeapose.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SruMrXx40aI/AAAAAAAAAgc/uIw-JUTL2Fc/s400/Clanton-strikeapose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385052456197083554" border="0" /></a>Wow, time flies! Nearly half a year ago, I spent happy hours in a car with Elizabeth Dulemba as we traveled together to a school in <a href="http://dulemba.com/2009/04/clanton-alabama-in-news.html">Clanton, Alabama</a>. We had been hired as the visiting author and illustrator of the day. We were a bit early for checking into our hotel rooms, so we found some great shopping nearby where Elizabeth bought that <span style="font-style: italic;">DIVINE</span> wrap you see her wearing below and on her <a href="http://dulemba.com/index_visits.html">School Visits</a> page. (In fact, the video was shot during that same visit)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SruMrtTBUjI/AAAAAAAAAgk/sKoFOMGOsJo/s1600-h/Clanton-paper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SruMrtTBUjI/AAAAAAAAAgk/sKoFOMGOsJo/s400/Clanton-paper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385052461973197362" border="0" /></a>I wish had transcribed all the wonderful things we talked about during that car trip and our marvelous meals together. Ah well, in lieu of sharing that conversation with you, I'll share this one, instead...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Hi Elizabeth!</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Congratulations on the "birth" of SOAP, SOAP, SOAP! Having enjoyed many hours with you in an authentic Mexican restaurant, *I* already know the answer to this question, but my readers might not, so can you tell us a little something about your decision to learn Spanish when you took on this project?</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SruM7dBbV9I/AAAAAAAAAgs/WiJYwOlLreU/s1600-h/list-Soap.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 216px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SruM7dBbV9I/AAAAAAAAAgs/WiJYwOlLreU/s400/list-Soap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385052732482344914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I took French in High School and college (and was an exchange student in Paris), but don't get much chance to practice in Georgia. Here, it's all about Spanish, which I've wanted to learn for years. My 40th birthday was looming and I LOVE Jack Tales, so when Raven Tree Press approached me to illustrate Paco and the Giant Chile Plant, a bilingual adaptation of "Jack and the Beanstalk," I jumped at the chance. Here was my excuse to finally learn Spanish! I signed up for classes at the <a href="http://www.thelaa.org/">Latin American Association</a> in Atlanta thinking, no biggie, I'll take lessons. Little did I know what a life-changing impact the LAA and the people there would have on my life!!<br /><br />Luckily, Paco did so well (it won a Moonbeam Children's Book Award Bronze Medal), my publisher wanted more. It seemed a natural fit to do another Jack Tale adaptation - this time with a slightly less well-known story, SOAP, SOAP, SOAP (now also bilingual: SOAP, SOAP, SOAP ~ JABON, JABON, JABON!)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">SOAP isn't your first multi-cultural book. How did you happen to find yourself in the multi-cultural market?</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SruNl38LlVI/AAAAAAAAAg0/wPprc4WCc14/s1600-h/list-Paco.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 216px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SruNl38LlVI/AAAAAAAAAg0/wPprc4WCc14/s400/list-Paco.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385053461262603602" border="0" /></a><br />It's funny, since Paco I've received many, many jobs creating multi-cultural illustrations - I must have done something right! In fact, the three books I did for the ParentSmart KidHappy™ series feature Hispanic, African American and Asian characters. I love creating multi-cultural characters - the different bone structures are challenging, so perhaps they slow me down a bit to make sure I'm getting everything right.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I know you work on a computer, (I've seen that marvelous 2-screen setup on your desk) but to me, your work is very painterly. It also has a sort of collage quality to it, as though you cut out the images and collaged them onto paper. Can you talk a little bit about how you give your work its distinctive look?</span><br /><br />Thank you! I make a point of making sure people can't tell how I work, and try hard to include as much texture as possible (challenging in the 2-D digital world). That's where the collage elements come in. To me, texture (and color) with all their various nuances are downright fascinating!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">You're a marvelous, energetic school presenter who really connects with students. What do you like students to take away from your school presentations?</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SruNwzclziI/AAAAAAAAAg8/4yN2v64HzsY/s1600-h/Clanton-crowd2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SruNwzclziI/AAAAAAAAAg8/4yN2v64HzsY/s400/Clanton-crowd2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385053649034923554" border="0" /></a>You are too kind! I have a blast sharing my work with kids - probably because I still am one. But I'm a kid who had a dream and made it happen. I hope I get that across the most - that anybody can make their dream come true with hard work, dedication, and pure stubbornness! (Yes, there is a good side to that trait.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I know you're also a savvy marketer with a large email list of subscribers to your newsletter. Can you offer any advice to new authors looking to promote themselves and their books?</span><br /><br />I have to admit I stumbled into the secret - which is to GIVE. I was already writing articles for the SCBWI Bulletin, teaching at the John C. Campbell Folk School and basically trying to pay it forward as much as possible. But when I started giving away coloring pages on my blog (for teachers, librarians, booksellers, and parents to share with their kids), things really took off. The collection has grown quite large over the last two years and people can now sign up to receive <a href="http://dulemba.com/index_ColoringPages.html">Coloring Page Tuesday</a> alerts in their in-box every week. I love seeing the new subscriptions come in - from libraries, schools, children's hospitals, even nursing homes - it's a thrill to know my work is being shared to spread a little joy like that.<br /><br />Thanks Kim!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Thank YOU, e! (You have probably noticed by now that Elizabeth likes to just go by "e" in her online posts.) You can read more about our visit to Clanton, and see photos of "e" in action </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.clantonadvertiser.com/news/2009/apr/25/young-authors-honored/">THIS ARTICLE</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> and photo collection published by the Clanton Advertiser.</span><br /><br />And if you can't get enough of "e," (I can't!), click <a href="http://dulemba.com/ActivityPage-Soap.html#Tour">HERE to see her full SOAP, SOAP, SOAP blog tour schedule</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">KIM NORMAN</span></a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-32556104847924660812009-09-04T13:25:00.005-04:002009-09-04T14:51:37.168-04:00Whew! 600 listings!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SqFg6jpyFWI/AAAAAAAAAgE/XVY_G18v54E/s1600-h/Computer_dizzyRGB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 257px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SqFg6jpyFWI/AAAAAAAAAgE/XVY_G18v54E/s400/Computer_dizzyRGB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377685989176251746" border="0" /></a>Wow, I just did a count of all the links now on this site, and it has just passed 600. Whew! Makes me a dizzy to think I have communicated with all these marvelous, talented people to add their links.<br /><br />When I started the blog, I seeded it with about 60 colleagues -- friends and critique group members. After that, word spread and -- since then -- everyone has contacted <span style="font-style: italic;">me</span>, rather than the other way around.<br /><br />So raise a glass of sugar-free lemonade to our first 600 links! Clink clink!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">KIM NORMAN</span></a>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114801566026062071.post-43863237467261280552009-05-31T14:25:00.006-04:002009-05-31T15:16:10.174-04:00Traveling Authors: The Diplomat & The Hollywood Journalist<a href="http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kim Norman</span></a> here. I'm a huge fan of NPR's <span style="font-style: italic;">This American Life</span>, so naturally I immediately developed an e-crush on <span style="font-style: italic;">This American Life</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">All Things Considered</span> commentator Jake Halpern when he contacted me about including his link on this site. (Yes, I <span style="font-style: italic;">know</span> he looks young enough to be my son. That's why I'm drawing the line at a non-stalking e-crush.) Turns out Jake is an amazing multi-tasker. He teaches at Yale and now has two books in print: <span style="font-style: italic;">Braving Home</span> and a newly-released young adult fantasy, <span style="font-style: italic;">Dormia,</span> (Houghton Mifflin.) Jake has graciously agreed to lend his journalistic talents to <span style="font-style: italic;">Author Visits by State</span>, as a guest blogger. Here's Jake:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />What happens when a U.S. diplomat from Paris and a Hollywood reporter -- who is living on the Navajo reservation -- team up to write a book? Crazy things…</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SiLR7YwFlcI/AAAAAAAAAe8/0rCDl_vEqVE/s1600-h/+jake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SiLR7YwFlcI/AAAAAAAAAe8/0rCDl_vEqVE/s400/+jake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342062926201460162" border="0" /></a>Everyone said I was crazy to co-author a book. The set-up was outlandish. I was a journalist who reported on American pop culture and Hollywood for NPR’s All Things Considered and the New Yorker. Then one day, my wife (Kasia) tells me she had landed a job as a doctor with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Not long after this, I found myself living on the Navajo Reservation in northwestern New Mexico, which remains one of the most remote and sparsely settled regions in the continental United States. From my desk, in our tiny ranch house, I watched prairie dogs frolic and tumbleweed blow across the street. On most days, there wasn’t much to report.<br /><br />Okay, so that's me. Now meet my co-author.<br /><br />Meanwhile, halfway around the world, my longtime buddy Peter Kujawinski was serving as an American diplomat in Paris. His environs could not have been more radically different. Kujawinski, known simply as “Kujo” by friends and family alike, inhabited a sprawling three bedroom penthouse which had stunning views of the Eiffel Tower. On the weekends, he and his wife Nancy – a popular local musician – hit the bars, cabarets, and bistros of the Left Bank. All that being said, by almost any measure, it was not an ideal time to be an American diplomat in France. America was knee-deep in a war that was as popular in France as Spam or Kraft Singles American Cheese Slices. As he lunched with diplomats from other countries, many of whom treated him with no small degree of contempt, Kujo often imagined that he was in another country all together – that country being the kingdom of Dormia.<br /><br />Okay so what's Dormia.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SiLSHkHPoEI/AAAAAAAAAfE/eAcQkdAxrYE/s1600-h/+dormia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TSvsB5MT3Rc/SiLSHkHPoEI/AAAAAAAAAfE/eAcQkdAxrYE/s400/+dormia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342063135409807426" border="0" /></a>Dormia is a place that both Kujo and I had discussed on numerous occasions. We actually first dreamed up the book while visiting the Sinai Peninsula – a rugged, beautiful, but deserted stretch of Egypt that stretches out into the luminescent waters of the Red Sea. We slept on a sand dune, beneath the stars, like the Bedouin. One night we got caught in a sand storm known as a khamseen. Luckily, the storm wasn't too severe. We were never in danger, but sleeping proved impossible, and as we huddled and chatted through the night, speaking about the magic of travel, wandering in the desert, and sleeping. This is truly where the idea for Dormia was born.<br /><br />Okay, so at this point, you're probably wondering: How did these two guys actually write the book? Good question. The quick answer: E-mail. We overburdened our e-mail accounts by sending the 500-page manuscript as an attachment to each other at least once, sometimes twice or even three times a day. We just passed the thing back and forth like a cyber football. Peter would go out for drinks at a local bistro in Paris, come home late, burn the midnight oil in Paris, hammer out a new chapter, and then fire the thing across the globe to me<br /><br />Sometimes, of course, we did talk by phone. I did much of my writing from a remote cottage in southwest Colorado. I would hike from the cottage to a massive rock on top of a desert butte in order to get cell phone reception. The rock offered panoramic views of Mesa Verde National Park. Here it was possible to gaze out for fifty miles without seeing any signs of civilization. I called this perch "Telephone Rock." So I'd hike up to Telephone Rock to call Peter and when I'd finally reach him at the United Nations in New York, he'd say: 'Sorry man, I can't talk during lunch today – we’re having an emergency session of the Security Council.' So we kind of gave up on the phone, at least during the week. We did e-mail, and it worked out for the best, because we just focused on the nuts and bolts of writing the book.<br /><br />For us, the book became a way to deepen our friendship. Over the years that it took to write this book, we rendezvoused in a number of odd places including a café in Paris, a remote canyon in New Mexico, and a tree house in the Berkshires. The result was a much prolonged boyhood and, of course, our book.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Kim again: Visit </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.jakehalpern.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jake's website HERE</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;">. Besides his home state of Connecticut, he's also available for author visits in MA., VT., NY., PA., DC., DE., VA., and NJ.</span>Kim Bookwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05385941607166996763noreply@blogger.com8
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