Tag: picture book

More tiny elephant news!

The French edition of STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS was released last month by Les Éditions des Éléphants. Since then, it was featured on French television! Interdit aux Éléphants à la télé ! Youhouuuu ! Notre joli livre entre les mains de Nathalie Lebreton, c'était aux Maternelles et c'est à revoir ici ! Posted by Les Éditions…
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March 17, 2016 0

Congratulations, Tiny Elephant!

Because we are living in the future, I learned via Twitter that STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS is the recipient of an NCTE 2016 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, Honorable Mention! The NCTE Charlotte Huck Award recognizes fiction that has the potential to transform children’s lives by inviting compassion, imagination, and wonder. The award…
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November 21, 2015 0

Happy Book Birthday, Tiny Elephant!

He’s here, he’s here, and ready to be your friend! STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS launches today. An enormous thank you to my lovely agent, Laura Rennert, for finding him a home, Sylvie Frank, Paula Wiseman, Laurent Linn, and the rest of the S&S team for all their hard work and love of this project, Taeeun Yoo…
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October 27, 2015 0

“When are you going to write a book about your kids?”

Those of you who have been following me for any amount of time are probably aware that my other job is as a stay-at-home mom to two kidlets I have called the SugarBean and Tiny Moncler outlet Doom. As is the way of life, the SugarBean now refers to herself as Jinx in certain gaming…
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August 25, 2015 0

All Are Welcome

Sylvie Frank and my fantastic team at Paula Wiseman has forwarded printable versions of the STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS Pet Club Invitation and Coloring Page featuring the glorious artwork of illustrator Taeeun Yoo. Clicky the linky to download. Here is a preview of the darling. And save the magliette calcio a poco prezzo release date… October 27th!…
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June 30, 2015 0

I’ll tell you a tale of two sisters…

I am delighted to announce that my picture book, SISTER DAY! has been acquired by Sylvie Frank at Paula Wiseman Books (Simon & Schuster) in a deal brokered by the lovely Laura Rennert of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Publication is set for Spring of 2016. Sonia Sánchez will be illustrating, and I am thrilled.…
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August 1, 2014 0