Author and Illustrator Spotlight – Page 26

Author Spotlight: Allyssa Loya

by Jenny Krueger, Publishing Director for School and Library I met Disney Coding Adventures author Allyssa Loya at the 2017 TLA (Texas Library Association) conference when she presented to a packed house about how she got a coding club up and running in her library. As she presented, I heard a familiar refrain from the […]Read more

Mary Amato’s Inspiration for Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery

By Libby Stille, Associate Publicist Today YA author Mary Amato shares her inspiration for Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery.Read more

My 5-Year-Old Asks Calef Brown Questions about The Ghostly Carousel

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books As I mentioned in yesterday’s interview on the blog, my 5-year-old is a bit obsessed with Calef Brown’s new poetry collection, The Ghostly Carousel: Delightfully Frightful Poems.Read more

Meet The Magic of Melwick Orchard Author Rebecca Caprara

By Libby Stille, Associate Publicist Rebecca Caprara’s debut middle-grade novel, The Magic of Melwick Orchard, centers on 12-year-old Isa, whose family fractures after her little sister Junie is diagnosed with cancer. Her mother falls into a depression, and her father works more and more to combat the mounting medical bills. When Isa finds a magical tree […]Read more

Radiolab, Obama, and an Out-of-This World Picture Book: Guest Post by David Zeltser + Book Trailer Reveal

Today we welcome author David Zeltser to discuss what inspired him to write his new picture book, The Universe Ate My Homework. Plus, watch the book trailer created by illustrator Ayesha L. Rubio and narrated by Radiolab‘s Robert Krulwich!Read more

Remembering Biologist Lincoln Brower, Advocate for the Monarch Butterfly

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books Have you spotted any monarch caterpillars or butterflies lately? We currently have three chrysalides at my house hanging from the top of a mesh butterfly habitat, and one rapidly-growing caterpillar who has been munching through milkweed leaves harvested from our backyard. They’ve been on […]Read more

3 Great Tips for Sharing Seeing into Tomorrow

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books In a casual conversation with Nina Crews, I mentioned that my younger son (who was 4 at the time) was a bit too young to really understand Seeing into Tomorrow: Haiku by Richard Wright. Nina selected the haiku for the book, created photo-collage illustrations, and […]Read more

“This Award Has Undone Me”: Patricia Newman’s Sibert Honor Speech

Today we share the speech author Patricia Newman gave last month at the Sibert Committee lunch at ALA. She received the Sibert Honor for Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem.Read more

Reading Like a Writer: What Authors Read for Inspiration [Part Two]

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books Recently, Laura Purdie Salas, Chris Barton, and Sara Levine talked a little about their reading habits. You can find that post here. Today I’m pleased to share three more contributions to this series!Read more

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