from When Rain Clouds Gather It was the face of a tortured man, slowly being devoured by the intensity of his inner life, and the tormented hell of that inner life had scarred deep ridges across his brow and down his cheeks, and the icy peaks of loneliness on which the man lived had only … Read more
Check out this great interview with Zetta Elliott on Embracing the Child. She’s their author of the month! Yay Zetta.
Okay, I’m extremely superstitious when it comes to certain things, and all in all, I try to avoid award talk when at all possible. However, it is that time of year for the American Library Association Awards. Of course there is always Caldecott and Newbery Award buzz, but the bleachers for the Coretta Scott King … Read more
I am honored to announce that Cleveland Public Library has selected BIRD to be on it’s 2008 Celebrate With Books list. from the web site: Celebrate With Books In 1906 the Cleveland Public Library published, for the first time, a list with suggestions for holiday book purchases for boys and girls. The list has evolved … Read more
From my urban family to yours, Happy Holidays!
I’m heading to Atlanta in the morning! Look for posts from the book signing next.
On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with Zetta Elliott, author of the book Bird, about publishing picture books that tackle real-life issues like drug addiction, getting published in foreign markets and being daring as both book publishers and book buyers.
Zetta and I will be signing copies of BIRD in Atlanta on December 15th at Frederick Douglass High School. If you have unsigned copies already, please feel free to bring them! If you haven’t purchased a copy and would like to, we will have books available for sale.
This year I spent Thanksgiving with one of my best friends —FilmMaker, Nadirah Bell. It was my first time eating Tofurkey with miso…yum. I was also able to relax a bit and veg out on movies, tv, and books. I read BLACK GIRL IN PARIS by Shay Youngblood. went to see AUSTRALIA by Baz Luhrman … Read more
A big thank you goes out to Andrea Ross and Mark Blevis for doing a wonderful review of BIRD on the Just One More Book podcast. See the full post here.