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Today
I am hosting Kidlitosphere Non-Fiction Monday. Kidlit
bloggers and others will offer their best posts for nonfiction. Keep
checking the comments as I update links all day.
Paula Willey is getting a jump on the week by pre-writing her review of The Vermeer Interviews: Conversations with Seven Works of Art by Bob Raczka. It'll be up on Pink Me (http://pinkme.typepad.com)
Kid Lit authors are taking matters into their own hands again this year with a program called Buy a Book, Save the World!
With the holidays upon us, these authors are reminding the world that it's just as easy to buy a kid a book as it is to buy a toy. It's great to know that children's authors are not going to take this downturn in the economy lying down.
Today is National Bookstore Day. So go out and buy books for gifts and save the world in the process.
Mykonos is sort of the Disneyland of the Greek Islands. The white buildings with their blue roofs lend a charming fantasy feel to the towns. During the high season the streets are jammed with tourists, and the white sand beaches, where tops are optional, are loaded. The shopping is fun and the locals friendly. Like everywhere in Greece, Mykonos has its own mythology. This was
where Heracles killed the giants. The rocks around the island are
supposedly their corpses!!!
Tracy Barrett is a hard working RA for the SCBWI for years. I would see her around the summer conferences always helpful and kind. Tracy is also one of these "Brainieacks" that I often find in children's literature. Professor at Vanderbilt University, published author and scholar. We are so lucky to have her in our mist. I give you Tracy Barrett.
When and why did you start writing for children?
In 1975, I wrote some short stories for an educational publishing firm. I later found out that I was the only non-professional in the group (I was a college student) and was edited the least of any of them, so that gave me confidence that I could actually do it!
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