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Webinar: From Illustrating to Writing – How Two Illustrators Made the Transition into Writing
Watch the replay! Angela Dominguez and Juana Martinez-Neal, In Conversation. Pura Belpré Honoreé and creator of Stella Diaz Has Something to Say, Angela Dominguez, and Caldecott Honor winner and creator of Alma and How She Got Her Name, Juana Martinez-Neal, team up for an eye-opening discussion about their publishing careers. Both Angela and Juana started writing after making their mark in children’s books by reinterpreting traditional fairy tales. They will share how they write from an illustrator’s perspective and how they include their personal lives in their work.
Webinar: Second Sight – How We Revise
Watch the replay! Kate Messner and Padma Venkatraman, In Conversation. Revision involves seeing something a second (or third, or fifteenth) time – yet most authors groan, just as loudly as students in schools when they’re told to revise their work. Be sure to check out Kate Messner and Padma Venkatraman, two award-winning authors who’ve grown to love revision, pull back the curtain on their processes and share practical exercises and tips for writers. They also discuss ideas for adapting their tried-and-true revision strategies for teachers to use in the classroom.
Webinar: Finding Facts through Fiction – Using Middle Grade Novels to Bridge the Gaps Between Creativity and Research
Watch the replay! Award-winning authors Brandy Colbert and Elana K. Arnold will discuss their middle grade novels, The Only Black Girls in Town and A Boy Called Bat and will share insights about how their fiction is created by combining real-life experiences, “what if” questions, and true facts about history, animal husbandry, race, and neuroatypicality.
Webinar: Chasing Unicorns with Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham
Watch the replay! Newberry Honor winner Shannon Hale and Caldecott Honor winner LeUyen Pham have worked together for several years and have been friends for longer than that. Together with Dean Hale, they are the creators of the best-selling Princess in Black series. They are also the creators of the New York Times-bestselling graphic novels Real Friends and Best Friends. Don’t miss these two creators as they discuss making stories together, where their inspiration comes from, and how being best friends on this journey makes it all so much sweeter.
Make This Year the Year of the Author Visit
Every student deserves to experience an author visit. It doesn’t matter if they attend a rural Title I school in York County, Nebraska or an elite prep school on the Upper West Side of New York City, every student should have the opportunity to experience an author...
A Caldecott Honor, A Newbery Honor, and Nine ALA Youth Media Awards for Authors from The Author Village!
We are over-the-moon excited here at The Author Village! On Monday January 27, 2020, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the winners of the 2020 Youth Media Awards, and many authors from The Author Village received well-deserved recognition. First,...
Nine More Authors Join The Author Village!
The Author Village is growing again! We’re thrilled to announce that nine more exceptional authors are joining our collective this summer! Like the others on our roster, they are a dynamic and diverse group of creators. They all excel at interacting with children and...
Opportunity
Jeff Zentner is the recipient of the William C. Morris Award, the Amelia...
The Author Village Welcomes Five New Authors!
The Author Village is thrilled to announce that five more stellar authors are joining our community this winter! Like the other authors on our roster, they are a dynamic and diverse group of creators who each excel at interacting with children and readers of all ages....
Meg Medina, Elizabeth Acevedo, Elana K. Arnold, and Tiffany Jackson Win ALA Youth Media Awards!
We’re beyond excited here at The Author Village! On Monday January 28, 2019, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the winners of the 2018 Youth Media Awards, and four authors from The Author Village received well-deserved recognition. First,...
Elizabeth Acevedo: National Book Award Winner!
Huge congratulations to our own Elizabeth Acevedo, who has added to her already-impressive hardware collection with the country's most prestigious literature award, the National Book Award, for The Poet X! We're overjoyed for Elizabeth and so proud and grateful to...
Book Birthday Bash!
It's a book release bonanza here at The Author Village! Today, SEVEN of our authors have books entering the world, and we're celebrating them all! -- = Happy book birthday to Samantha Berger! Her Rock What Ya Got picture book, illustrated by Kerascoët, is an...
We’re Adding to the Village!
The Author Village is thrilled to announce that we're adding to our ranks! Seven talented authors who are also dynamic and powerful speakers have joined the Author Village, and we're so excited to help bring them to your classroom, library or event! Brandy...
Cover Reveal for Laurie Halse Anderson’s SHOUT!
SHOUT, Laurie Halse Anderson's memoir-in-verse, has a gorgeous new cover! Check out the reveal, and an exclusive poem, over on Bustle! -- Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual...
THE POET X Longlisted for the National Book Award!
Congratulations to Elizabeth Acevedo! Elizabeth Acevedo's stunning debut novel in verse, The Poet X, has been named to the longlist for the 2018 National Book Award in the category of Young People’s Literature. The Poet X is the story of Xiomara, a young woman growing...
Happy Birthday, Merci Suárez!
It’s no accident that my new middle grade novel, Merci Suárez Changes Gears (Candlewick Press, Sept 2018) opens on picture day at Seaward Pines Academy. Uy! When I think back to my school days at P.S. 22 in Queens, there weren’t many humiliations greater than that....
Congratulations, Elizabeth Acevedo!
The Author Village wants to say a big congratulations to our own Elizabeth Acevedo, winner of the prestigious 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry for her amazing debut novel The Poet X! The Horn Book Award has only one criteria — excellence — and...
Nine More Authors Join The Author Village
The Author Village is thrilled to welcome five new artists to our growing community. Tracey Baptiste, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, John Parra, Aisha Saeed, and Jeff Zentner are now part of The Author Village.
The Caldecott Medal, the Geisel Award, and a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor!
Tremendous news! On Monday February 12, 2018, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the winners of the 2018 Youth Media Awards, and several artists from The Author Village received well-deserved recognition.
Five More Authors Join The Author Village
The Author Village is thrilled to welcome five new artists to our growing community. Tracey Baptiste, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, John Parra, Aisha Saeed, and Jeff Zentner are now part of The Author Village.
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