Congratulations to Wyatt Townley, new Poet Laureate of Kansas!!
Wyatt Townley has been named the 2013-2015 Poet Laureate of Kansas. As Poet Laureate of Kansas, Wyatt will promote the humanities as a public resource for all Kansans through public readings, presentations, and discussions about poetry in communities across the state. Congratulations, Wyatt!
Date: January 23, 2013
Author: Judy Hyde
Tags: agents, Ann Ingalls, book release, editor, fiction, nonfiction, picture books
Author: Judy Hyde
Tags: agents, Ann Ingalls, book release, editor, fiction, nonfiction, picture books
Congratulations x 2 to Ann Ingalls!
Ann Ingalls is pleased to announce that World Book will be publishing J IS FOR JIVE; the release date has yet to be announced. Cassie Mayer will edit this work.
And the good news continues: In May of 2013, Grosset and Dunlap will release Ann’s emergent reader, ICE CREAM SOUP. Karen Grencik at Red Fox Literary represented this work.
Congratulations to Jenn Bailey!
Jenn Bailey is thrilled to confirm that she is now represented by Minju Chang and Kendra Marcus of Bookstop Literary. http://www.bookstopliterary.
Bookstop Literary is an editorial agency, and Jenn has enjoyed the process of working with Kendra and Minju, both of whom she met at a Kansas SCBWI conference.
The Biggest Lesson that Jenn would like to pass on is: “When agents say ‘We’d like to see more from you’–believe them! Don’t make them wait six months before you come back around to the project. You could be filled with Happy/Joy a whole lot sooner!”
Date: November 28, 2012
Author: Judy Hyde
Author: Judy Hyde
Congratulations to Barb Stuber!
Barb Stuber’s second novel, PROVENANCE, has been picked up by her editor, Karen Wotyla, at Simon and Schuster. PROVENANCE is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2014.
ALA picks HATE LIST for Great Stories Book Club!
Jennifer Brown’s HATE LIST has been chosen for the American Library Association’s Great Stories Book Club, under the theme “Second Chances.” This program is targeted to underserved and at-risk teen populations in an attempt to reach them through books that take on subjects relevant to their lives. Read More Look for the paperback October 2010!
Date: August 11, 2010
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: Bailey, Heos, non-fiction, Rosen, Ryckert Cook
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: Bailey, Heos, non-fiction, Rosen, Ryckert Cook
Release day for Bailey, Heos and Ryckert Cook
Today Rosen Publishing released three more titles from Heartlander writers: Kansas Past and Present by Diane Bailey, Colorado Past and Present by Bridget Heos, and Kentucky Past and Present by Colleen Ryckert Cook.
This is Diane’s ninth book with Rosen. Her next two titles will be out January 2011. Bridget has nine books with Rosen as well. This is Colleen’s first book with Rosen. The company will release two more titles by her in January 2011.
LITTLE PIANO GIRL launch party highlights
Family, friends and fans joined authors Ann Ingalls and Maryann Macdonald to celebrate the release of Little Piano Girl. Reading Reptile played host to the event on February 13. Congratulations!
Date: November 3, 2009
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: book release, Diane Bailey, non-fiction, Rosen
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: book release, Diane Bailey, non-fiction, Rosen
Six more titles for Diane Bailey
In August, Rosen Publishing released two new books written by Diane Bailey: High School Musicals: Scenery and Set Design and High School Musicals: Stage Management and Production.
In January 2010, Diane will have three more releases through Rosen: Tennessee: Past and Present; Venus and Serena Williams; and Great Moments at the World Cup. Her book Kansas: Past and Present will be out in August 2010. Congratulations, Diane!
Demystifying Genres
This month the Institute of Children’s Literature Writers’ Support Room features Lisha Cauthen - Wednesday critique regular, KSCBWI Scoop editor and bloggess extraordinaire. Check out Lisha in action here!
Great job, Lisha!
Date: November 2, 2009
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: Ann Ingalls, biography, Little Piano Girl, Mary Lou Williams, nonfiction, picture books
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: Ann Ingalls, biography, Little Piano Girl, Mary Lou Williams, nonfiction, picture books
Ann Ingalls’ The Little Piano Girl
The Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, DC, have invited Ann Ingalls and Maryann Macdonald to sign books at a celebration for the centennial of jazz great Mary Lou Williams’ birth.
The sisters’ labor of love, The Little Piano Girl, is illustrated by Giselle Potter and will be published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children in January 2010. Future signing include The Lincoln Center in New York City and the American Jazz Museum and the Plaza Library in Kansas City. The Reading Reptile will host a celebration in February.
