Cynthia Leitich Smith's Blog, page 82
March 25, 2017
In Memory: Nancy Willard
Compiled by Gayleen Rabakukk
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Nancy Willard, Prolific Children's Book Author, Dies at 80 by Sam Roberts from the New York Times. Peek: "'Nancy Willard’s imagination — in verse or prose, for children or adults — builds castles stranger than any mad King of Bavaria ever built,' the poet Donald Hall wrote in The New York Times Book Review in 1981. 'She imagines with a wonderful concreteness. But also, she takes real language and by literal-mindedness turn...
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Nancy Willard, Prolific Children's Book Author, Dies at 80 by Sam Roberts from the New York Times. Peek: "'Nancy Willard’s imagination — in verse or prose, for children or adults — builds castles stranger than any mad King of Bavaria ever built,' the poet Donald Hall wrote in The New York Times Book Review in 1981. 'She imagines with a wonderful concreteness. But also, she takes real language and by literal-mindedness turn...
March 24, 2017
Cynsational News
By Cynthia Leitich Smith & Gayleen Rabakukk
for Cynsations
New Crop of Young Adult Novels Explores Race and Police Brutality by Alexandra Alter from The New York Times. Peek: "Teachers and librarians across the country have embraced the new body of children's literature dealing with racial bias and injustice."
Ibi Zoboi: At the intersection of broke and broken by Alice Cary from Book Page. Peek: "'I’m kind of —not literally—driving down American Street on Google maps and...
for Cynsations
New Crop of Young Adult Novels Explores Race and Police Brutality by Alexandra Alter from The New York Times. Peek: "Teachers and librarians across the country have embraced the new body of children's literature dealing with racial bias and injustice."Ibi Zoboi: At the intersection of broke and broken by Alice Cary from Book Page. Peek: "'I’m kind of —not literally—driving down American Street on Google maps and...
Cynsations News
By Cynthia Leitich Smith & Gayleen Rabakukk
for Cynsations
New Crop of Young Adult Novels Explores Race and Police Brutality by Alexandra Alter from The New York Times. Peek: "Teachers and librarians across the country have embraced the new body of children's literature dealing with racial bias and injustice."
Ibi Zoboi: At the intersection of broke and broken by Alice Cary from Book Page. Peek: "'I’m kind of —not literally—driving down American Street on Google maps and...
for Cynsations
New Crop of Young Adult Novels Explores Race and Police Brutality by Alexandra Alter from The New York Times. Peek: "Teachers and librarians across the country have embraced the new body of children's literature dealing with racial bias and injustice."Ibi Zoboi: At the intersection of broke and broken by Alice Cary from Book Page. Peek: "'I’m kind of —not literally—driving down American Street on Google maps and...
March 23, 2017
2017 SCBWI Europolitan Con: Authors Angela Cerrito & Susanne Gervay
By Tioka Tokedira
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Note: Angela and Susanne were interviewed by SCBWI France Regional Advisor Tioka Tokedira about the upcoming Europolitan Conference. This is the fourth in a series of six articles.
Angela CerritoAngela Cerrito is an author and a playwright whose work explores issues of identity and cultural perceptions. Her latest novel, The Safest Lie (Holiday House, 2015), was named a Best Children’s Book of the Year by The Guardian, a Sydney T...
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Note: Angela and Susanne were interviewed by SCBWI France Regional Advisor Tioka Tokedira about the upcoming Europolitan Conference. This is the fourth in a series of six articles.
Angela CerritoAngela Cerrito is an author and a playwright whose work explores issues of identity and cultural perceptions. Her latest novel, The Safest Lie (Holiday House, 2015), was named a Best Children’s Book of the Year by The Guardian, a Sydney T...
March 22, 2017
2017 SCBWI Europolitan Con: Editors Kendra Levin of Viking & Natalie Doherty of Penguin Random House
Kendra LevinBy Patti Bufffor Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Note: SCBWI Germany & Austria Regional Advisor Patti Buff interviewed Kendra Levin and Natalie Doherty about the upcoming SCBWI Europolitan Conference. This is the third in a series of six articles.
Kendra Levin is an Executive Editor at Viking Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, where she has spent 11 years working on a wide range of children’s literature from picture books to young adult novels.
She has edit...
March 21, 2017
2017 SCBWI Europolitan Con: Agent Gemma Cooper & Author Robin Stevens
Agent Gemma CooperBy Melanie Rook Welfingfor Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Note: Gemma Cooper and Robin Stevens were interviewed by SCBWI Netherlands Regional Advisor Melanie Rook Welfing for the upcoming SCBWI Europolitan conference. This is the second in a series of six articles.
Gemma Cooper started her publishing career in New York, then spent several years working in London, and now lives in Chicago. She joined the Bent Agency in 2012, where she works with authors...
March 20, 2017
2017 SCBWI Europolitan Con Interview: Dina von Lowenkraft & Elisabeth Norton of Team Europolitan
By Angela Cerritofor Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Note: SCBWI Regional Advisors Dina von Lowenkraft and Elisabeth Norton were interviewed by Angela Cerrito about the upcoming SCBWI Europolitan Conference. This is the first in a series of six articles.
Angela: May 2017 will be the third time the Europolitan is being held, what do you think makes it unique?
Elisabeth: There are several ways in which I think the Europolitan is unique.
First, there's its size. With approximately 65 attendees (...
2017 Europolitan Con Interview: Dina von Lowenkraft & Elisabeth Norton of Team Europolitan
By Angela Cerritofor Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Note: SCBWI Regional Advisors Dina von Lowenkraft and Elisabeth Norton were interviewed by Angela Cerrito about the upcoming SCBWI Europolitan Conference. This is the first in a series of six articles.
Angela: May 2017 will be the third time the Europolitan is being held, what do you think makes it unique?
Elisabeth: There are several ways in which I think the Europolitan is unique.
First, there's its size. With approximately 65 attendees (...
March 17, 2017
Cynsations News
By Cynthia Leitich Smith & Gayleen Rabakukk
for Cynsations
A Weird Place to Be by Hena Khan from her blog. Peek: "I drew from my personal experience when I imagined the community in Amina’s Voice (Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster, March 2017)....I never in my worst nightmares imagined ever being in her shoes and actually having to grapple with those emotions in real life. But today, in an alarming rash of threats across the country targeting mosques and Jewish centers and schools..."
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for Cynsations
A Weird Place to Be by Hena Khan from her blog. Peek: "I drew from my personal experience when I imagined the community in Amina’s Voice (Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster, March 2017)....I never in my worst nightmares imagined ever being in her shoes and actually having to grapple with those emotions in real life. But today, in an alarming rash of threats across the country targeting mosques and Jewish centers and schools..."1...
March 16, 2017
Guest Post: New Voice Katie Bayerl's Path to Publication
By Katie Bayerl
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Katie Bayerl is the debut author of A Psalm for Lost Girls (Putnam, March 2017).
From the promotional copy:
"Tess da Costa is a saint — a hand-to-god, miracle-producing saint. At least that's what the people in her hometown of New Avon, Massachusetts, seem to believe. And when Tess suddenly and tragically passes away, her small city begins feverishly petitioning the Pope to make Tess's sainthood official. Tess's mother is ecstatic over the fe...
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's CynsationsKatie Bayerl is the debut author of A Psalm for Lost Girls (Putnam, March 2017).
From the promotional copy:
"Tess da Costa is a saint — a hand-to-god, miracle-producing saint. At least that's what the people in her hometown of New Avon, Massachusetts, seem to believe. And when Tess suddenly and tragically passes away, her small city begins feverishly petitioning the Pope to make Tess's sainthood official. Tess's mother is ecstatic over the fe...
