Deborah Freedman's Blog, page 12

WELCOME . . .

. . . to my new website!

I hope you like the new digs and will take a look around — at gobs of information, resources for readers and writers, and pretty pictures. Visit this page for news updates, and for anyone who enjoys the occasional email newsletter with "sneak previews" and suchlike, it's easy to sign up.

Thanks for stopping by!

xoDeborah

Picture Book Architect

Another interview! This time with illustrator “Dani Duck: Artist Obscure“, in which we chat about making dummies.

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Writing "in the cracks of the day"

I am interviewed by friend and writer Faith Hough, in which we talk about telepathy, ice cream, and a few other things: you can read our chat on her blog, Writing "in the cracks of the day."

Illustration from By Mouse & Frog, Viking, ©Deborah Freedman 2015

Writing “in the cracks of the day”

I am interviewed by friend and writer Faith Hough, in which we talk about telepathy, ice cream, and a few other things: you can read our chat on her blog, Writing “in the cracks of the day.”

Illustration from By Mouse & Frog, Viking, ©Deborah Freedman 2015

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Parent's Choice Award

By Mouse & Frog has won a Parent's Choice Gold Award. Thank you so much to the Parents' Choice Foundation for this honor!

New Curriculum Guide

I'm so pleased to be able to share this new Educator's Guide to the Works of Deborah Freedman, a guide with pages full of lesson plans and activities aligned to Common Core state standards for Kindergarten. Thanks to the school and library experts at Penguin for putting it together!

Crystal Kite Award

Thanks so much to my peers in the New England Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators for honoring The Story of Fish & Snail with the 2014 Crystal Kite Award. I am honored, truly.

#writersRreaders

I have a guest post up today at the Nerdy Book Club, to celebrate the release on Tuesday of my book By Mouse & Frog.

And infinity-jillion heartfelt thanks to John Schumacher at Watch. Connect. Read. and Colby Sharp at Sharpread, for spreading the word about my new book!

Thank you also to librarians Margie Meyers-Culver at Librarian’s Quest, and Tasha Saecker at Waking Brain Cells for their wonderful, early blog reviews.

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One Morning…

My next book, BY MOUSE & FROG, will be published by Viking on April 14. Head on over to Goodreads, if you’d like to sign up for a giveaway!

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Happy 2015!

BY MOUSE & FROG, April 2015, Viking Children’s Books

© Deborah Freedman

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