Jane Sutton's Blog, page 26
June 28, 2015
Wonderful New Books!
Today I’d like to blow the horn for a fellow author, whose 2 board books have just been released!
Ellen Mayer’s Red Socks and A Fish to Feed are charmingly written and beautifully illustrated (by Ying-Hwa Hu). Not only are they sure to appeal to tiny listeners and the lucky grown-ups who read them aloud, but they also have valuable information on the importance of adults reading and talking to babies and toddlers.
Both books, available in bookstores and on Amazon, have received terrific reviews from Kirkus. Below is a link to the author profile on the publisher’s website:
June 18, 2015
A Welcome Visitor
My husband, Al, is a waaaay better photographer than I am. Somehow my photos end up tilted or include something I didn’t want in the picture: a jacket sleeve obscuring a flower, a traffic light that looks like a hat on the person I was trying to capture. Al took this photo of our spring visitor Rhonda (for Rhonda alaa Turca) through our basement window! What a fascinating creature she is! We hope she returns with babies, as she (we like to think she’s the same feathered visitor) did 2 summers ago. Look at the detail on Al’s photo–through the glass!!
June 8, 2015
A Sticky Situation
Waay back in a previous post (May 14, 2014 to be exact), I showed an example of my Sticker Art, in which I peel off fruit and vegetable stickers and make art out of them. Calling it # 1 of a series, I forgot to continue with # 2. Oops. I will remedy that right now!
# 2: Illustration of Stick-toitiveness
May 15, 2015
Fall Catalogue Arrived!
A lovely birthday present for me this year was Pelican Publishing’s fall catalogue! I was excited to find my new book–What’s Up With this Chicken?–along with bios and photos of the illustrator, Peter Welling, and moi:
http://www.pelicanpub.com/proddetail....
Isn’t the publisher’s logo adorable?!
April 3, 2015
Best Children’s Books of All Time
A BBC poll of critics from around the world resulted in 21 favorites. # 1….drum roll? Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White.
Roald Dahl has 2 books on this group of faves. Here is the complete list:
Charlotte’s Web – EB White
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis
Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Winnie-the-Pooh – AA Milne
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
A Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula Le Guin
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’Engle
The Little House on the Prairie – Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – EL Koenigsburg
The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster
His Dark Materials trilogy – Philip Pullman
Matilda – Roald Dahl
Harriet the Spy – Louise Fitzhugh
Pippi Longstocking – Astrid Lindgren
The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown and Pat Hancock
The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
March 23, 2015
My Next Book is on Amazon!!
I’m psyched! My next book (due out September 15th) is up on Amazon…with the cover, a description and author and illustrator info. Here’s the link:
What’s Up with This Chicken Jane Sutton, Peter Welling 9781455620852 Amazon.com Books
March 20, 2015
New Class Starting Up
For anyone who lives within a reasonable drive of Lexington, MA: a new session of a community ed class I teach on writing for children will resume on Tuesday evening, April 14th. We always get a congenial group of writers working in a variety of genres and discuss issues like plot arc, character development, and query letters. Feel free to contact me with questions.
Writing Children’s Books for New and Returning Students (WCB2)
Start Date:Tuesday, April 14 (5 meetings)
Location: 148, LHS
Instructor: Jane Sutton
Meeting Time: 7:15 PM – 9:30 PM
Tuition: $125($95 for seniors)
Status: Running/Still Openings
Taught by a Lexington author of eight published books this class on writing for children will work on character development, plot, and descriptive writing. This course is open to students who took Writing Children’s Books as well as to new students with some previous writing experience. Participants are encouraged to work in the genre(s) of their interest and to share and critique their manuscripts and submission cover letters. Meets April 14, May 12, May 26, June 9 and June 16.
Lexington Community Education
146 Maple Street, Lexington, MA 02421 | tel: 781 862 8043 | info@lexingtoncommunityed.org
Preregistration is required for all classes. (c) Copyright 2003 – 2012 Lexington Community Education.
March 3, 2015
Of course…
…every week should be Children’s Book Week, in my opinion. But here’s this year’s charming poster, designed by Grace Lee:
February 27, 2015
More From the Master!
I was so pleased, and I’m sure readers around the world will be pleased, to read that more Dr. Seuss manuscripts have been discovered! The first one, which the publisher (Random House) estimates was written between 1958 and 1962, is due out in July!!!!
February 7, 2015
Could Use Some Help!
After getting 3 feet of snow in the last 10 days and more predicted tomorrow, we could use some help from the “Abbey Snowed” crew…
