Hear author Dana Solano speak about the Inspiration for her children’s book character, Apricot Brown. Apricot Brown is Miss Undefinable. She chooses not to define herself by one thing, but rather by them all. She’s an all-in-one and one-for-all kind of girl that helps children celebrate their diversity and embrace their differences. A must read for any kid! Visit ApricotBrown.com to learn more or buy a copy for a special child in your life. Also available at Amazon.com Images courtesy of Luxepic and CPWconfessions Music: Dynamite by Taio Cruz
Chris Haughton won the Eilis Dillon Award and The Bisto Childrens Book of the Year in Dublin 16th May 2011. This is the first time and author or illustrator has won both award
Shorter video. What? No Bananas? is a children’s picture book written by Kaushik Viswanath and illustrated by Shilpa Ranade and is published by Hogs Back Books (ISBN 9781907432064). You can look inside the book on Google and Amazon. Find out more at www.hogsbackbooks.com
These trailers are so fun to make. I went through a phase where I made lots of these, but I hadn’t made one in awhile, so when Livie made her book review video, I had to do a trailer for it! Her book review vid is on their channel: www.youtube.com The channel is missing lots of vids, but I’ll be updating it tonight.
This one year old can swipe and use buttons on this ipad storybook for kids. This childrens app has a narrate and a sounds button which can easily be pressed to hear the story and the great sound effects.
Check out Karen and Nancy’s review of “Fantastic Mr. Fox”. We run Kidsmomo, the site all about introducing kids to books and series they’ll love! This review is a special KidsmomoMO (‘mo kidsmomo for kids). Check out our related blog entry! www.kidsmomo.com
Daryl Enos understands that father knows best. At age 49 and after illustrating four childrens books, Enos is heading back to art college — more than 30 years after dropping out as a teen. Read more at www.tinyurl.com/enterprise-norton062009. The Enterprise is your ORIGINAL source for local news.
Watch this book trailer video for the children’s book series Bad Kitty by author and illustrator Nick Bruel. The series includes Bad Kitty, a picture book for children, as well as a whole series of Bad Kitty chapter books for children. Bad Kitty … Ate my homework! Bit grandma! Clawed the curtains! Bad Kitty doesn’t MEAN to be bad… somehow she just gets herself in trouble. Visit badkittybooks.com for games, activities, and to collect all the books! Find all of the Bad Kitty books at us.macmillan.com Learn more about children’s book author and illustrator Nick Bruel at us.macmillan.com
Voice actor Charlie Glaize reads part 2 of a classic to help demonstrate his skills as an audio book narrator of childrens books.
www.dannasmithbooks.com In this charming counting concept book a boy and his grandpa count their way through a colorful zoo. Written by Danna Smith and illustrated by Valeria Petrone. Published by Clarion Books.