Announcements

UTAH CHILDREN'S WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS

Announcement List--March 7,  2006


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CONGRATULATIONS
Shannon Hale's Newbery-Award winning "PRINCESS ACADEMY" is now a New York Times Bestseller, as well!

Chris Crowe's Mississippi Trial, 1955 is a finalist for the 2007 Nutmeg Children's Book Award (Connecticut)!


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COMING SOON

March, 2006

From Anne Bowen, THE GREAT MATH TATTLE-BATTLE, a picture book, published by Albert Whitman, illustrated by Jamie Zollars. 


Spring, 2006

from Guy Francis, illustrator, DANCE BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON by Joanne Ryder (Hyperion) 

from Guy Francis, illustrator, SHELLY, a picture book by Margie Palatini (Dutton)

from Rick Walton, DOG DAY MYSTERIES: MINI-MYSTERIES FOR A SUMMER DAY, from Leatherworks.


May 2006

from Kim Justesen, MY BROTHER THE DOG.


Fall 2006

from Anne Bowen, WHAT DO TEACHERS DO? a picture book, from Carolrhoda Books

from Greg Swearingen, illustrator, FAIRY QUITE CONTRARY, a picture book by Mem Fox.

from Dana Kessimakis Smith, MY DADDY'S A GRIZZLY BEAR, a picture book, from Hyperion Books for Children.

from Shannon Hale, CITY OF RIVERS, a YA, from Bloomsbury.

from Gloria Skurzynski,VIRTUAL WAR CHRONOLOGS BOOK FOUR, THE CHOICE.

from Rick Walton, MERRY MAPS AND CHRISTMAS CLUES: 25 TREASURE HUNTS FOR THE SEASON, from Leatherworks.


Winter, 2007

from Jessica Day George, DRAGONSKIN SLIPPERS, from Bloomsbury.


March, 2007

from Sharlee Glenn, JUST WHAT MAMA NEEDS, a picture book, from Harcourt.


Spring 2007

from Carol Williams, OH THE GAMES YOU CAN PLAY ON A CHECKERBOARD, from Gibbs Smith.


2007

from Nathan Hale, author/illustrator, THIEVES LIKE US, and YELLOWBELLY AND PLUM, from Putnam.

from Mette Harrison, THE PRINCESS AND THE HOUND, a fantasy YA, from Harper Eos.

from Becky Hall, 1-2-3 COUNT WITH ME: A UTAH COUNTING BOOK, a pb, to Sleeping Bear Press.

from Becky Hall, THE BIOGRAPHY OF MORRIS FRANK, to Albert Whitman.


2008

from Carla Morris, THE BOY WHO WAS RAISED BY LIBRARIANS, a picture book, illustrated by Brad Sneed, from Peachtree.


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APPEARANCES AND EVENTS


March 4-8, 2006--Gloria Skurzynski will be presenting at the children's literature conference at Central Missouri State University

March 8, 2006--Mark and Cara Buehner will be presenting from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Salt Lake City Library

March 9, 2006--Mark and Cara Buehner will be at Ensign Elementary book fair from 6-7 p.m.

March 8, 2006--Chris Crowe will be visiting Landmark High School.

March 9, 2006-- Ron Woods will be speaking at Emmett Junior High and at Carberry Intermediate School, both in Emmett, Idaho.

March 16-17, 2006--Sharlee Glenn and Kristyn Crow will speak at 2:10 on Thursday on 
"How to Write When Life Gets in the Way" at the Forum on Children and Literature at UVSC. Also speaking will be Kim Williams Justesen at 2:10 on Friday on Improving Your Fiction Now!. Julie Olson Julie Olson will be speaking on Creating a Picture Book Character. Other presenting include: Kimberley Heuston, Rick Walton, and Randall Wright.

March 20, 2006 -- Rick Walton will be speaking at Brookside Elementary in Springville.

March 21, 2006-- Chris Crowe will be speaking at University of Utah student IRA club.

March 22, 2005--Rick Walton will be speaking to the DCIRA from 4:15-6:10 pm at East Layton Elementary.

March 23, 2006--Becky Hall will be talking to parents and students at the Literacy Evening at Copper Canyon Elementary School (8917 South Copperwood Drive, West Jordan, UT 84088) at 6:30 p.m. She will kick off their Author's Fair called "The Magical Pens" and her talk is titled "Where is the Magic?"

March 23, 2006--Rick Walton will be at Welby Elementary from 6-7:30 p.m.

March 29, 2006--Mark and Cara Beuhner will be presenting at 9:30 at East Sandy Elementary.

April 3-4, 2006--Rick Walton will be visiting Sandy Elementary.

April 4, 2006--Sharlee Glenn will be doing a school visit at Bunderson Elementary in Brigham City.

April 6, 2006--Ken Baker will be visiting Park Elementary in Spanish Fork.

April 7, 2006-- Chris Crowe will be at American Fork Jr. High

April 8, 2006--Rick Walton will be teaching an advanced picture book writing workshop, for those who will have taken his picture book workshop, and for those of you who already understand picture book writing but want to get into a little more depth.
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: the Provo Library, 550 N. University Ave., Young/Card Rm. (3rd Floor)
We'll be discussing special issues in picture books, including What is humor? What should we consider when using it in our writing? What are the tricks to writing verse picture books? Exceptions to the writing rules. And other issues, as well as anything else you want to discuss. Bring your questions. You'll get one manuscript critiqued (bring 20 copies of your manuscript).
The cost for the day is $80.
Registration is on a first-come first-served basis, and space is limited so register early. For registration information, e-mail Amy Finnegan at Finneganaj@aol.com.

April 13, 2006--Ron Woods will be at at Crossroads Middle School in Meridian and at White Pine Elementary School in Boise, Idaho.

April 14, 2006--Sharlee Gleen wiill be doing an author's visit at Bunderson Elementary in Brigham City.

April 20, 2006-- Julie Olson will be speaking in at the Jordan School District to Parents, Teachers and Librarians.

April 20, 2006 -- Rick Walton will be visiting Oakridge Elementary during the day and Sandy Elementary in the evening.

April 27--Chris Crowe will be at Davis High School.

April 27-28, 2006--Rick Walton will be speaking at Wellsville Elementary

May, 2006--Kim Williams Justesen will be the featured author for Tanglewood Press at Book Expo America in Washington, D.C.

June 11-17, 2006--Guy Francis, Chris Crowe, Carol Lynch Williams, Rick Walton, Randall Wright, and others will be participating in the BYU Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers workshop.



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SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES

BRING AN AUTHOR OR ILLUSTRATOR TO YOUR SCHOOL
When kids get to meet and learn from real authors they get excited about reading and writing. It's a great way to bring books to life. For information on presentations, fees, and contacts, go to www.ucwi.org/visit.htm, or check out the author/illustrator websites below. If you've never held an author visit and don't know what to do, go to www.rickwalton.com/utahauth/bringing.htm for information, guidelines, and advice.

A DEAL FOR SPECIAL CAUSES
If you want to get books into the hands of kids who need them--e.g., kids in shelters, kids in hospitals, kids in foreign countries, kids in summer reading programs--we can get you select novels, picture books and joke books at rock bottom prices. You can get hardcover books at prices lower than a cheap paperback. Contact Rick at rick@rickwalton.com or Carol at
carolthewriter@yahoo.com for more information.

GET BOOKS INTO THE HANDS OF YOUR STUDENTS
Rick Walton has a supply of deeply discounted books. If you buy one copy for each of the students in your school, Rick will do a day long visit at your school for free. For more information see www.rickwalton.com/aboutric/deal.htm.

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UTAH AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR WEBSITES

Check out our website, www.ucwi.org, where you'll find information on local authors, their books, and their appearance information, and past issues of this newsletter.--Utah Children's
Writers and Illustrators -- www.ucwi.org

Matthew Armstrong -- www.matthewart.com
Ken Baker -- www.bravemonster.com
Anne Bowen -- www.annebowenbooks.com
Ann Edwards Cannon -- www.aecannon.com
Chris Crowe -- www.chriscrowe.com
Alane Ferguson -- www.alaneferguson.com
Guy Francis -- www.guyfrancis.com
Sharlee Glenn -- www.sharleeglenn.com
Shannon Hale -- www.shannonhale.com
Mette Ivie Harrison -- www.metteivieharrison.com
Kim Williams Justesen -- hometown.aol.com/kimorchid/myhomepage/profile.html
Sherry Meidell -- www.sherrymeidell.com
Robert Neubecker -- www.neubecker.com
Michael Nordenstrom -- www.riversoffire.com
Julie Olson -- www.jujubeeillustrations.com
Gloria Skurzynski -- gloriabooks.com
Dana Kessimakis Smith -- www.danasmithbooks.com
Will Terry -- www.willterry.com
Laura Torres--www.lauratorres.com
Michael O. Tunnell--www.michaelotunnell.com
Rick Walton -- www.rickwalton.com
Kevin Wasden -- www.kevinwasden.com
Hala Wittwer--www.artbyhala.com
Carol Lynch Williams -- www.carollynchwilliams.com
Randall Wright -- www.booksbywright.com

UTAH WRITER AND LITERATURE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITES
BYU Children's Book Review -- http://cbpr.lib.byu.edu Children's Lit. Assoc. of Utah (Beehive Book Awards)-- www.clau.org
League of Utah Writers -- www.luwrite.com
UCTE/LA -- http://community.weber.edu/uctela
UT Council/International Reading Assoc. -- www.utahreading.org
Utah Children's Writers and Illustrators -- www.ucwi.org

If you have a Utah organization related to children's literature, please send it to us and we'll add it to the list.



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