Announcements

UTAH CHILDREN'S WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS

Announcement List--May 15,  2006


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CONGRATULATIONS
To Gloria Skurzynski, whose nonfiction book ARE WE ALONE? SCIENTISTS SEARCH FOR LIFE IN SPACE is on the 2006 IRA Young Adult Choice list of the top 30 favorite books voted by the kids themselves. You can see the list at: http://www.reading.org/downloads/choices/yac_bookmarks_2006.pdf 

To Michael Spooner, whose LAST CHILD was named Finalist for the Spur Award in the juvenile fiction division.

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To Anne Bowen, whose TOOTH FAIRY'S FIRST NIGHT (illus. by John Berkeley)was selected as a 2006 iParenting Media Award winner in the book category.

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NEW BOOKS

from Julie Olson, ALREADY ASLEEP, coming out in August 2006. Written by A.D. Tarbox and published by Moo Press (Keene Publishing)

from Sherry Meidell, THE VEIL WITH THREE GOLDEN HAIRS (author and reteller), published by Leatherwood Press, September 2006.


COMING SOON

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 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.

from Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson, a new National Parks mystery novel for National Geographic.


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.

from Danna Kessimakis Smith, WHAT BEST FRIENDS DO", a picture book, published by Hyperion books for Children

from Kim Williams-Justesen, sequel to MY BROTHER, THE DOG, 


2008
from Carla Morris, THE BOY WHO WAS RAISED BY LIBRARIANS, a picture book, illustrated by Brad Sneed, from Peachtree.

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

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APPEARANCES AND EVENTS

May 5, 2006--Ken Baker will visit at Julia Randall Elementary in Payson, Arizona.

May 12—Mike Tunnell will be presenting in Rawlins, Wyoming, at Rawlins Middle School.

May 18—Julie Olson will be speaking at Spanish Oaks Elementary School.

May 18th-21, 2006—Kim Williams Justesen will be the featured author for Tanglewood Press at Book Expo America in Washington, D.C.

May 18, 2006—Shannon Hale will be at the Utah Library Association conference in St. George.

May 19, 2006—Sherry Meidell will be drawing one of her picture book characters on the sidewalk of Bountiful with several other artists.

May 26-28, Jessica Day George will be a participant at CONduit in Salt Lake City.

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.

June 19-22, 2006—Shannon Hale will be teaching the YA novel workshop at Writers @ Work

June 22-26, 2006—Shannon Hale will be at the ALA conference in New Orleans.

June 24-25, 2006—Sherry Meidell will be riding the MS 150. Anyone that contributes $15 or more to the National MS Society will be entered in a drawing for six of her picture books autographed to whomever they want. For more information you can email Sherry at smeidell@burgoyne.com

July 13-14, 2006—Shannon Hale will be a guest author at the BYU Symposium on Books for Young Readers.




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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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