Book Birthday!

MY BUSY GREEN GARDEN is now out in the world! Who is this book for? (you might ask) It’s perfect for preschoolers and kindergartners and educators who are looking for a nature-based story about animals in the garden.

Do you like ladybugs, praying mantises, grasshoppers and the like? Give this book a look (because seriously, the art is gorgeous!). MY BUSY GREEN GARDEN would be a terrific addition to any early childhood curriculum about insects and metamorphosis. Or for any critter-loving kid!

If you’d like to hear some of the backstory of the story, the Vermont College of Fine Arts WCYA Launch Pad is featuring an interview with me today. So exciting! Click HERE to read it.

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Interview!

Tomorrow, my picture book, MY BUSY GREEN GARDEN will be released into the world! I’m so excited about this book because the art is stunning (well done, Carol Schwartz!) and the text was so much fun to write.

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In a nutshell (or in this case, maybe I should say a chrysalis), this book is about life in a flower garden and the creatures that inhabit or visit it. The cumulative text builds as more animals come into the garden, all while something mysterious is happening in the background.

Why am I posting a day before my book’s official birthday? Because children’s author Sarvinder Naberhaus posted a wonderful interview today on EMU’s Debuts, with Carol Schwartz and myself. Click HERE to read it. And I’m giving away a signed copy of the book for one lucky person who leaves a comment.

And just a reminder, tomorrow is the last day to enter my Goodreads Giveaway for a signed copy of MY BUSY GREEN GARDEN. To enter, click HERE.

Happy reading!

 

THE YOUNGEST MARCHER

Today on EMU’s Debuts, Darcey Rosenblatt talks about the amazingly talented Cynthia Levinson’s latest book, THE YOUNGEST MARCHER. Click HERE to read about it! The timing of this release is extraordinary as we prepare for a week of marches around the country, people hitting the streets to speak their minds and exercise their first amendment rights.

March on, regardless of your age!

Midwest Book Review on My Busy Green Garden (Hint: They Like It!)

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“My Busy Green Garden is a rhyming children’s picturebook about the bustle of insect and natural life in a lush green garden. Charming illustrations perfectly complement the singsong rhyme, and a final page of fascinating animal facts round out this delightful storybook. My Busy Green Garden is just plain fun to read aloud, and highly recommended.”

You can preorder it on Amazon by clicking HERE.

Book Two Ups and Downs

Today on EMU’s Debuts, author Katie Slivensky talks about writing the second book of a 2-book deal. I’ve always been TERRIFIED at the thought of writing a second book (especially a novel!) and the pressure that would come with it. But Katie points out that usually the second book is not in fact the second book you’ve written. Check it out here!

When an Editor Roots for You

Common sense advice from Mentors for Rent…

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I’m about to read a manuscript from a client, and I have my fingers crossed. This is a revision of a manuscript Lisa and I, as Mentors for Rent, have critiqued before. The writer is talented, and she’s a super nice person. So as I prepare to open the manuscript, I’m thinking to myself, “Please, let it be good!” It struck me that this is what building relationships with editors is about, too. When you get to meet editors and build relationships with them, if you are a good writer and a nice person, they are rooting for you. When they see your name in the Sender field or on a return address label, they are hoping your work is good–that it’s a perfect fit for them. Will they acquire a manuscript that’s NOT just right for them, just because they know you’re a good writer and a nice person?…

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