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Silly Books to Read Aloud

8/24/2014

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I recently discovered a resource that would be good for teachers, parents, and writers.  It's a book called Silly Books To Read Aloud by Rob Reid. 


As a picture book writer, reading specialist, and former first grade teacher I'm pretty familiar with silly read alouds. However, I have to admit, this book has helped me discover some fantastic ones that I had never heard of before. 
(From Amazon) 
Acclaimed children’s book authority Rob Reid creates the ultimate guide to choosing fun and funny stories to read with and to your children and grandchildren.With a concentrated look at the content and appeal of many different titles, he helps you find exactly the right books to share with young ones. More than simply a recommended reading list, the books in this guide assist with language development while also encouraging good reading habits, improved comprehension, and broadened vocabulary. Those looking for suggestions outside this book will find a "Hall of Fame" listing of notable children's literature authors for any age level. Featuring a comprehensive selection of stories for preschoolers, emergent readers, and children ready for chapter books, this guide is a go-to for parents, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers.
The book is broken down into five sections: 
1. The Silliest PIcture Books
2. The Silliest Easy Readers
3. The Silliest Chapter Books
4. The Silliest Poetry Books
5. The Silliest Graphic Novels and Manga

The beginning section of the book contains A Parents Guide to the Benefits of Sharing Humor with Children.

And at the end of the book there is a Hall of Fame Guide to the Funniest Children's Authors and Illustrators. He gives you his top ten and explains what it is about their writing that makes them so funny. 

Each section gives you the book information and a summary which often includes a snippet of text from the book.   This book has a copyright of 2013. And the author has done a great job of compiling a resource of silly books both older and new alike!

I'm looking forward to getting my hands on some of these silly books that I have yet to discover. 

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Mandy Yates is currently an elementary reading specialist and children's book writer. She has an MFA in creative writing from Spalding University and has been published multiple times in Highlights Magazine. 

She is also assisting Mira in teaching The Craft and Business of Writing Children's Books. http://www.childrensbookacademy.com/writing-childrens-picture-books.html, as well as The Chapter Book Alchemist  http://www.childrensbookacademy.com/the-chapter-book-alchemist.html .

Find some of her teacher resources over at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mandy-Yates.

And you can follow her on Pinterest, Twitter,and Facebook. 
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Mondays with Mira brings back her review of Barbara Bottner's Bootsie Barker Bites

8/17/2014

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Oh goodness. I've been having so much fun in my excitement creating new content and feeling honored about co-teaching with Barbara Bottner and having Mandy with us for the Craft and Business of Writing Children's Picture Books that I decided to have another look at this video that I made years ago of one Barbara's 41 books, Bootsie Barker Bites. Well Bootsie Barker Bites is one of my all time favorite books and is also how I got to know Barbara a little after she saw this review. It also turns out it is still in print, which is awesome because this book, like many of her books, truly is a classic.
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Then yesterday I went to the bookstore and bought Barbara's latest 2014 book (#41) Miss Brooks' Story Nook (where tales are told and ogres are welcome) that is both a meta narrative (meaning an overarching story within a story about writing books) and a story of imagination and bullying, similar but also very different from this one. Barbara's writing covers a wide gamut of emotions from tender (Flower Girl) to raucously funny (An Annoying ABC). Miss Brooks' Story Nook is also one of Amazon's best books of the month for August if you want to check it out here.

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I'm very much looking forward to reviewing Miss Brooks and more of Barbara's books, learning from her and the students in this new course that I'm hoping some of you will take the leap of faith and join us in. Here are some of the newer materials that we'll be talking about and teaching that this book embodies - quirky characters and plots, the power of no, and page turning pacing. So anyway, here's the video. I hope you enjoy it and maybe even leave a comment. Oh and look for the rule of 3s that appears a few times. :)
Yours in children's book creativity ~ Mira
Mira Reisberg is the founder of the Children's Book Academy. She has a Ph.D. in Education and Cultural Studies with a focus on children's literature. She is also a former university professor who has taught children's literature survey courses, art education, and writing and illustrating courses to future teachers and now successful authors and illustrators. Like Barbara, over the years, Mira has mentored many now very successful students. Watch for her in the upcoming Craft and Business of Writing Children's Picture Books interactive e-Course starting September 8th, which she will be co-teaching with Barbara Bottner,  assisted by the wonderful Mandy Yates, and in the free webinar this Friday the 22nd right here where she'll be talking lots more about getting quirky.
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100+ Picture Book Agents

8/11/2014

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Check out our BIG LIST of picture book agents!

 As always, be sure to do your own research before submitting to any agent. Currently on this list, there are 100+ agents. Not all are currently accepting submissions and some only represent author/illustrators. 

But for you convenience I've compiled this huge list for you! 

Enjoy!
PICTURE BOOK AGENTS

Adams Literary – Tracey Adams

Adams Literary – Josh Adams

Amster Lit – Mary Cummings

Andrea Brown Literary Agency – Jamie Weiss Chilton

Andrea Brown Literary Agency – Jennifer Laughran

Andrea Brown Literary Agency – Jennifer Mattson

Andrea Brown Literary Agency – Jennifer Rofe

Andrea Brown Literary Agency – Kelly Sonnack

Andrea Brown Literary Agency – Lara Perkins

Andrea Brown Literary Agency – Laura Rennert

Andrea Brown Literary Agency Caryn Wiseman

Barry Goldblatt Literary – Barry Goldblatt

Bookstop Literary – Kendra Marcus

Bradford Literary Agency – Natalie Lakosil

Catbird Productions- Kirsten Hall

CATugeau – Chris Tugeau  (I believe it’s illustrators only.)

Corvisiero Agency – Samantha Bremekamp

Creative Authors – Isabel Antherton

Curtis Brown – Elizabeth Harding

Curtis Brown – Ginger Knowlton

D4EO Literary – Bree Ogden

DeFiore and Company – Laurie Abkemeier

Dunham Literary – Jennie Dunham

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner – Edward Necarsulmer IV

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner – Henry Dunow

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner – Jennifer Carlson

Dystel & Goderich Literary Management – John Rudolph

East West Literary – Deborah Warren

Eden Street – Liza Voges

Erin Murphy Literary Agency – Erin Murphy

Erin Murphy Literary Agency – Tricia Lawrence

Folio Literary Management- Emily van Beek

Foreword Literary – Sara Sciuto

Foundry Literary + Media – Stephen Barbara

Full Circle Literary – Adriana Dominguez

Full Circle Literary – Stefanie Von Borstel

Gillian MacKenzie Agency – Gillian MacKenzie

Gina Maccoby Literary Agency

Greenburger and Associates – Brenda Bowen

Greenhouse Literary Agency – John Cusick

Hannigan Salky Getzler – Carrie Hannigan

Hansen Literary Agency – Judith Hansen (Website launching soon)

Hen & Ink – Erzsi Deak (Currently closed to submissions)

Hummingbird Literary - Mira Reisburg

Ink Well Management – Charlie Olsen

Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency – Jennifer Weltz

Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency – Laura Biagi

Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency – Linda Epstein

Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency – Marie Lamba

Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency – Stephen Fraser

Jill Corcoran Literary Agency – Jill Corcoran

Liza Royce Agency - Liza Fleissig

Marsal Lyon Literary Agency – Kathleen Rushall

Martin Literary Management – Clelia Gore

McIntosh & Otis – Christa Heschke

Nancy Gallt Literary Agency – Marietta B. Zacker

New Leaf Literary & Media – Joanna Volpe

Olswanger Literary – Anna Olswanger

Painted Words – Lori Nowicki 

Pippin Properties – Elena Giovinazzo

Pippin Properties – Heather Alexander

Pippin Properties – Holly McGhee

Prospect Agency – Rachel Orr

Prospect Agency – Teresa Kietlinski

Red Fox Literary – Danielle Smith

Rodeen Literary Management – Lori Kilkelly

Rodeen Literary Management – Paul Rodeen

Rubin Pfeffer Content – Rubin Pfeffer

Sadler Children’s Literary – Jodell Sadler

Sadler Children’s Literary – Jessica Akin

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates – Brenda Bowen

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates – Faith Hamlin

Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency - Jessica Sinsheimer

http://jsinsheimtweetslonger.tumblr.com/

(Doesn’t say on the website, but according to twitter she accepts pb)

Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary – Ann Behar

Sean McCarthy Literary Agency – Sean McCarthy

Sheldon Fogelman – Janine Hauber

Sterling Lord Literistic – Erica Rand Silverman

Sterling Lord Literistic – George Nicholson

Stimola Literary Studio – Rosemary Stimola

The Bent Agency – Brooks Sherman

The Bent Agency – Gemma Cooper

The Bent Agency – Susan Hawk

The Chudney Agency – Steven Chudney

The Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency - Ethan Ellenberg

The Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency – Evan Gregory

The Herman Agency – Ronnie Ann Herman

The Unter Agency – Jennifer Unter

Transatlantic Literary Agency – Fiona Kenshole

Transatlantic Literary Agency – Jennifer Starkman

Tsunami Worldwide Media – Melissa McComas

Upstart Crow Literary – Alexandra Penfold

Wells Arms Literary – Victoria Wells Arms

Wernick & Pratt – Emily Mitchell

Wernick & Pratt Agency – Linda Pratt

Wernick & Pratt Agency – Marcia Wernick

Writers House – Brianne Johnson

Writers House – Daniel Lazar

Writers House – Rebecca Sherman

Writers House – Stephen Barr

Writers House – Steven Malk

Writers House – Susan Ginsburg

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Mandy Yates is currently an elementary reading specialist and children's book writer. She has an MFA in creative writing from Spalding University and has been published multiple times in Highlights Magazine. 

She is also assisting Mira in teaching The Craft and Business of Writing Children's Books. http://www.childrensbookacademy.com/writing-childrens-picture-books.html, as well as The Chapter Book Alchemist  http://www.childrensbookacademy.com/the-chapter-book-alchemist.html .

Find some of her teacher resources over at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mandy-Yates.

And you can follow her on Pinterest, Twitter,and Facebook. 
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Mondays with Mira video review of Roxie Munro's Maze Ways

8/4/2014

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Hullo all, we've been cooking up some exciting stuff at the Academy that I can't wait to share with you. A free live interactive webinar here on what New York editors have said that they wanted scheduled for August 22nd, and an exciting updated iteration of the Craft and Business of Writing Picture Books that will not only have our awesome Mandy co-teaching with me, but also the FABULOUS Barbara Bottner who is not only a major best selling author herself but has taught many of the greats!!! Click here to find out more and make sure that you don't miss out.

Meanwhile,
I've been really missing doing my Mondays with Mira video reviews, which is how this blog started out years ago. Those of you who have taken courses with me here at the Academy, probably know my assistant Leda. Well Leda's boyfriend works in the digital games field and and Leda loves games, which of course has made me more open  to them. And yesterday I made a video review of the fabulous Roxie Munro's Amaze Ways picture book for you all here on this blog. It's an extraordinary book for younger kids introducing them to different environments and the world at large through super creative and accessible maze games. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I do.
I also wanted to share this super inspiring video about games and about adding 10 years to your life. While it might seem a smidge off topic, I know that there's stuff in here that's relevant for us children's book people, just can't say what right now. If you can figure it out, let us know. :)

Finally,
to see more of Roxie's unique work, visit her website www.roxiemunro.com where you can learn more about her and her books, apps and games :)

And don't forget to sign up for our free webinar, even if you can't attend so that you can get the replay
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    We are so excited to be mixing things up at CBA, beginning with some delicious additions to the Blogfish. Meet our  awesome bloggers!!

    Here's our lineup:
    1st Mondays begin with awesome multi-published former student Shirin Shamsi who will be focusing on Muslim and cultural kidlit.

    2nd Mondays will feature super smart Melissa Stoller whose career is taking off with several new books.
     

    3rd Mondays will feature
    Bryan Patrick Avery, published writer, man of mystery, and professional magician among other things.

    4th Mondays will feature STEM, STEAM & SEL obsessed author Kourtney LaFavre sharing delightfully dorky, quirky, and fun info.

    And 5th Mondays we'll be taking a break

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