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Mondays with Mira - The Monstore by Tara Lazar and James Burke

7/15/2013

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Today's Mondays with Mira video review looks at The Monstore, a fun book about sibling conflicts.... and monsters.

Author, Tara Lazar, who founded Picture Book Idea Month and helped launch many children's book careers, partially based it on a true story and then added a whole lot of imagination. In the video I look at both the text and art to analyze what makes this fun book work and why it was picked up by a top publisher.

And while, I'm not normally a fan of art that  shows its computer-generated roots, I explain in the video why it works in this case. I hope you like it and purchase it both for yourself and to help support Tara :)

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Tara Lazar link
7/15/2013 12:10:29 pm

Thank you, Mira! What a lovely video!

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Aubrey link
5/11/2014 07:00:33 pm

It’s hard to sort the good from the bad sometimes, but I think you’ve nailed it. You write very well which is amazing. I really impressed by your post

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  • WRITING
    • Craft & Business of Writing Childrens Picture Books
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    • Craft & Business of Illustrating Children's Books
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    • Why Us?
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