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Once again I had the honor of being invited to participate as a reviewer for the Horn Book’s Calling Caldecott series. For those of you unfamiliar with Calling Caldecott, it’s a fantastic series of posts by guest writers, reviewers, librarians, and children’s books lovers that aim to praise the ‘Caldecott worthy qualities’ of certain books. Weirdly enough, all three years I’ve participated, I’ve written about book that contain a father-child trip/trek. This year, I was tasked with reviewing Matt Ringler’s Strollercoaster. Illustrated by Raúl the Third and Elaine Bay, Strollercoaster is a smorgasboard of eclectic illustrations and vibrant colors, true…
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I was extremely honored to be invited to participate again in this year’s Calling Caldecott. Hosted by The Horn Book’s website, Calling Caldecott is a fantastic series of posts by guest writers, reviewers, librarians, and children’s books lovers that aim to praise the, “Caldecott-worthy qualities” of certain books. This yeas, I wrote about HIKE, a gorgeous, wordless picturebook written and illustrated by Pete Oswald. The reviews are posted on the Horn Book‘s website. You can take a look at my review of this gorgeous book here.
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It was absolutely delightful to have this conversation with TU Books publisher Stacy Whitman and my editor Elise McMullen-Ciotti on Julieta and the Diamond Enigma‘s release day, June 30th, 2020. We discuss the process of creating the extensive back matter, some pleasant and some not-so-pleasant surprises during my writing process, and more!
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A few months ago I was invited to participate in this year’s Calling Caldecott. For those of you unfamiliar with Calling Caldecott, it’s a fantastic series of posts by guest writers, reviewers, librarians, and children’s books lovers that aim to praise the ‘Caldecott worthy qualities’ of certain books. I was lucky enough to be invited and given the wonderful task of writing about My Papi Has a Motorcycle, by Isabel Quintero and illustrated by Zeke Peña. The reviews are posted on the Horn Book‘s website. You can take a look at my review of this gorgeous book here.
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I have somewhat of a love/hate relationship with Truby’s 22 Steps. At a glance, they might seem oversimplified. However, I’ve found that if I’m stuck in the developmental stages of a story, I can go back, work through each of the steps, and unknot my story’s mess. Self-revelation, need, and desire Self-revelation: The character’s realization of what they need to change/accomplish. Need: Both a psychological and a moral need. Desire: The character’s main goal. These three are elemental when discovering where you’ll character will end up. Ghost and story world Ghost: The history of the character. That which still haunts…