Tag Archives: Nadine Poper

Announcing Our 2022 Mentorship Pairs

Posted on May 22, 2022 by EasternPennPoints

We’re excited to announce the final pairs in our 2022 Eastern PA SCBWI Mentorship Program, which kicks off later this month! Congratulations to these promising mentees, and thanks to the mentors willing to share their experience, time, and talents. We’re … Continue reading →

Posted in General, mentorship | Tagged Berrie Torgan-Randall, Elizabeth Catanese, Eric Bell, Grace Coffey, Hallee Adelman, James Jensen, Jennifer DiGiovanni, Jennifer Robin Barr, Julie Fortenberry, kat yeh, Katey Howes, Linda Lucas-Hunt, Linda Oatman High, Linda Poland, Lindsay Bandy, Maria Hebert-Leiter, Melissa Trempe, Nadine Poper, nazneen akbari, Pablo Vizcarrando, Sandy Asher, Sarah Heaton, Sarah Winawer-Wetzel, Steven Moff, Wendy Fry | Comments Off

Eastern PA SCBWI 2022 Mentorship Program

Posted on March 30, 2022 by EasternPennPoints

Eastern PA SCBWI 2022 Mentorship Program May – October 2022 We are pleased to announce the return of the Eastern PA SCBWI Mentorship Program! Apply for a one-on-one mentorship with one of our region’s published authors or author-illustrators. This one-on-one … Continue reading →

Posted in General, mentorship, Uncategorized | Tagged Berrie Torgan-Randall, children's books, eastern PA scbwi, Eastern PA SCBWI mentorship program, Eric Bell, Hallee Adelman, Jennifer DiGiovanni, Jennifer Robin Barr, Julie Fortenberry, kat yeh, Katey Howes, KidLit, Linda Oatman High, Lindsay Bandy, mentorship, Nadine Poper, Sandy Asher, SCBWI, SCBWI scholarships, writer scholarships | Comments Off

Announcing the 2021 EPA SCBWI Mentorship Pairs!

Posted on April 10, 2021 by EasternPennPoints

We’re excited to announce the final pairs in our very first EPA SCBWI Mentorship Program, which officially kicks off TODAY! Congratulations to these promising mentees, and thanks to the mentors willing to share their experience, time, and talents. Check out … Continue reading →

Posted in mentorship, Uncategorized | Tagged Adrienne Wright, Bernadette Ziemba, Berrie Torgan-Randall, carrie rohman, charity munoz, cindy mock, Diana Rodriguez Wallach, Eastern PA SCBWI mentorship program, Eric Bell, hilda burgos, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, kat yeh, kate garchinsky, kathryn dowling wrye, kristen rashid, Linda Oatman High, Lindsay Bandy, lorinda lende, Mark Magro, mary spiers, Nadine Poper, nazneen akbari, Nicole Valentine, pradeep velugubantla, samantha divine, samantha jallah, Sandy Asher, SCBWI EPA | Comments Off

Meet the Authors and Illustrators at Our 2020 ALA Midwinter Conference Booth—Liz Steinglass and Nadine Poper

Posted on January 24, 2020 by EasternPennPoints

We are gearing up for our booth at the 2020 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Conference in Philadelphia. In this blog series we are featuring each author or illustrator (two per day) who will be at our booth. Check out … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Meet & Greet, Uncategorized | Tagged #ALAMW20, ALA Midwinter Conference, author signings, book signings, eastern PA scbwi, Liz Steinglass, Meet & Greet, Nadine Poper, SCBWI, SCBWI. Events | Comments Off

Member News — November 2019

Posted on November 30, 2019 by EasternPennPoints

Member News is a new monthly feature on the EasternPennPoints blog. We hope to celebrate our members’ good news and help spread the word far and wide. Send us your children’s book related news—book deals, releases, awards, author or illustrator events … Continue reading →

Posted in Member News, Uncategorized | Tagged Alexandra Villasante, brian biggs, children's books, eastern PA scbwi, Member News, Nadine Poper, Pamela Behrend, Picture Books, Porcupette and Moppet, Randall and Randall, SCBWI, sherri maret, The Grief Keeper, The Magician, The Space Walk, young adult, young adult novels | 2 Comments

A Cafe Chat with Editor Jes Negrón, by Nadine Poper

Posted on October 30, 2019 by EasternPennPoints

For our final faculty interview before the Fall Philly event this Saturday, author Nadine Poper had a chat with Boyds Mills & Kane Editor Jes Negrón. Here’s what they had to say. Nadine: Welcome, Jes! It is a chilly, rainy … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Fall Philly, Interviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Boyds Mills & Kane, Children's book editors, diversity, eastern PA scbwi, editors, Fall Philly, Fall Philly 2019, Interviews, Jes Negron, Nadine Poper, SCBWI, SCBWI. Events | Comments Off

And the Winners Are . . . The 2019 PA Young Reader’s Choice Award Winners, by Nadine Poper, Librarian and Committee Member

Posted on April 27, 2019 by EasternPennPoints

I am a school librarian—one of the best jobs on this planet. I am also one of twenty-four librarians on the committee for the Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award. The Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award (PAYRCA) is an opportunity for … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Book Recommendations, Books for Readers, Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Gratz, Angie Thomas, Ben Clanton, eastern PA scbwi, Nadine Poper, Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, PAYRCA, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association, Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award, peter brown, PSLA, Refugee, SCBWI, The Hate U Give, The Wild Robot | 2 Comments

PA Young Reader’s Choice Award, by Nadine Poper

Posted on January 27, 2017 by EasternPennPoints

Whew! Another unit on the Geisel, Caldecott, and Newbery medals comes to a close for me and my urban elementary students. What a fun ride we had. My kiddos applauded loudly for They All Saw a Cat and Du Iz Tak? Whooted and … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Book Recommendations | Tagged Caldecott, Circus Mirandus, Du Iz Tak?, Fort, Freedom Over Me, Geisel, I'm Trying to Love Spiders, Lend a Hand:Poems About Giving, Ms. Rapscott's Girls, Nadine Poper, Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands, Newbery, PA Young Reader's Choice Award, Picture Books, Raindrops Roll, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, The Terrible Two, The Terrible Two Get Worse, They All Saw a Cat, We Are Growing! | 4 Comments

Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award, by Nadine Poper

Posted on August 4, 2016 by EasternPennPoints

Most of us follow the annual ALA Youth Media Awards. As an aspiring children’s writer and librarian, I personally keep tabs on the titles that are being considered for the Caldecott and Newbery. All year long I feverishly reserve them … Continue reading →

Posted in PAYRC, Uncategorized | Tagged 2016, ALA Youth Media Awaards, c.p. bloom, Cece Bell, el deafo, jennifer l. holm, michael koryta, Nadine Poper, PAYRCA, Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award, PSLA, The fourteenth goldfih, the monkey goes bananas, those who wish me dead | 8 Comments

What My Writing Time REALLY Looks Like, by Nadine Poper

Posted on January 14, 2016 by EasternPennPoints

I am sitting here on a Saturday night, in my home office, trying to finish a PB manuscript for my third book about dachshunds, aka wiener dogs. I sat down tonight with the intention of writing til the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dachshund, distractions, focus, indie authors, KidLit, Nadine Poper, Picture Books, productivity, the writing process, weiner dogs, writing advice, writing picture books | 6 Comments