Tag Archives: picture book authors

#Vacation: Vacation Time, by Joe Kulka

Posted on July 28, 2019 by EasternPennPoints

Vacation Time By Joe Kulka Joe Kulka is an award-winning picture book author and illustrator. He has illustrated over 20 books for children, 6 of which he wrote. Joe’s book “Wolf’s Coming!” has won multiple awards and was named … Continue reading →

Posted in #Vacation, Blog Themes, Uncategorized, Wrtiting Prompts | Tagged Author Illustrators, children's books, eastern PA scbwi, illustration prompts, illustrator, inspiration, Joe Kulka, KidLit, picture book author/illustrators, picture book authors, picture book illustrators, Picture Books, SCBWI, summer, summer starters, vacation, Vacation Time, writing prompts | 1 Comment

Mindfulness, Anxiety, and a New Picture Book: Anna Forrester Has a Café Chat with Picture Book Author Gail Silver

Posted on April 23, 2019 by EasternPennPoints

Gail Silver’s fourth picture book, Mindful Bea and the Worry Tree, came out April 16 with Magination Press, the American Psychological Association’s children’s book imprint. Gail lives in Philadelphia, and when she’s not writing picture books she is running Yoga Child … Continue reading →

Posted in Cafe Chat, Interviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Anh's Anger, anna forrester, anxiety, books that teach, coping with anxiety, eastern PA scbwi, Gail Silver, Magination Press, Mindful Bea and the Worry Tree, mindfulness, Parallax Press, Peace Bugs and Understanding, picture book authors, Picture Books, SCBWI, Steps and Stones, The School Mindfulness Project, Yoga Child | 2 Comments

A Book Launch Event for Wendy Greenley’s Lola Shapes the Sky

Posted on March 19, 2019 by EasternPennPoints

Please join EPA member Wendy Greenley on Saturday, March 23, 2019, at the Barnes & Noble in Montgomeryville, PA, to celebrate the release of her picture book Lola Shapes the Sky, illustrated by Paolo Domeniconi, published by Creative Editions. Wendy … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Launch Party, Uncategorized | Tagged book launch, children's books, eastern PA scbwi, Lola Shapes the Sky, Picture Book, picture book authors, SCBWI, Wendy Greenley | 4 Comments

A Café Chat with Literary Agent Marie Lamba, by Laura Parnum

Posted on March 13, 2019 by EasternPennPoints

I recently had the very lovely pleasure of chatting with Marie Lamba at the Eastern Penn Points Café. Marie is an author as well as a literary agent at the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency and will be joining our faculty … Continue reading →

Posted in Cafe Chat, Interviews, Pocono Retreat, Uncategorized | Tagged Author, eastern PA scbwi, faculty, Interviews, Laura Parnum, literary agents, Marie Lamba, picture book authors, Picture Books, Pocono Retreat, Pocono Retreat 2019, SCBWI, ya authors, ya fiction, YA novels | Leave a comment

Page Street Kids Prize

Posted on October 8, 2018 by EasternPennPoints

Prize Announcement! Page Street Kids, the children’s book imprint of Page Street Publishing, is thrilled to announce the first annual Page Street Kids Prize, acknowledging a stand-out children’s book proposal from a debut author-illustrator. Author-illustrators with strong storytelling abilities, innovative … Continue reading →

Posted in Contests, Uncategorized | Tagged author-illustrator, book proposal, Contests, KidLit, nonfiction picture books, Page Street Kids, Page Street Publishing, picture book authors, picture book illustrators, Picture Books | 1 Comment

A Cafe Chat with Author/Illustrator Val Jones, by Lindsay Bandy

Posted on November 18, 2016 by EasternPennPoints

I’m so excited to have local EPA SCBWI author/illustrator Val Jones in the Cafe today! If you’ve met her at an SCBWI event, you know just how lovable she is. Her debut picture book, WHO WANTS BROCCOLI? is pretty lovable, … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, Uncategorized | Tagged author/illustrators, books about dogs, books about pet adoption, KidLit, Lindsay Bandy, Lindsay Barrett George, picture book authors, picture book illustrators, Picture Books, publishing advice, SCBWI, Val Jones, Who Wants Broccoli, writing advice | 1 Comment

A Cafe Chat with Adam Lehrhaupt, by Lindsay Bandy

Posted on October 31, 2016 by EasternPennPoints

This chilly Halloween morning, we welcome author Adam Lehrhaupt to the cafe! Adam spoke at Fall Philly recently, he’s got new books on the way, and he’s basically just fun to hang out with. So, he’s here to talk books … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Lehrhaupt, chicken in space, collaboration in picture books, Fall Philly, i don't draw i color, i will not eat you, illustrator notes, Lindsay Bandy, matt forsythe, picture book authors, please open this book, Revision, SCBWI, SCBWI EPA, scott magoon, shahar kober, Warning: Do Not Open This Book, working with illustrators, writing picture books | 3 Comments