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Lucky Beans Booklist Review
Booklist Advanced Review – Uncorrected ProofIssue: February 1, 2010Lucky Beans.Birtha, Becky (Author), Tadgell, Nicole (Illustrator)Mar 2010. 32 p. Albert Whitman, hardcover, $16.99. (9780807547823).Math and wry comedy mix in this lively historical story based on...
Lucky Beans by Becky Birtha
Here it is at last! LUCKY BEANS by Becky Birtha. Published by Albert Whitman & Co. Spring 2010And here's a lovely review in the Horn Book.
ALA!
Wow, I'm going to be at the American Library Association's Annual Winter Meeting on Sunday in Boston, signing copies of my newest book LUCKY BEANS by Becky Birtha at the Albert Whitman booth. I've never been to ALA and I'm looking forward to meeting people!
New art…or oldie but goodie?
I'll be participating in some upcoming promotions with my agent, so of course I'm back to my fighting my nemesis: deciding which piece to put in! Do I find an older piece, maybe done for another client? Or do I create something new? So in my search of archived art, I...
Coming soon!
The F&Gs for LUCKY BEANS by Becky Birtha came in yesterday! (For those se of you who don't know, F&G stands for "folds and gathers" and is an unbound copy of a book)It's my newest book coming out this Spring from Albert Whitman & Co. As with many of the...
More reading
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddIt's about finding motherly love, but it's also about forgiveness.So why isn't Lily's forgiveness of her father addressed?
Horn tooting!
Neat! There is a book called the Encyclopedia of Writing and Illustrating Children's Books and my work is featured inside! I got my copy recently, and it looks great!
Neesha’s post
I am going to need to re-read this PLUS the comments when I get home and can devote more time to this rich, thought-provoking discussion...
Shelftalker Follow-up
This is an amazing follow-up to Elizabeth Bluembe's blog about diversity in children's books - wonderfully well-written, and I am so heartened by all the comments. There are a LOT of people out there who feel the same as I do!
Totally off topic…
Okay, this has nothing to do with illustration...I just needed to vent! How can I lose 10lbs and still look the same?! All that work, being hungry all the time, and my clothes only feel a LITTLE looser!Geez... makes me want to go eat a cupcake.On the other hand, if...
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