Love this bit of news I received today from the Canadian Children’s Book Centre: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will present The Art of the Picture Book from September 11 to October 14, 2012. Eighty illustrators will be represented, including Ruth Ohi, Werner Zimmermann, Barbara Reid and Michael Martchenko. Two days after the exhibit closes,Continue reading “The Art of the Picture Book Exhibition”
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Top 10 books for kids and teens 2011
As the year winds down and the holidays approach, I thought it time to offer a list of 2011’s best books for young readers. The selections range from child to teen and include books that I fell in love with and books my kids fell in love with. Some made major Top 10 lists andContinue reading “Top 10 books for kids and teens 2011”
Packaging Your Imagination
Like many journalists, I dream of writing fiction. I have notebooks filled with ideas, dialogue and even entire stories waiting to be turned into something for public consumption. I have an almost finished police drama that I have been “editing” for a decade and a completed children’s book that came to me after an incidentContinue reading “Packaging Your Imagination”
Heather Camlot 