May joy find you!
Season’s Greetings
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Children’s Fairyland Book Festival
Join me May 19 as Children’s Fairyland in Oakland presents Turn the Page! a day for children’s book authors and illustrators to meet and greet their young readers. I will be at my greet and meet table from 1:30-2:40 PM presenting A Stick Until and Smelling Sunshine. I will share my process for writing and illustrating, answer any questions you have, and provide craft activities. Twenty eight other authors and illustrators will present their books throughout the day from 10 AM until 4 PM. I hope you will be able to participate and share in this wonderful experience.
Children’s Fairyland is on the shores of Lake Merritt, 699 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA 94610 http://www.fairyland.org/
Lindsay Wildlife Experience Story Time Reading
Join me for story time…
at Lindsay Wildlife Experience, 11 a.m. Sunday, March 11. I will read my newest picture book A Stick Until…The story follows a stick on its journey as a tool, and from a tool to a toy, to a tree. Science information about stick use is included, like a science journal.
Story time at Lindsay will include activities for children to participate, including a crafts project and an imagination starter!
Hope to see you there! Lindsay is located at:
Interview with Kidlit411
Delighted to have an interview this week with the informative and fun blog, Kidlit411! I discuss my process for writing and illustrating with a focus on my newest picture book, A Stick Until…. Thanks so much to Sylvia Liu for the opportunity. Here is the link: http://www.kidlit411.com/2018/01/Kidlit411-Author-Illustrator-Constance-Anderson.html
Illustration from A Stick Until…
Welcome, 2018
HAPPY NEW YEAR
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” John Muir
Illustration from A Stick Until…
Video for A STICK UNTIL…
I had a great time making this video for A Stick Until…as part of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Book Stop online book launch. To make the video, I assembled images in my PowerPoint program, edited, added music (with permission from and honorarium to the musicians), and saved it as an MP4.
The SCBWI Book Stop launch page for A Stick Until… will be online until November 27, 2017 and can be viewed at https://www.scbwi.org/scbwibookstop-display/?id=475384
A STICK UNTIL – Successful Book Launch!
Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore sold out of all the copies of A Stick Until…at Saturday’s book launch. But they are ordering more. Thanks to everyone who came out for making it a great event.
A Stick Until…Book Launch
It’s book launch time for my newest children’s picture book, A Stick Until… and if you are in the Bay Area, come by:
Happy New Year 2017
Wishing you a new year of hope in action.
“Dr. Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004
and founded the Green Belt Movement. In its citation, the Norwegian
Nobel Committee noted Professor Maathai’s contribution to sustainable
development, democracy and peace.”
“The Green Belt Movement (GBM) has planted over 51 million trees
in Kenya. GBM works at the grassroots, national, and international levels
to promote environmental conservation; to build climate resilience
and empower communities, especially women and girls; to foster
democratic space and sustainable livelihoods.”
For more information: http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/wangari-maathai/biography
Happy Holidays 2016
