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Not sure how to pronounce Uma's name or those of other writers? Here's an Author Name Pronunciation Guide from TeachingBooks.net. Uma's Publishers Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Articles, interviews and related links Craft Talk Tuesday Essay, The Writing Barn: Ten-Power: A Disorganized Novelist's Approach. Article, The Horn Book: No Joke: Humor and Culture in Middle Grade Books Handout, International Reading Association 2012. Institute panel: Social and Cultural Influences: Approaching Plot Through the Intersection of Character, Setting, and Time Article: "Teaching, Writing, and the Practice of Illusion" on Hunger Mountain, the journal of the arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts Video interview with Kathi Appelt Article: "Complications of Gender in the World of Children's Books" at Women Doing Literary Things Making Books Sing production of Tea With Chachaji, based on Chachaji's Cup. Hear Raja Burrows sing the theme song. Links to blog tour posts on Out of the Way! Out of the Way! Book Talk: The Happiest Tree on Lee & Low web site Guest post, Writers Against Racism Articles and an interview on the PaperTigers web site: South Asian voices and a return to essential questions. Continuing conversation with author Cynthia Leitich Article by Karen MacPherson/Scripps Howard News ServiceSmith on Cyn's Cynsations blog Interview with Rebecca Donnelly Article by Karen MacPherson/Scripps Howard News Service Durango Herald article by Leslie Doran
Links for writers SCBWI Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Vermont College of Fine Arts low-residency MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults Anita Silvey's A Book A Day Almanac Verla Kay's website Resources, transcripts of free online workshops, chat room. A.Word.A.Day: dornick from Wordsmith.org A wordcrafter's delight.
Links for aspiring writers and thinking-about-being-writers Cynthia Leitich Smith on writing for children and young adults Editor Sharyn November's web site includes a page of cautionary words for aspiring writers From Holt Uncensored, Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do) Paula Guran of writers.com offers advice about advice
Children's Literature resources ABC-Lit An index to children's literature scholarship CCBC Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison Cynthia Leitich Smith Children's Literature Resources Links and information for teachers, librarians, and writers. Interviews, book lists, quarterly newsletter, Native American and Asian American resources, and much, much more. Debbi Michiko Florence Writer and bibliophile Debbi Michiko Florence's site includes interviews, blogs, reading lists, and more ICDL International Children's Digital Library IBBY International Board on Books for Young People Papertigers A website for librarians, teachers, publishers, and all those interested in young readers' books from the Pacific Rim and South Asia. A Pacific Rim Voices project. Jane Addams Peace Association, honoring children's books since 1953
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