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Children's Book Author and Illustrator

Writing about books, ballet, and art, and about living, teaching and working in New York City

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Author/Illustrator Interview with Selina Alko

Sunday, 26 October 2008 7:19 P GMT-05
Selina's newest book, Greeting from the 50 States: How They Got Their Names has just been published by Scholastic.

Author/Illustrator Interview with Manya Tessler

Friday, 8 February 2008 7:20 P GMT-05
Yuki's Ride Home, Manya's first picturebook for children has just been published. She talks about writing and illustrating, and living in Japan.

Author/Illustrator Interview with Jennifer Merz

Tuesday, 6 November 2007 1:30 P GMT-05
Jenn was in my SVA class several years ago.Her second book "Playground Day" has just been published by Clarion.

Author/Illustrator Interview with Linas Alsenas

Wednesday, 22 August 2007 12:36 P GMT-05
PEANUT has just been published. Linas talks about working on his books, and living in Sweden.

Cherry Clafoutis Summer

Sunday, 8 July 2007 4:35 P GMT-05
Baking Cherry Clafoutis and reading Rumer Godden's The Greengage Summer are perfect in the summer.

Author Interview with Susanna Pitzer

Thursday, 26 April 2007 10:45 A GMT-05
Susanna has written "Not Afraid of Dogs", illustrated by Larry Day. Some years ago she was in my SVA class.

February is Black History Month

Thursday, 1 February 2007 8:54 A GMT-05
Portraits of African-American Heroes by Tonya Bolden and Ansel Pitcairn

"Generation on Fire" by Jeff Kisseloff

Monday, 15 January 2007 8:53 A GMT-05
I highly recommend this book by Jeff Kisseloff

"I wanna..." illustrated by Azadeh Houshyar

Sunday, 19 November 2006 8:56 A GMT-05
3 books filled with cool and appealing projects

Wonderful new books by my former SVA students!

Friday, 27 October 2006 11:14 A GMT-05
Selina Alko and Sean Qualls have beautiful new books.

First books by my SVA students: Congratulations!

Wednesday, 6 September 2006 9:41 A GMT-05
I love getting news from my SVA students about their first books!