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https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2012/02/books-that-hold-up-and-books-that-dont.html Blue Rose Girls: Books that hold up and books that don't Some friends and I were talking about re-reading books we had loved as children, and how some hold up and some don't. For me, LITTLE WOME... blue rose girlshold upbooks https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/12/past-is-another-country.html?showComment=1292082102829 Blue Rose Girls: The past is another country -- "The past is another country; they do things differently there" begins a novel about a middle-aged man who visits a painful time in his own ... blue rose girlsthe pastanothercountry https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/12/value-of-snow.html Blue Rose Girls: the value of snow The Robert's Snow auctions end tomorrow, Friday at 5pm. Even though I have not been as involved in the project this year, it is still quite... blue rose girlsthe valuesnow https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/06/pictures-from-newberycaldecott-banquet.html?showComment=1277837997108 Blue Rose Girls: Pictures from the Newbery/Caldecott Banquet Here are some of the pictures that I took at the Newbery/Caldecott Banquet on Sunday evening. You can see more pictures at my Scenes from AL... blue rose girlsfrom thepicturesnewberycaldecott https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2011/01/research_27.html Blue Rose Girls: RESEARCH Libby has been busy doing research and I have as well. I meant to post about this on my own blog but got really distracted and ended u... blue rose girlsresearch https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/04/going-youtube.html Blue Rose Girls: going YouTube So I've finally decided to put up my videos onto YouTube. I'm afraid of the comments--anyone know how to turn that stuff off? I'm putting it... blue rose girlsgoingyoutube https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/08/finished-jacket.html?showComment=1249879987704 Blue Rose Girls: the finished jacket... In the tradition of the Red Rose Girls, seven children's book professionals discuss their lives in books blue rose girlsfinishedjacket https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/07/making-of-nonfiction-picture-book.html?showComment=1184790000000 Blue Rose Girls: the making of a nonfiction picture book Fuse #8 and her husband recommended a great book for me to read. It's called Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. This book gives you a lo... blue rose girlsthe making ofnonfictionpicturebook https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/04/technophile-or-technophobe.html?showComment=1270852239349 Blue Rose Girls: technophile or technophobe? The iPad was released on Saturday. And no, I didn't buy one, but yes, I was tempted. Although I do like new technology, I don't tend to be ... blue rose girlstechnophiletechnophobe https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-year.html?showComment=1199396100000 Blue Rose Girls: a new year Howdy all, I hope everyone had a great holiday! Mine was nice and relaxing. I stayed at my new parents' house, which is gorgeous. While ther... blue rose girlsa newyear https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/02/will-you-come-to-my-party_07.html Blue Rose Girls: will you come to my party? As I look back at my publishing career, my biggest regret is that I never had a book party. When that first book came out, there was no fanf... blue rose girlswill youcome toparty https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2013/04/happy-earth-day.html?showComment=1410530244928 Blue Rose Girls: Happy Earth Day! Are you looking for a simple way to celebrate Earth Day with your kids? There are a number of activities for the wee ones on the we... blue rose girlshappy earthday https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/09/another-lovely-desmond-review.html Blue Rose Girls: Another lovely Desmond review This review of Disappearing Desmond just in from School Library Journal. Thanks guys! ps Will have pictures and updates from our recent cro... blue rose girlsanotherlovelydesmondreview https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/10/best-versus-favorite.html Blue Rose Girls: Best versus favorite? Yesterday I was talking to a friend about favorite books, and I made the distinction that my favorite books aren't necessarily the books tha... blue rose girlsbestversusfavorite https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/08/robert.html?showComment=1188441540000 Blue Rose Girls: Robert As many/most of you may have guessed from the last post, we are sad to say that Grace Lin's husband Robert passed away last night. If you wo... blue rose girlsrobert https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/06/choose-my-dress-part-2-or-tale-of-two.html?showComment=1275999378623 Blue Rose Girls: Choose My Dress Part 2 or the Tale of Two Dresses Alert! I now have TWO dresses in my hot hands to decide between for the Newbery Banquet! Both are beautiful (to me, anyway). Both have fun s... blue rose girls https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2006/11/poetry-friday-in-garden-again.html?showComment=1313858088491 Blue Rose Girls: POETRY FRIDAY: IN THE GARDEN AGAIN On October 27th, I posted a review of BUSY IN THE GARDEN , a delightful collection of poems about sowing seeds, growing and harvesting plant... blue rose girlsin the gardenpoetry friday https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2008/04/new-look.html Blue Rose Girls: a new look I"m giving my website an overhaul--a whole new look. I guess I got sick of the old version and for too long I didn't have the guts to redo i... blue rose girlsa newlook https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/08/charity.html Blue Rose Girls: charity This is a painting I am doing for my friend (and amazing illustrator/author) Dan Santat 's Eyewitness Auction to benefit 826LA . It's a gre... blue rose girlscharity https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2011/11/snowed-in.html?showComment=1320285573906 Blue Rose Girls: Snowed in New England got hit with a big storm this weekend, some of us are still digging out! It took us a bit by surprise, it is October afte... blue rose girlssnowed https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/03/websites-for-books.html?showComment=1172859660000 Blue Rose Girls: websites for books I created a website for ALIENS... which still isn't finished! Now for some stupid reason I've decided to do another for my soon-to-be-publis... blue rose girlswebsitesbooks https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2008/06/question-of-week-whats-on-your-desk.html?showComment=1213200720000 Blue Rose Girls: Question of the Week: WHAT'S ON YOUR DESK? We're bringing back the Question of the Week! This week the question is "What's on your desk?" Can you guess whose desk is whose? (The rock ... question of the weekblue rose girls https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2011/05/leg-2-auckland-part-1.html?showComment=1306968802314 Blue Rose Girls: Leg #2: Auckland, Part 1 After Melbourne , I was off to Auckland, New Zealand. It struck me as I exited the plane that this was the first time in a whi... blue rose girlslegaucklandpart https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2012/06/on-my-desk-or-would-be-if-i-could-get.html Blue Rose Girls: Over my desk The beginning of this was familiar to me, but the nots at the end -- not even needing to believe in yourself, always feeling a "divin... blue rose girlsdesk https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2011/08/im-sorry-that-ive-only-been-posting.html?showComment=1313520997514 Blue Rose Girls: My Granddaughter Was Born!!! I'm sorry that I've only been posting intermittently on Fridays in recent weeks. I've been busy trying to get a couple of projects compl... blue rose girlsgranddaughterborn https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-looking-back.html Blue Rose Girls: More looking back I was going to post the second half of my work-in-progress post from last week, but I was inspired by Alvina's post yesterday to look back... blue rose girlslookingback https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/11/another-red-shoe-painting-in-progress.html Blue Rose Girls: Another "Red Shoe" painting in progress Its been awhile since I've posted any works in progress, so I thought the blog was due for another "process" post. As I've mentioned in the ... blue rose girlsanotherredshoepainting https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/01/bid-now.html Blue Rose Girls: Bid NOW! The January Painting for small graces is NOW ON AUCTION! Please spread the word and BID! blue rose girlsbid https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2006/09/anti-rock-star.html?showComment=1158259560000 Blue Rose Girls: The anti rock star Last week I went to see one of my favorite musicians perform at the MFA. Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power) is the most reluctant rock star I've ... blue rose girlsantirockstar https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2008/08/unique-to-ri.html?showComment=1219445340000 Blue Rose Girls: unique to RI I added another page of interest to my website -- unique phrases/foods to RI. Here's a sample: If there are any RIers out there who know of ... blue rose girlsuniqueri https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/01/awards-priscilla-random-things.html?showComment=1233165240000 Blue Rose Girls: Awards, Priscilla, random things... I have to admit I have not read most of the ALSC winners this year (I am always behind on my reading), but I am thrilled to see two illustra... blue rose girlsawardspriscillarandomthings https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/12/what-makes-great-first-page.html?showComment=1292251995151 Blue Rose Girls: What makes a great first page? I was casting about on Twitter for ideas on what to blog about, and author/illustrator Katie Davis asked the question, "What makes a g... blue rose girlsa greatmakesfirst https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/05/proposal.html?showComment=1241658600000 Blue Rose Girls: a proposal... Next time we get together, what if we roll out a sheet of paper and see if we can't combine our art? blue rose girlsproposal https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/09/for-roberts-snow.html?showComment=1190142060000 Blue Rose Girls: for robert's snow Hello all, As I hope you all know, the Robert's Snow snowflake auction is coming up shortly. This is part of my contribution: I'm making a b... blue rose girlsrobertsnow https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/06/poetry-friday-mowing-by-robert-wrigley.html?showComment=1276293813091 Blue Rose Girls: POETRY FRIDAY: Mowing by Robert Wrigley Over at Wild Rose Reader , I have some poems about grass--an original acrostic, an original "things to do" list poem, and a poem by the grea... blue rose girlspoetry fridayby robertmowingwrigley https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2006/11/publishing-by-committee.html?showComment=1163612640000 Blue Rose Girls: Publishing by Committee Libby normally posts on Wednesdays, but as I am going to Taiwan on Friday night for 11 days, I may be missing two of my Mondays, so you get ... blue rose girlspublishingcommittee https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/04/listen-to-alvina.html?showComment=1175650380000 Blue Rose Girls: Listen to Alvina! Our very own Alvina was interviewed by Just One More Book! She's so eloquent, I'm just proud to say I know her. Go HERE . blue rose girlslisten toalvina https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2011/10/advertising-in-kids-books.html Blue Rose Girls: ADVERTISING IN KIDS' BOOKS I don't want to overshadow Libby's post today (so I won't make this long) but I did a post on my blog that I think is important. I'll just p... blue rose girlsadvertisingkidsbooks https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/05/packing-and-drawing-packing-and-drawing.html Blue Rose Girls: Packing and drawing, packing and drawing This spring has been the busiest I've had in a very long time; two books came out within a month of eachother, I'm planning my wedding in Ju... blue rose girlspackingdrawing https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/02/why-i-hate-cutting-mats.html Blue Rose Girls: why I hate cutting mats If you guys are the english major people out there, and not the artist people (I know some are both) then you won't know what I"m talking ab... blue rose girlshatecuttingmats https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2006/08/scbwi-wrap-up.html Blue Rose Girls: SCBWI wrap-up Well, I have to dash this off, but wanted to post something today. Sorry if it's a little helter skelter! I had never attended one of the bi... blue rose girlsscbwiwrap https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-to-not-to-draw-alien.html?showComment=1169788140000 Blue Rose Girls: how to not to draw an alien ooookay, now I've gone too far. Instead of getting any work done tonight I decided to make a little video from some footage I had (when I wa... blue rose girlshow todrawalien https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/07/making-of-nonfiction-picture-book.html?showComment=1185130800000 Blue Rose Girls: the making of a nonfiction picture book Fuse #8 and her husband recommended a great book for me to read. It's called Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. This book gives you a lo... blue rose girlsthe making ofnonfictionpicturebook https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/09/should-pigeon-drive-bus.html Blue Rose Girls: Testosterone? The almost-three year old I babysit for used to be a cautious, gentle child. 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We are trying something new: a question of the week we will all answer....or those of us who want to will. The question this week is: WHA... question of the weekblue rose girls https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/01/early-morning-phone-call.html?showComment=1263832334905 Blue Rose Girls: early morning phone call Where the Mountain Meets the Moon won the Newbery Honor!!!!!! blue rose girlsearly morningphonecall https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/07/jump-tracks.html?showComment=1183832940000 Blue Rose Girls: Jump the tracks! I've never liked this book and on the way home from yoga this morning I decided that it actually sends a really BAD message....one is the im... blue rose girlsjumptracks https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/03/guest-post-beyond-book-happyface-by.html Blue Rose Girls: Guest post: Beyond the Book--HAPPYFACE by Stephen Emond Guest Post: Connie Hsu Beyond the Book: Happyface by Stephen Emond I'll always remember my first --first acquisition, that is: Libby's be... blue rose girlsbeyond the bookguest post https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/03/poetry-friday-yoga-poems.html?showComment=1172843700000 Blue Rose Girls: POETRY FRIDAY: Yoga Poems TWIST: YOGA POEMS Written by Janet Wong Illustrated by Julie Paschkis Margaret K. McElderry (2007) What a gorgeous book! Julie Paschkis outd... blue rose girlspoetry fridayyogapoems https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2008/12/discipline.html Blue Rose Girls: discipline So the holiday season has arrived and I've found it hard to stay focus on work. This is the time of year that I love and hate being a freela... blue rose girlsdiscipline https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/06/panels-galoreand-poll.html?showComment=1181597760000 Blue Rose Girls: Panels galore...and a poll I've been on three panels in two weeks. I think I'm panelled out right now. I don't know what I was thinking, scheduling these things all sm... blue rose girlsand apanelsgalorepoll https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2011/03/poetry-friday-original-cinquain.html Blue Rose Girls: POETRY FRIDAY: An Original Cinquain The cinquain is a poem of five lines and twenty-two syllables that was developed by a woman named Adelaide Crapsey. THE CINQUAIN Two syllabl... blue rose girlspoetry fridayan originalcinquain https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-december-newsletter.html Blue Rose Girls: my december newsletter I just sent out my December Newsletter , which included a free, downloadable cookie tin label and the reminder that my bookplate promotion ... blue rose girlsdecembernewsletter https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2013/11/learning-more-from-bad-than-good.html Blue Rose Girls: Learning more from the bad than the good? I am housesitting for Grace, and one of the many fun things about being here is reading the books! She owns complete sets of many o... blue rose girlslearning morefrom thebadgood https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/04/nostalgia.html Blue Rose Girls: nostalgia My school visit whirlwind is continuing. Before heading to Albany for the weekend, I did a quick talk with superstar author/illustrator Jarr... blue rose girlsnostalgia https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/11/painting-in-progress-continued.html?showComment=1240238280000 Blue Rose Girls: Painting in progress continued Last week I showed the first steps in making a painting for the book I'm working on, What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe ? You can view las... blue rose girlsin progresspaintingcontinued https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/07/poem-for-my-husband.html?showComment=1184970720000 Blue Rose Girls: A Poem for My Husband Yesterday, July 19th, was the date of my 38th wedding anniversary. Unfortunately, my husband was away on business...as he often is. Fortunat... blue rose girlsa poemhusband https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/09/what-writer-or-this-writer-needs.html?showComment=1252785028832 Blue Rose Girls: What a writer -- or THIS writer -- needs I made a list once of what to avoid in a boyfriend. When I showed it to a friend, she burst out laughing. "What's so funny?" "That anyone wo... blue rose girlsa writerneeds https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-thoughts-on-whining.html?showComment=1205359800000 Blue Rose Girls: More thoughts on whining Last Monday, I was sick at home with no voice and no energy, but was excited to hear this discussion on "What Makes a Best-Selling Children'... blue rose girlsthoughts onwhining https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/07/making-of-nonfiction-picture-book.html?showComment=1184783940000 Blue Rose Girls: the making of a nonfiction picture book Fuse #8 and her husband recommended a great book for me to read. It's called Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. This book gives you a lo... blue rose girlsthe making ofnonfictionpicturebook https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/03/book-bash-on-saturday.html Blue Rose Girls: Book Bash on Saturday Just a reminder to folks in western Massachusetts looking for a fun event to bring their family to this Saturday, come join me at The River'... blue rose girlsbook bashsaturday https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2008/08/2-things.html Blue Rose Girls: 2 things It was fun to see Olvina and the astronauts in the same display -- they weren't shelved next to each other, but a quick (and temporary) mo... blue rose girlsthings https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2007/09/childrens-literature-festival-at-keene.html Blue Rose Girls: Children's Literature Festival at Keene State College The registration forms for the Children's Literature Festival at Keene State College in New Hampsire are now available. 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Destiny or fate, most of the time it was the four of us that were bor... blue rose girlsof theyeartiger https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/04/upcoming-cupcakes.html?showComment=1241015340000 Blue Rose Girls: upcoming cupcakes Recently, I was a bit dismayed when I was told that the bookstore would prefer that I not serve any food at my book launch . It was underst... blue rose girlsupcomingcupcakes https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2006/09/coming-out.html?showComment=1157933280000 Blue Rose Girls: Coming out... So, I haven't really come "out" as a blogger to people at work, or even some of my friends. And it feels a little weird thinking that more p... blue rose girlscoming https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2011/06/leg-2-auckland-part-2.html?showComment=1308056936032 Blue Rose Girls: Leg #2: Auckland, Part 2 Continued from Leg #1 (Melbourne) and Leg #2 Part 1 (Auckland). Friday: Friday in Auckland began with a Publisher's Forum. About 50... blue rose girlslegaucklandpart https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2011/11/cake-we-made.html?showComment=1322361792406 Blue Rose Girls: the cake we made For Thanksgiving, my mother asked me if we could bring the dessert. The Sasquatch and I had thought about making pie but I saw a recip... blue rose girlsthe cakemade https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2006/12/hanukkah-story-to-share.html?showComment=1165993140000 Blue Rose Girls: A HANUKKAH STORY TO SHARE The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes Written by Linda Glaser Illustrated by Nancy Cote Published by Albert Whitman (1997) THE BORROWED HANUKKAH LATK... blue rose girlshanukkahstoryshare https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2012/02/books-that-hold-up-and-books-that-dont.html Blue Rose Girls: Books that hold up and books that don't Some friends and I were talking about re-reading books we had loved as children, and how some hold up and some don't. For me, LITTLE WOME... blue rose girlshold upbooks https://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/12/past-is-another-country.html?showComment=1292082102829 Blue Rose Girls: The past is another country -- "The past is another country; they do things differently there" begins a novel about a middle-aged man who visits a painful time in his own ... blue rose girlsthe pastanothercountry