I had the best weekend at the
NJSCBWI Conference. My brain is so full, I can barely make sentences... but it
only takes basic zombie skills to type up a list of the books I heard
recommended by editors and agents. I'm
sure many of you are looking for summer reads, so enjoy! (I'm actually looking for some brains to eat...isn't that a weird
craving?)
Picture Books By Author/Illustrators
Green, by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
No Fits, Nilson! by Zachariah Ohora
Zombelina, by Kristyn Crow
Island: A Story of the Galápagos, by Jason Chin
All Kinds of Kisses, by Nancy Tafuri
Crankenstein, by Samantha Berger
Awesome Dawson, by Chris Gall
Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song, by Andrea Davis Pinkney
No Fits, Nilson! by Zachariah Ohora
The Twins Blanket, by Hyewon Yum
The Curious Garden, by Peter Brown
Penguin and Pinecone, by Salina Yoon
Island: A Story of the Galápagos, by Jason Chin
LittleTug, by Stephen Savage
Crankenstein, by Samantha Berger
Awesome Dawson, by Chris Gall
Pirate, Viking and Scientist, by Jared Chapman
Me, Jane, by Patrick McDonnell
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| I came home with this beauty from Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen |
The Best-Ever Bookworm Book, by Alice Kuipers
Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song, by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Picture Books By an Author and an Illustrator
Be Good to Eddie Lee, by Virgina
Fleming and illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Bear has a Story to Tell, by Philip
Stead and illustrated by Erin Stead
Extra Yarn, by Mac Barnett and
illustrated by Jon Klassen (one of my FAVORITES)
My Snake Blake, by Randy Siegel
and illustrated by Serge Bloch
if you want to see a whale, by
Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin Stead.
Besos for Baby, by Jen Arena and illustrated by Blanca Gomez
The Dark, by Lemony Snicket and
illustrated by Jon Klassen
Once Upon a Memory, by Nina Laden
and illustrated by Renata Liwska
Duck, Duck, Moose by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
and illustrated by Noah Jones
Chicks Run Wild, by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and
illustrated by Ward Jenkins
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, by Laban Hill and illustrated by Bryan Collier
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, by Laban Hill and illustrated by Bryan Collier
Heroes of the Surf, by Elisa Carbone and illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
President Taft isStuck in the Bath, by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen
Whoa! That was ever so slightly more work than I had imagined, and my fingers are aching. Gotta go get some brains in this zombie to refresh!
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I didn't compile a list nearly as as complete as this one, so I'm grateful you posted it!
ReplyDeleteDang. You are one alarmingly organized person.
Yep, my employees used to derisively call me "thorough." But I like the term "AOP" for alarmingly organized person - I'm going to own that.
DeleteThanks for the list Lauri! Can't wait to read about your experience later.
DeleteWell, Romelle thanks for being so honest with your expectations! I guess I have to write about that now. But what to write? That's the thing about conferences - a complete blur and a journal full of notes. Now, the conference when I come home with a book deal or agent will be a completely different matter- I'm definitely writing about that!
DeleteI was definitely scribbling on my notepad, but I'm too busy decompressing today to even consider going back upstairs to fetch it! lol If it were here next to me, I'd list them, Lauri! And considering you were playing scrabble with the letters that were spilling out over the barrel-edge of your overflowing brain, you formed a lot of words that became some relatively coherent sentences ;)
ReplyDeleteMy scrabble letters are often spilling over the barrel of my brain! I had to do something with those notes to get the ball rolling. :0
DeleteAnd here I am, now that I'm near my notes. I can only offer these few from the "Cross-Genre" workshop with Joanna Cardenas:
DeleteHeroes of the Surf by Elisa Carbone
President Taft is Stuck in the Bath by Mac Barnett
Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry G. Allard
Adding those now!! Thanks!
DeleteLauri - great list!
ReplyDeleteDid you attend Carter Hasegawa's nonfiction narrative workshop perchance?
No, I didn't. There were so many great offerings to choose from. I heard several people say it was great though:)
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