“A picture book is a motorcycle: small, loud, fun, and zippy.”
Author: Pascale Mackey
Great quote from Mo Willems I just read in my “Notes from the Horn Book” newsletter.
Mo Willems’ books are definitively small, loud, fun, and zippy!! And inspiration to all of us picture books writers and illustrators!
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A great book for little explorers
Author: Pascale Mackey
With Jan Day and Janeen Mason, at the Publishing Party for their brand new picture book “The World’s Greatest Explorer.”
My review? great adventure, with a mysterious journal, exciting travels, dangerous bandits and clever monkeys! Beautiful illustrations make this book a real treasure!
BOOK BY BOOK: the making of a monkey man
Author: Pascale Mackey
Brilliant video by author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka (www.studiojjk.com)
BOOK BY BOOK: the making of a monkey man by Jarrett Krosoczka
Step Right Up to Publication!
Author: Pascale Mackey
Information and registration for the SCBWI Florida Regional Conference is now posted on the SCBWI Florida site www.scbwiflorida.com
Jan. 16-18
Wyndham Miami Airport Hotel
Speakers include: Linda Sue Park, Arthur A. Levine, Lisa Yee, Tina Wexler (ICM),
Ginger Knowlton (Curtis Brown), Mark Teague, Alexandra Cooper (Simon & Schuster) and Elaine Landau.
There will be a Writer’s Intensive with Joyce Sweeney and Gaby Triana on Friday, Jan. 16 from 9 am to 3 pm.
Publishing Party for “Kissimmee Pete and the Hurricane: A Tall Tale”
Author: Pascale Mackey
Last week, I had the pleasure to attend the Publishing Party for “Kissimmee Pete and the Hurricane: A Tall Tale”, with author Jane Day and Illustrator Janeen Mason.
