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Parent’s Choice Gold Medal for Muddy!
A Parent's Choice Award Gold Medal for Muddy! What a great list of books to be on! See their full list here.
Muddy is a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book for 2017!
Amazing! Muddy is one of ten books selected as this years Best Illustrated Children's Books by the New York Times and the New York Public Library. Check out the article here!
Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award GOLD MEDAL for Muddy from the California Reading Association!
What an amazing honor! Here's proof. LOL.
Writing Picture Books with Ann Whitford Paul (Part 1)
Ann Whitford Paul’s Writing Picture Books: A Hands-On Guide From Story Creation to Publication (Writers Digest Books, 2009) is considered one of THE standard books on the craft of writing picture books. (See the Amazon carousel below for some of my favorites). And for...
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Why You Should Try #NANOWRIMO
REVIEW: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within 2nd Edition by Natalie Goldberg (Shambhala 2006) #NANOWRIMO has inspired me. It’s exactly what I needed. Not to write a novel, but help get me back into the habit of writing naked. It’s hard to write naked. It...
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10 Writing Tips from Hemingway, Atwood, Gaiman, Leonard, and Everyone Else!
Check out my newest Flipboard Magazine! I've collected over 30 articles from various sources featuring famous writers talking about writing. You've seen articles like "10 Writing Tips From Hemingway," or "Neil Gaiman's 8 Writing Practices" right? Well, they're all...
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Michael is an award-winning children’s author and produced screenwriter whose books have been recognized by the New York Times, New York Public Library, NPR, Parent’s Choice, the California Reading Association, and the Jr. Library Guild among others. His recent PB When Angels Sing: The Story of Carlos Santana won illustrator Jose Ramirez the prestigious 2018 Society of Illustrator’s Original Art Gold Medal.
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News and Events
Parent’s Choice Gold Medal for Muddy!
A Parent's Choice Award Gold Medal for Muddy! What a great list of books to be on! See their full list here.
Muddy is a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book for 2017!
Amazing! Muddy is one of ten books selected as this years Best Illustrated Children's Books by the New York Times and the New York Public Library. Check out the article here!
Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award GOLD MEDAL for Muddy from the California Reading Association!
What an amazing honor! Here's proof. LOL.
