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Session Spotlight: Confronting Difficult Life Events through Story II

By Richard Clift | Published: April 23, 2012

by Ann Parker, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona   I realized that the lowlands were always given to the poor, so naturally the Ninth Ward would flood. “I’ll tell you what happened to me, but you have to promise never to use my name.” . . . Kristallnacht was a blink in time . . [...]

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Session Spotlight: Confronting Difficult Life Events through Story

By Richard Clift | Published: April 16, 2012

by Ann Parker, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona Today’s blog begins a discussion by authors Ruta Sepetys, Jim Deem, and Jewell Parker Rhodes at the 2012 Tucson Festival of Books in March entitled “Confronting Difficult Life Events through Story.” The discussion will continue in the next two blogs. All three authors have published books, both [...]

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Session Spotlight: Monica Brown

By Richard Clift | Published: April 9, 2012

by Ann Parker, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona   ” . . . the story also spoke to her because it contained the themes of finding your voice, of imagination and determination, of social justice and what we can do to spread literacy . . .“   I had the pleasure of interviewing author Monica [...]

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Session Spotlight: Karen Lynn Williams

By Richard Clift | Published: April 2, 2012

by Ann Parker, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona . . Books can be very powerful, and be careful what you give your children to read! Karen Lynn Williams . I attended a presentation at the 2012 Tucson Festival of Books entitled “Picture Books as Global Passports” with authors Karen Lynn Williams and Monica Brown in [...]

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What Makes Small Presses Successful

By Richard Clift | Published: January 31, 2011

by Ann Parker, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ As we have seen, all of these small book publishing companies are managing to survive in the midst of the large conglomerate companies that have lots of resources at their disposal to publish and market their books. All of these smaller companies specialize in publishing children’s books [...]

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A Conversation with Just Us Books

By Richard Clift | Published: January 24, 2011

by Ann Parker, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ Last week, we published an interview with Dana Goldberg of Children’s Book Press. He shared his beliefs and strategies for operating a successful small, independent press publishing multicultural and bilingual literature for children. This week, we present an interview with Wade Hudson, Publisher and CEO of Just [...]

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A Conversation with Children's Book Press

By Richard Clift | Published: January 17, 2011

by Ann Parker, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ Last week, we heard from Jason Low from Lee and Low Books, a company that focuses on writers and illustrators of color. This week, we present an interview with Dana Goldberg, Executive Editor of Children’s Book Press. .

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A Conversation with Lee and Low Books

By Richard Clift | Published: January 10, 2011

by Ann Parker, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ Last week, I shared an interview with Heather Lennon from North/South Books, a company that finds outstanding books from around the world and translates them into English for children in the United States. This week, we hear from Jason Low, Publisher at Lee and Low Books.

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A Conversation with NorthSouth Books

By Richard Clift | Published: January 3, 2011

by Ann Parker, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ For the month of January I will be exploring several independent book publishing companies that publish multicultural and even bilingual children’s books in the U.S. and that have received national attention for the quality of their books. These companies have not only avoided being bought out by [...]

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The Role of Small Presses in Multicultural Children's Books

By Richard Clift | Published: December 28, 2009

by Ann Parker, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Last week I shared information that I collected on the role that small, independent book publishers play in publishing multicultural children’s books, particularly bilingual books. In this post I examine the contributions made by small presses and discuss some publishers who are committed to publishing quality [...]

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