
09/06/2014
Viva Frida is here!
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Viva Frida is here!
We wanted a closer look at Yuyi Morales' process for her latest book VIVA FRIDA, and we couldn't have asked for anything better. Enjoy this stunning video of Yuyi making her book's characters from scratch: http://youtu.be/8mu8mZLmewI
And insight into the making of the book Viva Frida. With spare, polished text and luscious illustrations, award-winning author/illustrator Yuyi Morales explo...
Our very own Matt Davies, author of Ben Rides On and the forthcoming Ben Draws Trouble has been named Newsday's new cartoonist! Congratulations, Matt!
http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/ciolli-welcoming-matt-davies-newsday-s-new-cartoonist-1.8819873
Matt Davies, an extraordinary talent, is our new editorial cartoonist. He replaces Walt Handelsman, who returned to New Orleans last fall.
Like reading good speeches? Here's a great one by Yuyi Morales as she accepted her Pura Belpre award for Nino Wrestles the World!
http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpre-14.pdf
We're so proud of this book, Emily's Blue Period (on sale now!) and the talented author and illustrator who created it! Here are some interviews for your viewing pleasure:
http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-emilys-blue-period-trifecta.html
http://mrcolbysharp.com/2014/06/17/5-4-3-2-1-interview-cathleen-daly/
http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/the-adventures-of-a-childhood-fueled-by-books-by-cathleen-daly/
¡ VIVAN LAS LUCHAS !
Not your average family! George O'Connor poses with the poster that comes with the Olympians Boxed Set, pubbing in October 2014.
Feast your eyes on these! Recipe included in the back of Brian and Liam Anderson's MONSTER CHEFS! Out today! Trust us, make these and they'll be gone in a blink. Enough eyeball puns? We can keep going...
Eyeballs, anyone?
Eyeball cupcakes to test a recipe in the upcoming picture book MONSTER CHEFS by Brian Anderson.
Hungry? How about some cupcakes...made of EYEBALLS!?!? Look what pubs today! Yummmm.
She can dance, too! Congratulations again, Yuyi Morales, on your Pura Belpré Illustrator Award! What can't you do?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2FDU0B32cc&sns=fb
Yuyi Morales, illustrator of "Niño Wrestles the World" is the 2014 winners of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award which honors Latino illustrators whose work b...
Adorable! Thank you, Leda Schubert, for showing us this dedicated young fan!
Go Mad Potter!
Neal Porter with the Pura Belpré committee. Viva Niño!
Macmillan Children's School & Library
Congratulations to all of Macmillan Children's 2014 ALA Youth Media Award winners!
Congratulations, Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan on your Sibert Honor!
Niño! Niño! Niño! Congratulations, Yuyi Morales on your Pura Belpré Illustrator Award!
The Making of Ares
Kitty wasn't always bad... somebody made her that way.
And that somebody was...
Her author!
Available today: the latest installment in the bestselling Bad Kitty series, Bad Kitty: Drawn to Trouble!
Happy New Year, Facebook friends!! To kick the year off right, we wanted to share this post about the talented Mr. George O'Connor and his epic Olympians series, written with affection by Neal:
The Olympians series began with a quip, when I remarked to George O’Connor that a mutual acquaintance of ours reminded me of Cerberus, the three-headed hound who guards the entrance to Hades. Not a particularly kind or clever remark, but one that led to our discovery that we shared a mutual interest, and love of, Greek mythology. It was a short leap from there to the idea of doing a graphic novel based on those myths, and another to George’s notion that we should do twelve—one for each god who graced the summit of Mount Olympus.
As we near the midpoint of what has become a critically acclaimed and much loved sequence of books it seems time to raise a goblet of nectar in the direction of Mr. O’Connor, the tireless researcher, master storyteller, and superbly talented artist who created them. What astonishes me most of all is George’s ability to shape these stories of the gods and those they touch into a cohesive and dramatic narrative that moves from book to book, sometimes doubling back on itself, sometimes leaping forward like a kind of celestial Mobius strip.
Aphrodite, the sixth volume in the series, is a perfect example. Its beginning harkens back to the creation story George so movingly depicted in Zeus. But here the narrators are the three Charities, Aphrodite’s attendants and they artfully describe the events leading to the goddess’s birth, shown in a gorgeous drawing that slyly winks at Botticelli’s Venus. The narrative then propels us up to Olympus, whose households are thrown into a bit of a state by the arrival of this graceful and wily creature. In time we learn of her hastily arranged marriage to Hephaistos, not exactly Olympus’s answer to George Clooney: the birth of Eros, the story of Pygmalion and Galatea, and ultimately the contest of the golden apple, the Judgment of Paris, and a foreshadowing of the battle that is to follow.
All this in 80 pages! George is not only a teller of tales but also a weaver of stories, who has created a tapestry that will only deepen in richness and complexity in the volumes to come. Personally, I can’t wait to see what happens next!
- See more at: http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/#sthash.COucbjcP.dpuf
Most fun? Most charming? We'll take it!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/minhle/best-picture-books-of-201_b_4378532.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
2013 was the first full year after the death of the legendary Maurice Sendak. While it's impossible to replace an icon like Sendak, this year's offerings reminded us that children's literature is still rich with talented writers and illustrators to carry on the tradition of making great picture book...
Congratulations to Leda Schubert and Gerard DuBois, winners of this year's NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Monsieur Marceau!
Timeline Photos
Get ready to be attacked by cuteness! Here's the trailer for our upcoming picture book TEA WITH GRANDPA, by the very talented Barney Saltzberg! Look for it on 4/15/2014!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khi6bzpKq5Q
A picture book by Barney Saltzberg. Pub date, April 15, 2014. A Neal Porter Book, Roaring Brook Press
Jane Breskin Zalben's MOUSTERPIECE showing its face at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art last weekend!
Greetings, Friends
Welcome to the first ever Neal Porter Books ASK ME ANYTHING forum. Our first guest is acclaimed picture book author/illustrator Laura Vaccaro Seeger. Laura's many distinctive books are FIRST THE EGG and GREEN, both Caldecott Honor Books, ONE BOY, a Geisel Honor Book, and DOG AND BEAR: TWO FRIENDS, THREE STORIES, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.
Please email questions to [email protected] by 10/4/13. Once we've gathered the questions, Laura will respond and we'll post her answers the following week.
Ask away!
Look out behind you, Neal.... It's a monster from Brian Anderson's upcoming picture book MONSTER CHEFS!
An illustrated Neal Porter by artist Matthew Cordell.
Neal Porter Books's cover photo
Timeline Photos
When was the last time you fell in love with a city? How about picture book characters? Well, prepare for both with Gus Gordon's HERMAN AND ROSIE. Check out this starred review from Publishers Weekly:
"While the title makes it sound like they’re a couple, Australian author/illustrator Gordon’s crocodile hero and deer-like heroine remain unknown to one another until the penultimate spread, even though they live in adjacent buildings and have important things in common: a love of music (oboe for him, jazz singing for her) and “watching films about the ocean.” But that’s like in the big city- New York City, in particular, which Gordon brings alive through lyrical drawings and inventive collage. His soul-mate characters are equally terrific: two sweet but lonely souls (think Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine- or maybe it’s Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan) who live in tiny apartments and eke out a living while keeping their wistful chins up. If it sounds too sophisticated for the target audience, rest assured it isn’t (although some may grow anxious when both characters lose their jobs). Readers of all ages will fall for Herman and Rosie from the start, and Gordon knows how to keep the dramatic and romantic tension just taut enough to keep the pages turning toward their inevitable meeting."
If you need one more thing to do before breakfast, we suggest taking a look at this article about Phil Stead's latest book, Hello, My Name is Ruby!
http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=2809#more-2809
Philip C. Stead, pictured here in one very cozy-looking hat, is visiting 7-Imp this morning to talk about the creation of his newest picture book, Hello, My Name Is Ruby, a Neal Porter/Roaring Press Book, released just this week.
Read BULLY, don't be a bully!
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/books/review/bully-by-laura-vaccaro-seeger-and-more.html
In four picture books, a menagerie of creatures teaches lessons on making friends and getting along.
Can a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist create an outstanding picture book? Take a look!
http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2013/09/02/review-of-the-day-ben-rides-on-by-matt-davies/
Ben Rides On By Matt Davies A Neal Porter Book, Roaring Brook Press (an imprint of Macmillan) $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-59643-794-4 Ages 3-7 On shelves now.
Jason Chin talks nonfiction picture books at this year's Children's Literature Summer Institute at Simmons College in Boston.
Reviewers are loving Musk Ox and Zebra's attempt to count to ten: "The banter between a persnickety zebra and a go-with-the-flow musk ox that made A Is for Musk Ox so much fun gets the job done in this counting-themed sequel, too. Musk ox refuses to stay put, instead joining two yaks for a game of Twister and frightening four birds, who cause trouble of their own. “Remember the birds I scared away?” the musk asks the zebra on the “six” page. “Well, I think they’ve taken care of the snails.” Cabatingan and Myers are entirely in sync as they deliver verbal and visual jokes on every page. " - Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
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