Links for Writers and Educators

One of the best things I’ve done for my writing is to join the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

When I attended my first Indiana SCBWI conference in 2004, I was overjoyed to find people who understood what I was doing and who took writing seriously. That’s where I met my critique group partners. Joining the critique group was another one of the best things I’ve done for my writing. To meet regularly (we meet bi-monthly) with others who are facing the same challenges and opportunities is inspiring and motivating.

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August 2009

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The TaleBlazers, August 2009

Sites I’ve found helpful:

Editors

Cheryl Klein
(Arthur A. Levine Books)

Harold Underdown and The Purple Crayon

Organizations

Institute of Children’s Literature
you can sign up for their weekly email newsletter

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

Children’s Writers

*Peggy Archer

Claire Ewart

K. L. Going

Nikki Grimes

Joyce Moyer Hostetter

Verla Kay

*Karen Kulinski

Anne Sibley O’Brien

Darcy Pattison

*Judith L. Roth

*Sharon Biggs Waller

*TaleBlazers (my critique group), past and present

Other

Read to Feed

Reader Kidz

ReadKiddoRead

Children’s Book Council

KidLit411

Reading at Home for Kids

Starfall Parent-Teacher Center

The Children’s War

The Importance of Bedtime Reading

Unpacking the POWER of Picture Books

Imagination Soup