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Every now and then we re contacted by an author or illustrator that s passing through town and would like to meet us where the Just One More Book!! action really happens our favourite coffee shop. On this edition, we re joined by Gregory Walters, a teacher turned lawyer turned teacher (again) turned principal who was in the Ottawa area for a summer holiday from his home in Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia. In addition to his administrative duties, Mr. Walters is a reading teacher and children s books are more than just a passing interest for him. His office is filled with children s books and has become something of a hangout for students looking for something good to read. This past spring, Gregory Walters published his first book, Fouling Out, which follows the evolution of a friendship between two pre-teens. It s a book for 10-14 year olds. If you d like to hear more from Gregory Walters and some of our other interview guests, be sure to subscribe to our newsletter. We ll be releasing bonus audio footage to our newsletter subscribers. Links to Gregory Walters websites: Fouling Out Summer of Writing blog Halfmoon Bay Community School

There s no turning back, now. We re eight interviews into fifty-one with illustrators and children artists all who ve contributed amazing illustrations that promote a love of reading for the Just One More Book!! podcast s Love of Reading Gallery. On this edition, Mark speaks with after-hours illustrator Lucy Autrey Wilson about her contribution called A Book Can Take You Anywhere. Be sure to enjoy all of the amazing artwork in our Love of Reading Gallery. Books mentioned: The Wind in the Willows Grimm s Fairy Tales Hans Christian Anderson Tales Goodnight Moon The Velveteen Rabbit

When we put out the call for illustrations that promote a love of reading, we didn’t expect to receive 51 submissions in about a month. As part of the second anniversary celebrations of the Just One More Book!! children’s book podcast, we’re conducting short interviews with each illustrator that contributed to our Love of Reading Gallery. These interviews will be published three times each week as extra shows in our interview feed. On this edition, Mark speaks with Rebecca Gavney Driscoll about her contribution called Reading With My Friend. Be sure to enjoy all of the amazing artwork in our Love of Reading Gallery.

As part of the second anniversary celebrations of the Just One More Book!! children’s book podcast, we’re conducting short interviews with each of 51 contributors to our Love of Reading Gallery. These interviews will be published three times a week as extra shows in our interview feed until we ve interview everyone who contributed before June 15. On this edition, Mark speaks with author, illustrator and designer Siri Weber Feeney about her contribution called Book Catcher. Be sure to enjoy all of the amazing artwork in our Love of Reading Gallery.

This listener submitted review comes from Kevin Hodgson of Kevin’s Meandering Mind blog. As a gift to Kevin for this, his sixth listener submitted review, we have provided Kevin with his own theme music. In this entertaining contribution, Kevin shares his thoughts about Traction Man is Here! by Mini Grey. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our JOMB listener hotline (206-350-6487). Need some inspiration? Give a listen to 22 previous listener submitted review episodes here.

It s a fun job and somebody has to do it. We re talking about interviewing 51 artists professionals, hobbyists and children about their drawings for our Love of Reading Gallery. It s all part of the celebration of the second anniversary of the Just One More Book children’s book podcast. On this edition, Mark speaks with Deborah Zemke about her contribution, You are What you Read. Besides book illustration, Deborah Zemke is an illustrator for Ranger Rick Magazine. Be sure to enjoy all of the amazing artwork in our Love of Reading Gallery.

Some books are so perfect, you d swear the idea must have just poured out of the author s head and on to the pages of their notebook. It might have taken an afternoon. Not so with the picture book Bill in a China Shop. Author Katie McAllaster Weaver took a seed of an idea, an accidentally misspoken idiom, and laboured over it, on and off, for many years. On this edition of Just One More Book, Mark speaks with Katie McAllaster Weaver about the iterative process of writing and perfecting Bill in a China Shop***, finding support and inspiration in a high school creative writing teacher and her writing group, and always wanting to be a writer. *** Our review of Bill in a China Shop was recorded 401 episodes ago and is appropriately rough around the edges. Photo provided by Katie McAllaster Weaver.

We celebrate 400 episodes in two years by reflecting on what we ve accomplished, what we ve learned and what we d like to see in children s literature. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this episode. Books, reviews, interviews and resources we mention: Bill in a China Shop Love of Reading Gallery Eva Ibbotson Henry Winkler Judy Sierra Simon James The Grandmother Doll When-I-Was-a-Little-Girl Audio comments and book recommendations received: Terry Doherty (Interview with Terry on JOMB) Elizabeth Dulemba - The Beach Ball by David Steinberg and Liz Conrad Andy J. Smith - Happy Birthday to You! by Dr. Seuss Jen Robinson - Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright, Joe s book podcast community. Photo of Andrea and Mark at PAB2008 by John Meadows.

Taking risks requires courage. It could be the risk of changing careers, chasing a dream or trying something that s not natural for you. It takes particular courage to take those risks in the presence of others. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with Carmen Bernier-Grand, author of several books including Juan Bobo: Four Folktales from Puerto Rico and a biography of Don Luis Munoz Marin, about trading her career in computer science for writing children s books, the connection between mathematics and storytelling, writing about real people that have personal struggles and the challenge of writing a children s picture book. Photo: hevanet.com/grand

In this episode, we sharetwo listener submitted reviews: Wild About books (by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown) reviewed by Marcelo Matalon La Diablesse and the Baby (by Richardo Keens-Douglas and Marie Lafrance) reviewed by Curtis Harnanan We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our listener hotline (206-350-6487).

As with many creative disciplines, some children s book creators produce works that are more artistic in nature books that have limited commercial appeal. Those are the authors with small yet loyal fan base and you re missing out by not knowing about them. One such example is author and illustrator, Henrik Drescher, creator of many children s books including Turbulence: A Log Book, Simon s Book and Hubert the Pudge: A Vegetarian Tale, and illustrator of books by Judy Sierra and Eric Metaxas. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Henrik Drescher speaks with Mark about his book McFig and McFly: A Tale of Jealousy, Revenge and Death (with a Happy Ending), storytelling mojo and the privilege of being a children s book creator. Other authors mentioned: Theodor Dr. Seuss Geisel William Steig

If you were to judge a book by its cover, or a biographical story by what you may already have learned, you may miss out on some incredible characters and plot elements. For example, the book Janusz Korczak s Children. If you were to dismiss the book because the story takes place in Poland during the Holocaust, you d miss hearing about some very entertaining and inspiring events in an accomplished life. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with Gloria Spielman about how a school project by her nine-year-old daughter inspired her to write Janusz Korczak s Children, how she turned a story with a sad ending into an happy one and she tells us about her next children s book project.

We generally expect children s books to educate and entertain children. It s a special book that inspires a child to experiment and explore the world around them. It takes an author that conducted experiments during their own childhood, experiments like measuring the length of a frog and the distance of its hop to figure out how far a human with frog legs could hop. It takes an author that s willing to count and pop one hundred thousand kernels of popcorn to demonstrate big numbers. Our guest on this edition of Just One More Book!! is David Schwartz, author of fifty books including How Much is a Million which inspired our two daughters to count to five hundred during a walk prior to this interview and Cybils non-fiction finalist Where in the Wild. Books mentioned: How Much is a Million? Where in the Wild? Super Grandpa Photo from davidschwartz.com.

Last week, in part one of a two-part series, I spoke with Jason Wells, Director of Marketing and Publicity for Harry N. Abrams Inc. about the role and career path of the publicist, the high turnover rate in the industry and the evolution of book marketing and publicity in the digital age. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, part 2 of my conversation with Jason Wells. This time, we talk about digital marketing and publicity and the future of children s books in the age of MySpace, Facebook, blogs and podcasts.

It takes a team an author, illustrator, editor and publisher to name a few to publish a children s book. There s still the matter of getting the word out. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with Jason Wells, Director of Marketing and Publicity for Harry N. Abrams Inc. in the first of a two-part series. In this part, Mark and Jason speak about the role and career path of the publicist, the high turnover rate in the industry and the evolution of book marketing and publicity in the digital age. In part two of this series (due out on May 12), Mark and Jason speak about digital marketing and publicity in the age of MySpace, Facebook, blogs and podcasts.

It can be easy to overlook how much enjoyment a young bear and an obsessive student can derive from life. That s probably why we invented picture books and creative writers. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with author Andrea Beaty (Andrea Beaty s blog), who s book Iggy Peck, Architect was one of Time Magazine s top 10 children s books of 2007, about writing light picture books and a deep young reader novel, working with different illustrators and not preaching to readers. Books mentioned: When Giants Come to Play Iggy Peck, Architect Doctor Ted Cicada Summer (coming Spring 2008) Photo: Society of Children s Book Writers and Illustrators

Writing a great story is about knowing the role you re taking on as the author, the audience you re trying to reach and the media you re using. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with Lizann Flatt, former editor of the Canadian children s magazine chickaDEE and the author of four children s books, about her interest in non-fiction, the difference between stories in magazines and picture books, and balancing being an author of one format and an editor of another. Books mentioned: Let s Go: The Story of Getting from There to Here The Nature Treasury: A First Look at the Natural World Backgammon for Kids India (Facts About Countries) Photo of Lizann Flatt from Lizann s blog, The Flatt Perspective

Writing a great story is about knowing the role you re taking on as the author, the audience you re trying to reach and the media you re using. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with Lizann Flatt, former editor of the Canadian children s magazine chickaDEE and the author of four children s books, about her interest in non-fiction, the difference between stories in magazines and picture books, and balancing being an author of one format and an editor of another. Books mentioned: Let s Go: The Story of Getting from There to Here The Nature Treasury: A First Look at the Natural World Backgammon for Kids India (Facts About Countries) Photo of Lizann Flatt from Lizann s blog, The Flatt Perspective

On this edition we play an audio comment from John Meadows of the On the Log podcast (one of Mark s favourite podcasts), Mark explains K7 days and announces the sketch of us by Bob Staake. Relevant links: On the Log (podcast by John Meadows) Interview with Bob Staake Andrea and Mark immortalized by Bob Staake Books mentioned: Tom Sawyer Lost in the Barrens The Dog Who Wouldn t Be We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our listener feedback line (206-350-6487).

Some people have the gift of being able to communicate ideas and inspire audiences in several industries, in both text and images. It s particularly exciting when those people draw on their many talents to inspire children with books. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with computer artist, illustrator and author, Bob Staake about the role of children s books in his childhood, how his energy and style helps him produce a picture book in a week and the important relationship of words and images. Books mentioned My Little ABC Book Selected books by Bob Staake The Red Lemon Hello Robots Pigs Rock Mary Had a Little Lamp Photo of Bob Staake from bobstaake.com.

Some people have the gift of being able to communicate ideas and inspire audiences in several industries, in both text and images. It s particularly exciting when those people draw on their many talents to inspire children with books. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with computer artist, illustrator and author, Bob Staake about the role of children s books in his childhood, how his energy and style helps him produce a picture book in a week and the important relationship of words and images. Books mentioned My Little ABC Book Photo of Bob Staake from bobstaake.com.

More than a few parents mostly fathers have long dreaded that fateful question: Where do babies come from? It s a stress that s been handed down like an heirloom from generation to generation. Why are we so uncomfortable? On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown about their book What s the Big Secret?, their decision to write the book as a fact book instead of a story book, and their experiences working on books together. As a bonus, listen to the very end of the show, after the theme music, to hear a humourous story about Laurie and Marc s first collaboration and how it earned Laurie a speeding ticket. Other books mentioned Dinosaur series The Bionic Bunny Show Photo of Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown provided by Marc Brown.

More than a few parents mostly fathers have long dreaded that fateful question: Where do babies come from? It s a stress that s been handed down like an heirloom from generation to generation. Why are we so uncomfortable? On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown about their book What s the Big Secret?, their decision to write the book as a fact book instead of a story book, and their experiences working on books together. As a bonus, listen to the very end of the show, after the theme music, to hear a humourous story about Laurie and Marc s first collaboration and how it earned Laurie a speeding ticket. Other books mentioned Dinosaur series The Bionic Bunny Show Photo: Marc Brown at the International Reading Association s 2007 conference in Toronto by Mark Blevis

Children s books are well known to be portals to worlds unknown, entertainment and new ideas. They can also be and are increasingly becoming a great tool to help children understand the real world of which they are a part. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with author Shannon Riggs about the use of stories in issue books, character decisions for her book Not in Room 204 and using books to raise awareness of issues including child sexual abuse. Other books mentioned Faithful Elephants

Children s books are well known to be portals to worlds unknown, entertainment and new ideas. They can also be and are increasingly becoming a great tool to help children understand the real world of which they are a part. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with author Shannon Riggs about the use of stories in issue books, character decisions for her book Not in Room 204 and using books to raise awareness of issues including child sexual abuse. Other books mentioned Faithful Elephants

Imagine finding treasure in your attic, or the attic of a loved one. I m not talking about a trunk filled with gold and precious stones. I m talking about a box filled with the pieces of an amazing and true story. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with Lita Judge, author and illustrator of One Thousand Tracings a children s book which tells the true story of the generosity of real people following World War II about finding an incredible story in her grandparents attic, choosing to tell the story in a picture book and how her nomination for a Cybils online book award turned her into a blogger. Tags:childrens books, interview, Lita Judge, One Thousand Tracingschildrens books, interview, Lita Judge, One Thousand Tracings

Imagine finding treasure in your attic, or the attic of a loved one. I m not talking about a trunk filled with gold and precious stones. I m talking about a box filled with the pieces of an amazing and true story. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with Lita Judge, author and illustrator of One Thousand Tracings a children s book which tells the true story of the generosity of real people following World War II about finding an incredible story in her grandparents attic, choosing to tell the story in a picture book and how her nomination for a Cybils online book award turned her into a blogger.

Many writers will tell you to draw on your own experiences as inspiration. This is true of adult and children s literature. On this edition of Just One More Book!!, Mark speaks with Laura McGee Kvasnosky about her childhood experiences and how they factor in to the stories and characters of her children s books, the family evening workshops she conducts and suggestions for the creative process. Books discussed: Zelda and Ivy (on JOMB) Really Truly Bingo

According to the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development “Character education involves teaching children about basic human values including honesty, kindness, generosity, courage, freedom, equality, and respect.” Sharron McElmeel is a leading expert in this field and she’s done just about everything including publishing a 220-page book called Character Education: A Book Guide for Teachers, Librarians and Parents. As part of a discussion on character education and her other projects, Sharron McElmeel answers questions that help reveal some of her powerful advice which includes make your house a book house , include a book on every gift-giving occasion and we must all move out of our classrooms and living rooms to spread the joy of reading everywhere we can. Links to Ms. McElmeel s resources and books mentioned: Sharron McElmeel s website McBookWords - a resource for schools, educators and librarians McBookWords blog Character Education: A Book Guide for Teachers, Librarians and Parents Authors in the Kitchen: Recipes, Stories and More Authors in the Pantry: Recipes, Stories and More Children s books mentioned: Where the Wild Things Are A Snowy Day Virginia Lee Burton books including Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel Value Tales Series Pink and Say Nail Soup Stone Soup The Gingerbread Boy A Ghost, a Witch and a Goblin Photo: http://mcbookwords.blogspot.com/ Tags:character education, childrens books, Sharron McElmeelcharacter education, childrens books, Sharron McElmeel