Friday Links List and Illustrators' Treehouse News - 14 August 2020


From The New York Times: Kathleen Duey, a Mentoring Children’s Book Author, Dies at 69 Rest in peace, dear Kathleen.

From Brightly:
     Ain’t Nothing But a Family Thing: Books About All Kinds of Families
     6 Tips to Get Your Kids Focused on the New School Year

From BookRiot:
     8 INSIGHTFUL PICTURE BOOKS TO HELP KIDS COPE WITH ANXIETY
     9 YA FOLKLORE BOOKS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE (Several of these were already on my 'to read' list!)

From The Bookseller: Women's Prize sponsor Baileys launches free Reclaim Her Name series

From HuffPost: Writer Reworks ‘Love You Forever’ To Take Out The Creepy Parts Topher Payne's version of the beloved Robert Munsch book has an important twist.

From Time: Author Angie Thomas on How Books Are Transforming the Next Generation: 'They’re Realizing Their Power'

From the GoodNewsNetwork: Kevin Costner’s New Road Trip App Tells History Stories Tailored Exactly to the Places You Are Driving Through (GREAT idea! Although, it seems like it should be more of a social networking project than a subscription service.)

From SLJ:
     Peter Adams Fields Seven Questions About Misinformation and “Fake News”
     Fighting the Infodemic: New Strategies for News Literacy
     Strategies for Teaching Seven Native-Centered Books to K-12 Students





ILLUSTRATORS' TREEHOUSE NEWS
From SCBWI Carolinas: August Newsletter including news on the Fall Conference (where I'll be speaking)

The Edinburgh Book Festival starts Monday - online and FREE!

From ChildrensIllustrators.com: This month's newsletter with featured illustrators and interviews with publishers, art directors, and editors

Are you familiar with the new creative magazine Uppercase?

From Muddy Colors:
     You Don't Suck at Color with Chris Beatrice - GREAT post!
     Sunday Skills: Crutches with Tommy Arnold
     How to Achieve a Stronger Likeness and What to Memorize for Invention (on portraiture)
     10 Things... Color with Greg Manchess
     Turning Points: Alphonse Mucha by Lauren Panepinto

From Print and Pattern:
     Store Snaps (what's out there in the children's pattern market)
     STORE SNAPS - tk maxx / homesense

From Publishers Weekly: Children's Books on 2020 V-P Candidate Kamala Harris

From J.K. Rowling: Winners of The Ickabog Illustration Contest Announced

From Lilla Rogers: New Illustrator Representation Announcement - these are cool, and I have great respect for the job Lilla Rogers is doing. She is one savvy lady!

From The Art Room Plant: Monika Vaicenaviciene


OFF TOPIC BUT INTERESTING
From The Thesis Whisperer: RICH ACADEMIC, POOR ACADEMIC? MAKING AN ACADEMIC LIVING IN COVID TIMES



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