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Virtual Visits! The hero of I am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon, Farmer Tantoh Nforbah, is conducting virtual visits! You can contact him at fatantoh@gmail.com to set up your classroom or library's virtual interview session! You can also learn about his current environmental work in Cameroon at https://www.syfaglobal.org/. |
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New Book! My new book, Off to See the Sea by Nikki Grimes, published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky is now available for purchase! A follow-up to Bedtime for Sweet Creatures, this is an imagination-fueled adventure on the high seas where the faucet flows like a waterfall, the bathroom floor is a distant shore and toy boats sail against the waves... Order from your favorite book retailers here. |
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Podcast Guest! Follow along with the Artful Albany guided walking tour podcast, exploring the painted murals in the Capital Walls Public Art Project! In each episode, participating mural artists share their inspiration and process in making their murals come to life. Listen to Episode 1: Bluebirds & Geraldine's Reverie for a behind the scenes look at my very first large-scale mural! |
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Studio TV Visit! I was recently honored to share a bit of my artistic process and childhood memories with the folks at AHA! A House for Arts, on my local public television station, WMHT-tv. You can watch my segment, as well as past episodes, here! Hope you enjoy! |
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New Book! I'm excited to share my first ever board book! Walking Through Africa: a rhyme in Zulu, translated by Henry Dlamini, published by Scholastic, takes us on a walk through southern Africa's bush and savannah landscapes, learning the names of various animals along the way! |
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StoryWalk! Bedtime for Sweet Creatures is the newest addition to Albany, NY's StoryWalk program! Albany Public Library and the Downtown Albany Business Improvement District have disassembled and posted book pages around downtown Albany at 17 participating locations, so you can read the book as you take a short walk! View the Bedtime for Sweet Creatures Downtown StoryWalk® Project tour locations on Google maps here. Check out the neighborhood maps for all of Albany's StoryWalks here. |
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New Mural! I recently painted a mural at Lincoln Elementary Community School in Schenectady, NY... 'Flourishing Garden' is inspired by the tenets that the school community lives by, and features the words "We love, we dream, we grow, we serve, we flourish" and bright, diverse flowers thriving together under blue skies and bountiful sunshine... |
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Free Ebook! As a special promotion, Amazon.com is offering a selection of Kindle ebooks for free, including my very first illustrated picture book, My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey, written by Jeanne Walker Harvey! Books are available for up to 31 days. Happy reading! |
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Podcast Guest! I was recently honored to be a guest on the wonderful The Children's Book Podcast with Matthew Winner. We talked about books, faces, and more... Hope you can check it out! |
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Podcast Guest! I recently had a lovely chat about writing, illustrating and baking for Grandpa Cacao: a Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family on The Storied Recipe Podcast with Becky Hadeed. We chatted about family, food and memories... Hope you can check it out! (photo by The Storied Recipe Podcast) |
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Downtown Sculpture! I recently participated in Downtown is Pawsome, Downtown Albany Business Improvement District's public art exhibition of ten painted Nipper dog statues! Mine is called 'Bloomie', and he's painted with flowers inspired by the melting pot of cultures that make up our Capital Region. 'Bloomie' is currently on display indoors until Spring at the Albany Firefighters Museum in Albany, NY. Here's a little montage of the painting process, step by step... |
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Downtown Mural! I was honored to participate in Albany, New York's Capital Walls project, a partnership between the Albany Center Gallery, the Albany Parking Authority, and the Albany BARN. Capital Walls seeks to promote art and artists by funding public art in urban spaces. My mural, 'Geraldine's Reverie' explores what it means to me to be an artist – that is, the freedom of expression that we all have as children as we play, sing, dance, create stories and explore the world with no preconceived notions and no fear of judgement. Check it out if you're on Broadway in Albany! See photos of the mural in progress here! |
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New Book! My first authored-illustrated picture book, Grandpa Cacao: a Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family, published by Bloomsbury Children's Books, is available now! This family story connects past and present as a girl bakes a chocolate cake with her father and learns about her grandfather harvesting cacao beans in West Africa.... it's based on the life of my own Grandpa! |
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Shop: In honor of my love for chocolate, my obsession with the cacao fruit- from which chocolate is made, and of my upcoming Grandpa Cacao book, I've designed a cacao pod silk-screen image and printed it on a zillion bags and purses! Check out my Etsy shop for some gift ideas! |
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I'm an author!!!!!!! For the first time, I'm illustrating and writing a picture book! A story about my grandfather and chocolate, Grandpa Cacao is based on my father's childhood memories... It sprouted from an idea I had over a decade ago and my obsession with cacao and chocolate. I hope you'll like it! Stay tuned for Grandpa Cacao from Bloomsbury Books in May 2019! |
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Virtual Story-time Join me and author Nikki Grimes as we celebrate our newest book, Off to See the Sea, published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky! Brave & Kind Bookshop will be hosting this event; a virtual story-time and illustration demo! Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 12pm (Eastern Time) on Zoom. Please register here. |
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Virtual Book Launch Join me with author Nikki Grimes at our virtual book launch party for Off to See the Sea, hosted by Books of Wonder! Published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, Off to See the Sea is an imagination-fueled bath-time adventure, a follow-up book to Bedtime for Sweet Creatures. Sunday, January 10th, 2021 at 3pm (EST) on CrowdCast. Please register here. |
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Book Panel Join me for an educator's webinar hosted by the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History & Culture, exploring the road to freedom during the antebellum period for African-American runaways as portrayed in children's literature. I'll be talking with authors Carole Boston Weatherford and Jerdine Nolen, about our respective books reflecting enslaves people's narratives. Wednesday, December 9, 2020 from 4-5:30pm. (Eastern Standard Time) |
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Virtual Story Time Join me for a Bedtime for Sweet Creatures Story time and Q&A hosted by the Schenectady County Public Library! Learn more about this imagination-fueled journey to bedtime, written by Nikki Grimes and published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky in this review. Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 4pm. (Eastern Standard Time). |
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Art Show I'm honored to be participating in Engage: Artists in Visual Dialogue, an exhibition responding to the present moment, celebrates diverse heritages, and envisions new futures. You can visit in-person, with socially distant precautions at the Esther Massry Gallery at The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY. The show will run from October 9 to November 21, 2020. |
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Presentation Please join me and author-illustrator Adrienne Wright for The Role of Illustrations in Picture Books: An Essential Layer of Storytelling with CABA Winners, presented by the African Studies Association. I'll be discussing my process of creating the picture book Grandpa Cacao: a Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family, as part of a day of engaging professional development sessions designed for K-12 educators teaching about Africa! Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 1pm (Eastern Standard Time) |
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Virtual Story Time I'm honored to be a guest on Well Tempered Media's Zoom series! Please join me as I read, Grandpa Cacao: a Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family, and we chat about cacao and chocolate! Tuesday, July 14 at 12:30pm (Eastern Standard Time) |
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Book Panel Join me for my very first live interview in French, as I participate in a panel on the Aperos Thematiques Facebook Page. We'll be chatting about books, art, recycling, language and more. And I'll read an excerpt from One Plastic Bag in French: Un Sac Plastique! Thursday, July 9 at 11:30am (Eastern Standard Time) P.S. You can find many e-books in French on YouScribe. If you live on the African continent, Un Sac Plastique and Tantoh le Fermier are also available! |
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Virtual Story Time Join me as I read Bedtime for Sweet Creatures by Nikki Grimes, published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky for the Reginald F. Lewis Museum's Virtual Storytime Series. Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 1pm. (Eastern Standard Time). You can watch on Reginald F. Lewis's Youtube channel! |
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Instagram Live Story Time Join me as I read Grandpa Cacao: a Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family, my first authored-illustrated picture book! Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 4pm (Eastern Standard Time) on Instagram Live! |
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Open Studio Please join me as I lead three sessions as Artist-in-Residence in the Art Studio at The Hyde Collection! We will be exploring the artwork of artist Dox Thrash, inspired by his mastery of form, line and shadow during The Hyde Collection's upcoming show of Thrash's work. (image: City Plevins, watercolor by Dox Thrash, photo by Dolan Maxwell) CANCELED: Saturday March 14, 2020 from 10:30am - 1:00pm at The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY. (Also February 15 & February 29) |
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Story Time Come join me as I read my first authored-illustrated picture book, Grandpa Cacao: a Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family and lead a very special chocolate activity! Books will be available for sale and there will be free chocolate for everyone! All ages family program. Please register here. Saturday, February 22, 2020 from 2 - 3:15pm at the Guilderland Public Library, Guilderland, NY. |
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Story Time Come join me for A Morning Storytime as I read my first authored-illustrated picture book, Grandpa Cacao: a Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family! I'll have an interactive presentation, a hands-on activity, and chocolate of course! For ages 4- Grade 3. Please register here. Tuesday, February 18, 2020 from 10:30am - 12pm at the Voorheesville Public Library, Voorheesville, NY. |
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Book Signing I'll be signing my two newest books, As Big as the Sky, written by Carolyn Rose, published by Sterling Children's Books and Bedtime for Sweet Creatures, written by Nikki Grimes, published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky! Saturday, February 15, 2020 from 3 - 5pm at The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza. |
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Chocolate Festival If you're in the Southwest, please join me at Chocolate Fantasia to celebrate handmade chocolates and local businesses raising funds for the Mimbres Region Arts Council! I'll be reading Grandpa Cacao: a Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family and selling books! Saturday, February 8, 2020 from 11am - 4pm in downtown Silver City, NM. |
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Book Festival I'll be signing books at The 28th Annual African American Children's Book Fair in Philadelphia! I've got a few new books to share... Hope to see you there! Saturday, February 1, 2020 from 1-4pm at the Community College of Philadelphia's Gymnasium. |
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Conference I'll be signing books at the 2019 NCTE National Convention at the Baltimore Convention Center. Come Say Hi! Friday, November 22, 2019: 11am-12pm at the Global Book Awards Booth #1252. 2pm-3pm at the Sourcebooks Booth #1019. |
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Book Festival I'll be signing books at the 23rd Annual Rochester Children's Book Festival! Come meet some amazing children's book illustrators and authors! There will be book readings, crafts, and more! This event is free and open to the public. Saturday, November 2, 2019 from 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY. |
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Conference I am honored to be one of the speakers at the Journey into Literacy Conference this Fall! I'll be conducting a few teacher sessions and participating in an author and illustrator panel... Hope to see you there! Thursday, October 24 & Friday, October 25, 2019 at SUNY Potsdam in Potsdam, NY. |
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Mural Party Come check out the new murals in downtown Albany and meet the artists who painted them! Albany Center Gallery, with the Albany BARN and the Albany Parking Authority will be hosting a Capital Walls Mural Pop-Up Party. There will be music and food! Wednesday, October 2, 2019 from 5-8pm at the Olde English Pub on Broadway in Albany, NY. |
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Grandparents' Day I'm thrilled to be participating in the Grandparents' Day Picture Book Panel at Books of Wonder in New York City! I'll be joining author/ illustrators Jin Xiaojing, Joowon Oh and Sujean Rim as we chat about our grandparents, the parts they play in our lives- and our related picture books! Come join the conversation and get your books signed! Saturday, September 7, 2019 from 1-3pm: 18 West 18th Street. |
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Art Show Please join me for BDA on Beekman, an exhibit featuring Black Dimensions in Art. Inc. artists at the Living Resources Gallery in Saratoga, NY! I'll be exhibiting artwork from my newest picture book, Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family and giving an artist talk during the opening reception! Opening Reception on Friday, August 16, 2019 from 6-8pm. The show will run until November 6, 2019. |
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Youth Mural Tour Please join me for the very first Capital Walls Youth Mural Tour, where I'll share my inspirations and process for 'Geraldine's Reverie', the mural I painted in Downtown Albany, NY last summer, exploring the joys of being an artist! Mural curator Tony Iadicicco from Albany Center Gallery and Albany BARN's Casey Polomaine will be leading the tour, after which I'll lead participants in an interactive art project! Saturday, July 27, 2019 from 10am-12pm. FREE- Registration required. Ages 8-15 with parent or guardian, ages 16-18 parent or guardian not required. |
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Bike Tour Please join me for a Capital Walls Mural Bike Tour on CDPHP Cycle bikes as we discover the inspiration and learn about the execution of some of the recent colorful murals in downtown Albany, including my mural, 'Geraldine's Reverie'! The tour will be lead by Tony Iadicicco, director of Albany Center Gallery Sunday, July 21, 2019, from 3pm-5pm. FREE! Ages 18 and up. Please RSVP here. Bring your bike helmet if you have one! |
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Art Show I'm happy to be participating in Picture This: a summer art show of illustration works, organized by Sage College's Opalka Gallery at the Pine Hills Library in Albany, NY! This is the library I went to as a young child with my Mom and Grandma! II'll be exhibiting a few original pieces from Grandpa Cacao! Come join us for the 1st Friday Reception on Friday, June 7 from 6-7:30pm, 2019 at the Albany Public Library's Pine Hills Branch. The show will run until November 2, 2019. |
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Chocolate Party What better way to celebrate a book about chocolate than with the real thing? Join me for Grandpa Cacao story time and yummy hand dipped chocolate treats at the The Cocobar, a lovely chocolate shop where Olivia Mallozzi continues her family's tradition of satisfying the Capital Region's sweet tooth! Books will be available for sale from The Open Door Bookstore! Saturday, June 29, 2019 from 1-3pm at The Cocobar, Schenectady, NY. |
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Story Time Join me as I read Grandpa Cacao: a Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family at both Greenlight Bookstores in Brooklyn, NY. There will be a chocolate show-and-tell with chocolate treats for you to taste, of course! Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 11:30am at the Fort Greene Store, Brooklyn, NY. Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 1:30pm at the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Store. |
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Book Launch Party Come celebrate with me as I launch my first book as an author and illustrator! I'll be reading and signing copies of Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family. Special guest Oliver William, The Capital Region's own "Bean to Bar Chocolate Maker", founder of Primo Botánica Chocolate in Troy, will be on hand for some cacao and chocolate show and tell... There will be plenty of chocolate treats to enjoy! Saturday, June 1, 2019 from 3-5pm at the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY. |
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Art Show I'll be participating in Black Dimensions in Art, Inc.'s "Illustration and the Word" show at the Albany BARN, which will highlight the works of book and comic illustrators of the African Diaspora! Please join us for the Opening Reception on Friday, April 5 from 6-8pm at the Albany BARN! The show runs from April 1 - May 17, 2019. |
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Book Festival Come join me at the 7th Annual African American Children's Book Fair at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American Museum of History & Culture in Baltimore! I'll be signing books and doing a special reading of my next book, Grandpa Cacao: a Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family. Saturday, May 11, 2019 from 10am-3pm in Baltimore, MD. |
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Book Festival I'll be signing books at the 11th Annual Hudson Children's Book Festival in Hudson, NY. Come meet and greet some of your favorite children's book illustrators and authors! Saturday, May 4, 2019 from 10am-3pm at the Hudson Junior/Senior High School, Hudson, NY. |
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Conference I am honored to be a featured speaker at the Children's Literature Centre's 37th Annual Spring Festival of Children's Literature at Frostburg State University. I'll be sharing how I weave various worlds together to create the the illustrations for my picture books... Hope to see you there! Friday, April 26 & Saturday, April 27, 2019 in Frostburg, MD. |
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Book Festival I'll be signing books, leading collage workshops and sharing my illustration process for The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind at Reading is FUN's 2nd Annual Grand Reading Jamboree! Open to elementary school families in Schenectady, NY. Free food, activities and books! Saturday, April 6th, 2019 from 12-4pm at Schenectady High School. |
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Dutch Clog Painting Workshop Come paint your own miniature dutch clog! Inspired by my giant clog that now resides in the lobby of the Albany Institute of History & Art, we'll paint mini wooden clogs inspired by Dutch tradition and local history! Ages 6 and up. $15 - $20. Advance registration required. Sunday, March 24, 2019 from 2-4pm at the Albany Institute of History & Art. |
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Book Signing Come hear about the amazing true story of Tantoh Nforba as I sign my newest picture book I am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon by Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul! Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 12-2pm at the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza in Albany, NY. |
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Book Signing Come hear about the amazing true story of Tantoh Nforba as I sign my newest picture book I am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon by Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul! Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 1-2:30pm at the Open Door Bookstore in Schenectady, NY. |
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New Book My newest picture book is I am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon. Written by Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul and published by Millbrook Press (Lerner Books), this book tells the true story of environmentalist Tantoh Nforba, who brings clean water and bountiful gardens to communities in his home country of Cameroon. |
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Art Workshop Please join me in celebrating Black Dimensions in Art, Inc. (BDA) at the Albany Institute of History & Art! Come learn about BDA and its role in promoting artists of the African Diaspora in the Capital Region and their unique contributions to the American art scene. I'll be leading a collage workshop after the lecture! Sunday, February 10, 2019 from 2-3pm. Free with Museum admission. |
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Art Show Come see the art at the place where I buy the art materials! I'll be displaying some of my original book illustrations during the month of May at Arlene's Artist Materials in Albany, NY. Please join me for the opening reception on Thursday, May 3rd from 5:30-7:30pm. The show will be up until May 26, 2018! Stop in, see the art and get some art supplies! |
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Art Show Two original illustrations from The Legendary Miss Lena Horne are included in the exhibit "Telling A People's Story: African American Children's Illustrated Literature" at the Miami University Art Museum in Miami, OH. The first major museum exhibition devoted to the art found within the pages of African-American children’s picture books, it emphasizes the strength of the illustrations as visual narrative representations of the African-American experience. The exhibit features 130 works by 33 artists from 88 books! It runs from January 30-June 30, 2018. |
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Book Signing I'm happy to be sharing my newest book, Martha and the Slave Catchers, written by Harriet Hyman Alonso, at the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza! This Middle Grade Novel tells the story of Martha and Jake Bartlett, whose lives are turned upside down after of the Fugitive Slave Law is enacted in 1850. Stop on by to hear an excerpt, see the illustrations, and get a book signed! Saturday, April 7 from 3-4:30pm, 2018. |
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Book Festival I'll be participating in this year's Author & Illustrator Day at Giffen Memorial Elementary School in Albany, NY. Every Giffen student will receive a free book, and the event is open to the public after the end of the school day! Stop by and say Hi! Friday, March 9, 2018 from 3-5pm. |
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Art Show I'm proud to be participating in "The Magic of Children's Book Illustration" exhibit at the New Rochelle Public Library during the month of February, with awesome illustrator London Ladd! Join us for an Illustrator's Talk and Closing Reception on Sunday, February 25, 2018 from 3-4:30pm. |
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New Book! I illustrated my first ever Middle Grade Novel! Martha and the Slave Catchers, by Harriet Hyman Alonso, published by Seven Stories Press, is a story about the effects of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 on the lives of Martha and Jake Bartlett, two children living in Connecticut. Check out author Harriet Hyman Alonso's page for tons of historical background info on the book... |
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Thank you! Thank you to everyone who came out to see author Miranda Paul and environmental activist Isatou Ceesay in the Capital Region during their One Plastic Bag Book Tour! |
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Book Extras Want to learn more about the book One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia? Check out oneplasticbag.com for teacher resources, links and more. You can even buy the recycled plastic purses from the book! |
