The National Writing for Children’s Center is the home of the Children’s Writers’ Coaching Club (CWCC), and a growing resource for children’s writers, aspiring children’s writers, parents, elementary school teachers, and librarians. The Center also produces Listen to Book Bites for Kids live every weekday afternoon at 2:00 CST on blogtalkradio.com. Each episode features an interview with a children’s book author who has a new book coming out or a book currently in bookstores.
Host Suzanne Lieurance is a former classroom teacher, now a freelance writer, children’s author, speaker, and The Working Writer’s Coach. She is the author of over 20 published books for children.
Four Stephens Press children’s authors have been featured on Book Bites in recent months. You can listen to their interviews by clicking on the author’s name below.
Mike is the author of our popular Tomas the Desert Tortoise series of six books about plucky Tomas and his Mojave Desert friends. His presentations include “Draw Tomas” lessons! The web site includes downloadable teacher guides and kid’s activities.
Jorge Betancourt Polanco is the author/illustrator of Dreamygirl’s Field of Wishes which is printed in Spanish and English, side by side. The book was just named a finalist for the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards.
Miss Kimberly is the author of Granny McFanny, the zany grandmother who lives life with zest. Kim is also the founder of the Dare to Dream program, offering school fundraisers to promote children’s literacy.
Las Vegas Channel Three weatherman Kevin Janison is the author of Deputy Dorkface: How Stinkville Got Cleaned Up and the soon to be released Deputy Dorkface: How Sugaropolis Got Dessert Back. Kevin is the chair of Clark County Reads, an avid literacy advocate and presents popular school assemblies.
Very impressed with the interviews, and as a book reviewer for kids, constantly amazed at the talent of illustrators and authors for children under 10. However, I have noticed that there is a definite lack of literature for the 9-12 year age group. I just wrote a review for a new series (beginning with The Littlest Detective in London by Suzy Brownlee), which aims to address this, but I am concerned that in this age bracket, boys seem to fair much better than boys.
Do you agree?
Hey,
Thanks for the mention of Book Bites for Kids. We’re always on the lookout for more children’s authors to interview.
Suzanne Lieurance
Host, Book Bites for Kids
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bookbitesforkids
Henny,
Which did you mean, boys or girls? There’s an old adage about child readers that goes, “Boys will only read about boys, but girls will read anything.” And I think it’s largely true, you would catch a boy with a Nancy Drew mystery or a Hannah Montana book, but girls love Harry Potter, and Tom Sawyer as much as boys do.
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