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Fall 2019

Roxie Munro Studio

Newsletter

My poster for the Chappaqua Children's Book Festival on Oct 5. Nonfiction is the theme, and KidLit TV will be livestreaming interviews with many of the 145 great authors. Info: http://www.ccbfestival.org/

Fascinating! What reading to a toddler does to the child's brain. Click here: Reading

Celebrate & WIN! Teachers & students, for a limited time only iNK Think Tank is offering two opportunities to collaborate with our Nonfiction Minute authors - ILLUSTRATION STATION & INSPIRE US! WIN a 20-minute virtual visit with a famous author. Have your art up on our website. INFO: WIN for your students!

Cool things about the semicolon. From PW, click here: Grammar fun

Check out iNK Think Tank's new website, combining The Nonfiction Minute. And, now offering ebooks by our authors for sale.

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                           Here's a sneak peek at the cover of my  new book, coming    out from

Holiday House    Spring 2020

I love this article about the importance of picture books for really young children. Read the whole thing. Click here: PsychToday

Cool list to be on! Top Ten Digital Publishing Experts (see #4). Digital Experts  

Take notes by hand - best for remembering. Click here: NPR - By hand, not laptop

Now scheduling Author Visits for 2019-20 school year. INFO: Roxie's School Visits

Fall Appearance Schedule (selected)

OCT 5: 7th Annual Chappaqua Children's Book Festival. (I did the 2019 poster, above.)
OCT 24 - 30:  Southern Sweden, Stockholm
OCT 31 - NOV 4:  SCBWI British Isles Annual Conference, Winchester, UK w/ KidLit TV 
NOV 10:  Picture Book Palooza, Huntington Public Library (NY), 2-4PM (signing, reading)

Free activities for kids

KidLitTV/KidLitRadio & The Nonfiction Minute have partnered to produce short fun FREE podcasts. Try them out: PODCASTS

School Library Journal's Classroom Bookshelf did a great review & created PreK-6 activities for Rodent Rascals! Click here (scroll down for activities & more info): CLASSROOM BOOKSHELF

For free Rodent Rascals Lesson Plans created by Holiday House - click on image below or link: Rodent Rascals Lesson Plan

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"Ready Set Draw!"

Step-by-step demo & easy instructions on how to make a cool maze. Click here.

For additional info on how to make this maze, click here, or go to Roxie's website page: For Kids.

Download a free Lesson Plan for Masterpiece Mix Click here.

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My blog focuses on children's books & publishing (copyright issues, the gamification of nonfiction, making apps, informational vs nonfiction, COPPA, conference coverage, and more). Click here: RX BLOG

 My YouTube Channel now has 27 videos on publishing, how-tos, kid reviews, trailers, apps, interviews (conferences, libraries, schools), KidLit TV Read Alouds & Storymakers, more: Roxie's YouTube Channel

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