| Winter 2018 Newsletter Roxie Munro Studio Wishing you a productive & healthy 2018!! (If you have a website, don't forget to change the copyright date in the footer to 2018 on January 1 ;-)) Out February 6, 2018, from Holiday House - a book about smart rats, romantic mice, gerbils, guinea pigs, beavers, capybaras, and more, all shown actual size. A Starred Review in KIRKUS ! Click here: Rodents! RODENT RASCALS - STAR Kirkus 1.15.18.docx Download File How children change the way we see (via The New Yorker ). “The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.” Click here: LOOK! Did an interview on Elizabeth Dulemba's blog, with lots of illustrations on the process of creating my new book on art. Click here: Making "Masterpiece Mix" Free activities for kids Color in a Masterpiece! Click on "Download File" below. (Best to print on 11x17 paper.) mmix-coloring-sheetfinal_orig.pdf Download File How to Make a Random Roxie Reversing Maze (video)... KidLit TV's Series "Ready Set Draw!" Step-by-step demo & easy instructions on how to make a maze. Click here . For more info on how to make this maze, click here , or go to Roxie's website page For Kids. Here's Ready Set Draw! KidLit TV's video... I show children How to Draw a Great Horned Owl, based on my bird book called "Hatch!" Click here: Draw an Owl! Based on 37 masterpieces in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, it was published in the fall of 2017. I did lots of Author Visits in PA & NY in Nov. For a short 3-minute video interview ("Lit Fest Ideas" - reading, art and more) with State College librarian, Justin Brackbill, click here: Justin We also did a short video for students on Critical Thinking, following the "Lit Fest Ideas" video. Just out! KidLit TV STORYMAKERS interview with Rocco Staino on the editorial and creative process of bookmaking ! Click here: STORYMAKERS Support literacy! The Nonfiction Minute, to which I contribute, is FREE to all schools 180 days of the year: short pithy 400-word texts on wildly varied and interesting topics, audio read by the author, lively visuals, and great activities for teachers and students. We've had more than 2.5 MILLION hits in the last couple years; it's a dynamic way for students to learn. To encourage reading (iNK Think Tank is a nonprofit, so your donation is tax-deductible), click here: The Nonfiction Minute I am pleased to announce that portrait painter Betsy Ashton has joined me at the Roxie Munro Studio in Long Island City. Check out her website - right now she is working on a wonderful series of portraits of immigrants, which will be a traveling exhibition in 2018-19. For more info on Betsy's work, click here: http://www.ashtonportraits.com/ My blog focuses mainly on children's books and publishing (copyright issues, the gamification of nonfiction, making apps, informational vs nonfiction children's books, COPPA, conference coverage, and more). Click link: https://roxiemunro.wordpress.com/ If you'd prefer to NOT receive these quarterly studio newsletters, please unsubscribe below. No hard feelings! Thanks! (Feel free to forward ...) |
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Winter 2018 Newsletter
Roxie Munro
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Wishing you a productive & healthy 2018!! | |
(If you have a website, don't forget to change the copyright date in the footer to 2018 on January 1 ;-)) | |
Out February 6, 2018, from Holiday House - a book about smart rats, romantic mice, gerbils, guinea pigs, beavers, capybaras, and more, all shown actual size. | |
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A Starred Review in KIRKUS!
Click here: Rodents!
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How children change the way we see (via The New Yorker). “The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.” Click here: LOOK! | |
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Did an interview on Elizabeth Dulemba's blog, with lots of illustrations on the process of creating my new book on art.
Click here: Making "Masterpiece Mix"
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Color in a Masterpiece! Click on "Download File" below. (Best to print on 11x17 paper.) | |
| mmix-coloring-sheetfinal_orig.pdf | |
How to Make a Random Roxie Reversing Maze (video)...
KidLit TV's Series
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Step-by-step demo & easy instructions on how to make a maze. Click here. | |
For more info on how to make this maze, click here, or go to Roxie's website page For Kids. | |
Here's Ready Set Draw! KidLit TV's video... I show children How to Draw a Great Horned Owl, based on my bird book called "Hatch!" Click here: Draw an Owl!
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Based on 37 masterpieces in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, it was published in the fall of 2017. | |
I did lots of Author Visits in PA & NY in Nov. For a short 3-minute video interview ("Lit Fest Ideas" - reading, art and more) with State College librarian, Justin Brackbill, click here: Justin
We also did a short video for students on Critical Thinking, following the "Lit Fest Ideas" video.
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Just out! KidLit TV STORYMAKERS interview with Rocco Staino on the editorial and creative process of bookmaking! Click here: STORYMAKERS | |
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Support literacy! The Nonfiction Minute, to which I contribute, is FREE to all schools 180 days of the year: short pithy 400-word texts on wildly varied and interesting topics, audio read by the author, lively visuals, and great activities for teachers and students. We've had more than 2.5 MILLION hits in the last couple years; it's a dynamic way for students to learn. To encourage reading (iNK Think Tank is a nonprofit, so your donation is tax-deductible), click here: The Nonfiction Minute | |
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I am pleased to announce that portrait painter Betsy Ashton has joined me at the Roxie Munro Studio in Long Island City. Check out her website - right now she is working on a wonderful series of portraits of immigrants, which will be a traveling exhibition in 2018-19. | |
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My blog focuses mainly on children's books and publishing (copyright issues, the gamification of nonfiction, making apps, informational vs nonfiction children's books, COPPA, conference coverage, and more). Click link: https://roxiemunro.wordpress.com/ | |
If you'd prefer to NOT receive these quarterly studio newsletters, please unsubscribe below. No hard feelings! | |
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Thanks! (Feel free to forward ...) | |
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