| SPRING 2024 Roxie Munro Studio Newsletter Author Visit, Bear Tavern Grammar School, NJ APRIL 20: "The Big Draw" at the National Building Museum in Washington DC in association with the "Building Stories" Exhibition c urated by Leonard Marcus (I have two books featured) on Saturday, 10AM - 4PM. I'm giving two art programs: "How to Make a Random Roxie Reversing Maze" (mainly for kids) & "Creating Space: Drawing with Eight Kinds of Perspective" (for artistic kids and grownups). Also doing a book signing. AND, KidLit TV will be there! Click: Very cool VIDEO of the show! Fascinating. From Literary Hub : A Brief History of the Grand Old American Tradition of Banning Books (mainly in schools, unfortunately) Why cynicism is unhealthy and is the path to despair. How to cultivate a mind that faces the gauntlet of living without making of it a hell. The Marginalian tells us: Your Mind Do you know who Tintin was? From LitHub again: The most beloved comic character ever. Working on two books right now, coming out in 2025 from Holiday House and Schiffer Publishing. Check out two recent titles from HH ( Desert is on the long list for the 2024 Green Earth Book Award ): I've been creating a book on color - its history, its science... fascinating STEM content, with very cool illustrations. Ages 6 up. Interested publishers can contact my agent, Emelie Burl at the Susan Schulman Literary Agency, for the partially completed dummy. Now booking in-person (& online) 2024-25 Author Visits (registered with Nassau NY BOCES) Author Visits at schools & libraries include the very popular Nature Program , with a huge variety of fascinating critters, and How to Create a Nonfiction Picture Book, from getting ideas, to critical thinking, research, storyboards, roughs, final art, text (and working with editors) to cover treatments. Also have new Rainforest, Lizards & Deserts programs, plus Coral Reefs, Rodent Rascals, Dinosaurs, Mazes, Masterpiece Mix, and more, including demo and hands-on workshops on How to Draw a Toucan, or an Owl , or do a Roxie Random Reversing Maze . And for artists and older children: Using eight kinds of persepctive to Create Space in your drawings. For a complete menu and more info, go to SCHOOL VISITS on Roxie's website. Scroll down for images of Roxie's recent Author Visits and description of a new Ecosystems program. Free activities for kids Download FREE alphabet letters from "ABCity" to color in - your name, or maybe your initials! Go to webpage ABCity for all 26. Watch short video trailer above or click: ABCity Trailer B copy.pdf Download File G copy.pdf Download File H copy 2.pdf Download File J copy.pdf Download File X copy 2.pdf Download File Recent '24 Author Visits include Lakeville Elem (NY) & four NJ schools. A new program covers learning about some of Earth's most important ECOSYSTEMS - their unique and special qualities (& threats from climate change; what we can do about it). Based on Roxie's recent books about Deserts ( A Day in the Life of the Desert ), Rainforests ( Anteaters, Bats & Boas ), Coral Reefs ( Dive In ), & nine more ecosystems, including Polar Regions, Wetlands, Tundra, Grasslands, Alpine , others (from EcoMazes: 12 Earth Adventures) . My blog focuses on children's books & publishing (copyright issues, nonfiction gamification, making apps, informational vs nonfiction children's books, COPPA, conferences, more). Click: RX BLOG My YouTube Channel has more than three dozen videos on publishing, how-tos, kid reviews, book trailers, apps, interviews (at conferences, libraries, schools), KidLitTV Read Alouds & Storymakers: RX YouTube If you'd prefer to NOT receive these quarterly studio newsletters, please unsubscribe below. No hard feelings! Thanks! (Feel free to forward to anyone you think may be interested...) |
SPRING
2024
Roxie Munro
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Author Visit, Bear Tavern Grammar School, NJ
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APRIL 20: "The Big Draw" at the National Building Museum in Washington DC in association with the "Building Stories" Exhibition curated by Leonard Marcus (I have two books featured) on Saturday, 10AM - 4PM. I'm giving two art programs: "How to Make a Random Roxie Reversing Maze" (mainly for kids) & "Creating Space: Drawing with Eight Kinds of Perspective" (for artistic kids and grownups). Also doing a book signing. AND, KidLit TV will be there!
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Why cynicism is unhealthy and is the path to despair. How to cultivate a mind that faces the gauntlet of living without making of it a hell. The Marginalian tells us: Your Mind
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Working on two books right now, coming out in 2025 from Holiday House and Schiffer Publishing. Check out two recent titles from HH (Desert is on the long list for the 2024 Green Earth Book Award):
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I've been creating a book on color - its history, its science... fascinating STEM content, with very cool illustrations. Ages 6 up. Interested publishers can contact my agent, Emelie Burl at the Susan Schulman Literary Agency, for the partially completed dummy.
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Now booking in-person (& online) 2024-25 Author Visits (registered with Nassau NY BOCES)
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Author Visits at schools & libraries include the very popular Nature Program, with a huge variety of fascinating critters, and How to Create a Nonfiction Picture Book, from getting ideas, to critical thinking, research, storyboards, roughs, final art, text (and working with editors) to cover treatments. Also have new Rainforest, Lizards & Deserts programs, plus Coral Reefs, Rodent Rascals, Dinosaurs, Mazes, Masterpiece Mix, and more, including demo and hands-on workshops on How to Draw a Toucan, or an Owl, or do a Roxie Random Reversing Maze. And for artists and older children: Using eight kinds of persepctive to Create Space in your drawings.
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For a complete menu and more info, go to SCHOOL VISITS on Roxie's website.
Scroll down for images of Roxie's recent Author Visits and description of a new Ecosystems program.
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Download FREE alphabet letters from "ABCity" to color in - your name, or maybe your initials!
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Go to webpage ABCity for all 26.
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Recent '24 Author Visits include Lakeville Elem (NY) & four NJ schools. | |
A new program covers learning about some of Earth's most important ECOSYSTEMS - their unique and special qualities (& threats from climate change; what we can do about it). Based on Roxie's recent books about Deserts (A Day in the Life of the Desert), Rainforests (Anteaters, Bats & Boas), Coral Reefs (Dive In), & nine more ecosystems, including Polar Regions, Wetlands, Tundra, Grasslands, Alpine, others (from EcoMazes: 12 Earth Adventures).
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My blog focuses on children's books & publishing (copyright issues, nonfiction gamification, making apps, informational vs nonfiction children's books, COPPA, conferences, more). Click: RX BLOG | |
My YouTube Channel has more than three dozen videos on publishing, how-tos, kid reviews, book trailers, apps, interviews (at conferences, libraries, schools), KidLitTV Read Alouds & Storymakers: RX YouTube | |
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 to anyone you think may be interested...) | |
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