​ WINTER 2017 Newsletter Roxie Munro Studio Reminder... To everyone with a website: Don't forget to change your copyright date in the footer to 2017 ! Vicki Cobb's Huffington Post interview with me: Illustrating Children's Nonfiction Picture Books - an important trend. Click here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-latest-trend-beautifully-illustrated-nonfiction_us_57f7ac67e4b0d786aa52af86? SCBWI Annual Winter Conference in NYC, February 10-12 Excellent article by editor Melissa Manlove of Chronicle Books on Creating a Successful Picture Book . Click here: https://medium.com/chronicle-books/the-surprisingly-complex-principles-of-a-successful-picture-book-da7b0b041fbd#.wa2vi5r1q Thirteen slang words every New Yorker uses (I'm good with all except "hun"): https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/13-slang-words-every-new-yorker-should-know-073115 ​ Works on Paper, group exhibition at Marin-Price Gallery in Chevy Chase, MD, until January 18. (I have 4 pieces in this show, including the watercolor above.) Info: http://www.marin-price.com/MarinPrice%20Galleries%20WorksOnPaper%20201617.htm Coming up: April 19-22, I am appearing at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference in San Antonio. Presenting with KidLit TV FounderJulie Gribble, KidLit TV Founder. Visit us at KidLit TV , Booth #2400 . NEW!!! The Artist Mortimer 2 (The Artist Who SAVED Bits of the World ) - sequel to the very successful The Artist Mortimer by Bo Zaunders Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-artist-mortimer-2/id1178016758?ls=1&mt=8 OCG Studios did all the KIWi Storybooks apps, as well as many other children's book apps, including The Artist Mortimer (more than 155,000 downloads), the new Artist Mortimer 2, Roxie's a-MAZE-ing Vacation Adventure , Roxie's Doors , and Roxie's Puzzle Adventure . 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/​​​ Free activities for kids There are all sorts of fun how-to videos for children on KIDLIT TV... Learn how to draw from many of your favorite illustrators: Dan Yaccarino, Kelly Light, Stephen Savage, Joyce Wan, Tim Miller, Aaron Becker, others. (I show how to draw a Great Horned Owl and a Random Roxie Reversing Maze. ) Click here: http://kidlit.tv/tag/ready-set-draw/ Click on image below for a wintery Penguin coloring sheet... Download FREE Coloring Sheets ... Dinosaurs, mazes (from EcoMazes: 12 Earth Adventures; Mazeways: A to Z; and Wild West Trail Ride Maze ), and American Deserts. Click here for lots of activities: http://www.roxiemunro.com/mazes-and-coloring-pages.html ​ Click on Desert below to get the coloring sheet... 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