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          Summer 2016

            Newsletter

            Roxie Munro Studio

You are invited to the opening reception of
"Roxie Munro: An Uncommon Perspective"
Friday, July 22, 7 to 10pm (I'll be there)
at the Simie Maryles Gallery (http://simiemaryles.com)
435 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA
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A 3-minute video shot in my studio by Simie Maryles Gallery.
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Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K82WeaI_-Bk

The 21st Century Children's Nonfiction Conference was held at Iona College in NY June 10 - 12. Excellent, useful & friendly - very timely, given the interest (finally!) in nonfiction these days. For a report and photos:  https://roxiemunro.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/2016-21st-century-childrens-nonfiction-conference/

Two 6-second Vines (below) by Julie Gribble of KidLit TV ...

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"Hi" from the Conference (she taught the class how to make an easy 6-sec Vine video)... Click here: vine.co/v/i3LiVHeIpOF/embed/simple?audio=1 


...and here's a 6-second Vine of me teaching. Click here: https://vine.co/v/i3YQPzKvXEm/embed/simple?audio=1 
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OCG Studios (http://www.ocgstudios.com/), the creative trailer & app developer, has a cool new competition game app called -GO-. Click to download for FREE:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/go-concentration-reaction/id996378068?mt=8

OCG Studios did all nine KIWi Storybooks apps, & many other book apps for children's writers & illustrators, including The Artist Mortimer (160,000 downloads), the new really fun Art Face app by David Kirk, & Roxie's a-MAZE-ing Vacation Adventure, Roxie's Doors, & Roxie's Puzzle Adventure.
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Featured app: David Kirk (of Miss Spider fame) brings you his best toy ever, ART FACE. Over 200 animated paintings syncopated with tiny tunes & silly sounds, all swirling happily in a tasty stew of music, art, & motion. Make over a trillion magical combinations...With the digital photography section create magic faces of your very own, featuring you, your family, friends, & pets. Add your own sound effects & music. Very cool. App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/art-face-by-david-kirk/id1119159551?mt=8

Free Activities for kids

NEW! How to Make a Random Roxie Reversing Maze...KidLit TV's "Ready Set Draw!" children's program series (video)
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Step-by-step demo & easy instructions on how to make a fun maze. Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4XitHEZcMA​                   

For more info on how to make this maze, go to http://www.roxiemunro.com/make-a-random-roxie-reversing-maze.html
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Download a free 5-page Students Activity Guide for Slithery Snakes. Click here: http://www.roxiemunro.com/uploads/5/9/5/6/59560057/slithery_snakes_student_guide.pdf
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Download FREE Coloring Pages

Dinosaurs from Inside-Outside Dinosaurs; mazes (from EcoMazes: 12 Earth Adventures; Mazeways: A to Z; Wild West Trail Ride Maze; & Market Maze);  American deserts, full of fascinating critters from Desert Days, Desert Nights.​ Click here: http://www.roxiemunro.com/mazes-and-coloring-pages.html​

My blog focuses on books & publishing (copyright issues, the gamification of nonfiction, making apps, informational vs nonfiction children's books, COPPA, book & publishing conference coverage, more). Click here:  https://roxiemunro.wordpress.com/​ Website: http://www.roxiemunro.com/





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