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FALL 2023

Roxie Munro Studio Newsletter

Just out in August....

Kirkus says "Engaging," "appealing," "detailed & accurate paintings," and "careful research & thoughtful selections." Booklist says "Guaranteed to pique readers interest" and "perfect for browsers & those craving the gross factor."

"LIZARDS AT LARGE: 21 Remarkable Reptiles at Their Actual Size"

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Published with style by the great Holiday House Books. Available everywhere good books are sold.

For the dedicated webpage w/videos, reviews, coloring pages, and more, click LIZARDS

For a Holiday House Star Storytime YouTube video about "Lizards," click: How the book was made...

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 "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE DESERT:  6 Desert Habitats, 108 Species, and How to Save Them," also from Holiday House in August, Books for a Better Earth Collection. Click DESERTS

Dostoyevsky on Love & Animal Rights.  Click:  Secret Sympathy

Some of today's best writers reflect on the 75th Anniversary of "Goodnight Moon" (it came out Sept 3, 1947). Click: CLASSIC!

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I am appearing at Rye Children's Book Festival Sat Sept 23 10am-4pm & at Chappaqua Children's Book Festival Sat Sept 30 10am-4pm where I'll also be doing dozens of livestream author interviews for KIDLIT TV. 180 authors!!! Click: CCBF

To see the entire list of KidLitTV interviews w/authors & illustrators & special programs, click   https://www.kidlit.tv/2023/08/live-from-ny-its-the-chappaqua-childrens-book-festival/

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At approximately 2:25 pm ET there will be a short tribute to the late great Vicki Cobb by several iNKThinkTank author members.

Free activities for kids

Download any or all of the FREE coloring pages from "Lizards at Large" here...

or go to the webpage LIZARDS

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Veiled Chameleon copy.pdf
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Tokay Gecko copy.pdf
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Green Plumed Basilisk copy.pdf
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Australian Frilled Lizard copy.pdf

For great author & illustrator interviews, drawing How Tos (Ready Set Draw!), children's book publishing news & more click  KidLitTV 

Booking 2023-24 in-person (& online) SCHOOL VISITS (now registered w/Boces Nassau Co, LI, among others)

School & library visits include new Rainforest, Deserts and Lizards programs, plus Coral Reefs, Rodent Rascals, Dinosaurs, Mazes, Masterpiece Mix, the popular Nature Program, How to Create a Nonfiction Picture Book, more...Here's the menu: RX School Visits


New programs include 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 the Polar Regions, Wetlands, Tundra, Grasslands, Alpine, others (from "EcoMazes: 12 Earth Adventures").

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 Recent '23 School Visits include Sicomac Elementary School in NJ, and Lakeville Elem, Glen Cove Elem, and Landing Elem on Long Island, NY)

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 almost four dozen videos on publishing, how-tos, kid reviews, book trailers, apps, interviews (at conferences, libraries, schools), KidLitTV Read Alouds & Storymakers: RX YouTube

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