Cece Bell on El Deafo and creative journey
Cece Bell, writer and illustrator of the 2015 Newbery Honor book El Deafo, shares how losing hearing at age four shaped her storytelling. She describes early publishing challenges, the switch to self publishing, and her path to becoming a children’s book creator.
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Cece Bell
Cece
Tom Angleberger
Caldecott Honor Books Named for 2015 Awards
Library highlights this year showcase six Caldecott Honor Books and note Newbery Honor Book Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson alongside El Deafo. The honored titles include Nara in the City, The Noisy Paint Box, Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, Viva Frida, The Right Word, and This One Summer with credits to their respective authors and illustrators.
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Newbery
Jacqueline Woodson
Caldecott
Lauren Castillo
Kandinsky
Mary Grand Pre
Barb Rosenstock
Sam & Dave
Jon Klassen
Mac Barnett
Viva Frida
Yuji Morales
Roger and His Thesaurus
Melissa Sweet
Jen Bryant
Jillian Tamaki
Mariko Tamaki
Wavelets On the Web and Library Workshop Notes
A compact roundup of online resources listing cecebell wordpress site, Laurencastillo bio, Guyimorales page, and an in library program titled Writer's Toolbox by Nancy Loewen. The items reflect personal bios, online content hubs, and a library craft for writers.
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Nancy Loewen
Mini Jokes Simon doors wall punchline
Simon asks what invention lets people walk through walls. Sarah answers doors. Sam asks which key is hardest to open a door with. Solomon says a piano key.
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Simon
Sarah
Sam
Solomon
Pigeon Lays Egg in Frying Pan at Oslo Apartment
In Norway, musician and government worker Stian Fjelidal returned home to find a pigeon nesting and laying an egg inside a frying pan on his stove. He described a messy kitchen and the odd intrusion as he cleaned up.
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Norway
Stian Fjelidal
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