How do you make a graphic novel? With paper and ink … or, in the case of Ozge Samanci and her new nonfiction memoir graphic novel about growing up in Turkey, with a whole host of unconventional materials – like tumeric, bread, and burned paper. We’re thrilled to be the third stop on the DARE…
The Boy Who Knew Everything Blog Tour
Today we’re thrilled to be a blog tour stop for THE BOY WHO KNEW EVERYTHING, the companion novel and sequel to Victoria Forester’s critically acclaimed middle-grade novel THE GIRL WHO COULD FLY. Read a chapter excerpt here. Many thanks to Nicole Banholzer at Macmillan for sending us an early review copy of the book and…
The Girl at the Center of the World Blog Tour
Today we’re continuing our blogiversary week with a Blog Tour stop for THE GIRL AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, the sequel to Austin Aslan’s critically acclaimed THE ISLANDS AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, which was named one of Kirkus’ Best of 2014 picks. Many thanks to Jillian Vandall at Random House for sending…
Little Robot Blog Tour & Giveaway
Happy Release Day, Ben Hatke! Little Robot is finally available TODAY, so I’m extra thrilled that it’s my turn on the Little Robot Blog Tour. As the mother of three graphic novel/comics aficionados, I can tell you that Ben Hatke is definitely on our Auto-Buy list. His Zita books are superb, and his stories appeal…
Kids Comics Q&A Blog Tour: David Rubin
In honor of Children’s Book Week (which was earlier this month), Macmillan organized a month-long blog tour featuring Q&As (all written by Dragons Beware! authors Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado) with 32 different authors and illustrators of children’s and teen’s comics and graphic novels. For our stop on the tour, we’re featuring Jorge and Rafael’s…
Author Appreciation: Ron Koertge
Yesterday I had a great time reading many of your Top Tens about authors whose work you automatically buy. I started to think of how many authors my husband and I feel that way about by looking at our book shelves. My husband feels that way about only two (fiction) authors: Hilary Mantel and Michael…