The Childrens Book Review

The Childrens Book Review http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com Growing Readers Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:57:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 It’s our mission to create enthusiastic, life-long readers! We review books that will hopefully enrich the lives of your children and yourself, and provoke the desire to read more. Growing Readers Bianca Schulze http://www.thechildrensbookreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/logo_podcast.jpgThe Childrens Book Reviewhttp://www.thechildrensbookreview.com children's books, author, illustrator, picture books, non-fiction, fiction, book reviews, reading, literacy, kids, family, publishing no Bianca Schulze thechildrensbookreview@gmail.com Author & Illustrator Interview: Carin Berger http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/weblog/2009/12/author-illustrator-interview-carin-berger.html http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/weblog/2009/12/author-illustrator-interview-carin-berger.html#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000 Bianca Schulze http://www.thechildrensbookreview.org/weblog/2009/12/author-illustrator-interview-carin-berger.html http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/weblog/2009/12/author-illustrator-interview-carin-berger.html/feed 0 By <a href="http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/about.html" target="_blank">Bianca Schulze</a>, <a href="http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/" target="_blank">The Children’s Book Review</a> Published: December 30, 2009 Listen: [8min 48sec]<a class="inline-player" href="http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/files/carin-berger-2.mp3"> </a> <div style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.thechildrensbookreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/CarinBerger.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="381" /></div> Photo: Carin Berger Working from a farm table that doubles as the family dining table in New York City, Carin Berger creates unique combinations of collage, paint, and text that truly are a visual and cognitive treat. She’s an award winning designer, illustrator, and author with an instinctive and artistic flair for dreaming up kid’s books. With 5 notable books under her belt and another on the way, you wouldn’t guess that she never actually set out to be the creator of children’s books. So, on a beautiful and breezy day in Point Reyes Station, CA, we talked about all things book related, including the path which led her to having her first book Not So True Stories and Unreasonable Rhymes published in 2004 by Chronicle Books. <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thechisboorev-20/detail/0811837734"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41F58PBPN1L._SL75_.jpg" alt="Not So True Stories and Unreasonable Rhymes" /></a> <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thechisboorev-20/detail/0811837734" target="_blank">Not So True Stories and Unreasonable Rhymes</a> by Carin Berger While working on her next book, the very clever All Mixed Up, Carin received a call from another publisher who had seen her work. They asked her to be the illustrator for Jack Prelutsky’s Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant. <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thechisboorev-20/detail/081184966X"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S1CY6W32L._SL75_.jpg" alt="All Mixed Up: A Mix-and-Match Book" /></a> <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thechisboorev-20/detail/081184966X" target="_blank">All Mixed Up: A Mix-and-Match Book</a> by Carin Berger <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thechisboorev-20/detail/B00150II62"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WBCTRVMGL._SL75_.jpg" alt="Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: And Other Poems" /></a> <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thechisboorev-20/detail/B00150II62" target="_blank">Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: And Other Poems</a> by Jack Prelutsky The next title to follow was The Little Yellow Leaf, published by Greenwillow Books in 2008. It received multiple awards and acknowledgments and is Carin’s most personally rewarding book, so far. It’s a story of [...] By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: December 30, 2009 Listen: [8min 48sec] Photo: Carin Berger Working from a farm table that doubles as the family dining table in New York City, Carin Berger creates unique combinations of [...] Author Interview: Emily Gravett http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/weblog/2009/01/author-interview-emily-gravett.html http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/weblog/2009/01/author-interview-emily-gravett.html#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:21:49 +0000 Bianca Schulze http://www.thechildrensbookreview.org/weblog/2009/01/author-interview-emily-gravett.html http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/weblog/2009/01/author-interview-emily-gravett.html/feed 2 Listen: [9min 46sec] <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a style="display: block;" href="http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/.a/6a00e55149e1428834010536d5b57d970c-pi"><img class="at-xid-6a00e55149e1428834010536d5b57d970c " style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Bianca&Emily" src="http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/.a/6a00e55149e1428834010536d5b57d970c-320wi" alt="Bianca&Emily" /></a>Bianca Schulze and Emily Gravett. Photo Credit: Charlie Young</div> I’m Bianca Schulze, bringing you a conversation with award-winning author and illustrator, <a href="http://www.emilygravett.com/">Emily Gravett</a>. As you listen to her talk you’ll hear the wonderful child-like humor that is behind her great books, such as: <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thechisboorev-20/detail/1416939997">Orange Pear Apple Bear</a>, <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thechisboorev-20/detail/1416914919">Wolves</a> and <a href="http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/weblog/2008/03/monkey-and-me.html">Monkey and Me</a>. The latter just happened to be the first book I blogged about. So, what better author to debut The Children’s Book Review podcasting. We begin with hearing about Emily’s book, <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thechisboorev-20/detail/1416959300">Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears</a>, which she was promoting at the time of the conversation. </div> ©2010 <a href="http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com">The Childrens Book Review</a>. All Rights Reserved.. 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Photo Credit: Charlie Young I’m Bianca Schulze, bringing you a conversation with award-winning author and illustrator, Emily Gravett. As you listen to her talk you’ll hear the wonderful [...] Bianca Schulze 9min 46sec Emily Gravett no