The Children’s Book Council is a wonderful online resource for those who publish, write, illustrate or simply love children’s books.
www.cbcbooks.org
The best specialty children’s bookstore I know of is A Children’s Place Bookstore, here in Portland, Oregon. Visit them at 4807 NE Fremont St., Portland OR 97213 or call: 503-284-8294 or check out their website at:
www.achildrensplacebookstore.com
friends who illustrate
Abbey Marble
www.abigailmarble.com
Charlene D. DeLage
www.cdelage.com
Carolyn Digby Conahan
www.carolyndigbyconahan.com/wordpress
Andrea U’Ren
www.andreauren.com
Jennifer Mann
www.jenniferkmann.com
Kate Berube
www.kateberube.blogspot.com
Victoria Jamieson
www.victoriajamieson.com
kudos
To my husband, Greg Miller, who inspires me with his work and his work ethic.
www.gregorymillerdesign.com
Many thanks to SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) for creating the connections which made possible the publication of my first picture book, Lucky Boy.
www.scbwi.com
To editor Ann Rider (Houghton Mifflin Co.), for giving me the lucky nod.
www.hmco.com
To editor Reka Simonsen (Henry Holt and Company), for hooking me up with some great writers.
http://us.macmillan.com/peterpeterpicksapumpkinhouse
i so admire
David Small for his lyrical line.
www.davidsmallbooks.com
Calef Brown for his laugh-out-loud humor and color.
www.calefbrown.com
Cythia Rylant, Kate DiCamillo and Kathi Appelt who inspire me to shoot for the moon.
Alice Munro for being the best storyteller on the planet.
miscellany
Check out Alexa Mergen, who has chucked it all and cast her (and her husband’s) fate to the wind.
As she describes it:
“Afoot and lighthearted” – Reports from a roving life - Our title quotes the opening words of Walt Whitman’s 1891 poem, “Song of the Open Road.” In this space we’ll share our efforts to live by those words as we begin nomadic life in a motorhome and launch WALT Magazine: A Journal for Seekers.
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