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Other
sites to explore
My
favorite bookstore, the Santa Monica Traditional Folk Music
Club, friend authors, and other eclectic sites to explore.
Want to write and/or illustrate children's books? Check out
the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators!
Like
Rabbits? Visit the Bunny Museum!
This is an interesting museum which includes in its collection
copies of both the hardcover and soft cover book To Rabbittown,
signed by the illustrator, Robin Spowart, and me.
Like
water gardens? Lilypons
awards its Lily Ponds For Youth Grants to five qualifying schools
throughout the nation.

AUTHORS
Here
are a few to start your exploration:
The Children's Authors Network!
(CAN!) is an organization of twelve children's authors devoted
to promoting the literacy of children and inspiring their enjoyment
of books. CAN! includes my friends Bruce Balan, Jeri Chase
Ferris, Evelyn Gallardo, Joan Bransfield Graham, Robin Rector
Krupp, Julie Mammano, Celeste Davidson Mannis, Michelle Markel, Alexis O’Neill, Joan Prestine, Janet Wong, and...uh, me.
Bruce Balan--my wonderful,
wonderful friend and sailor -- author of the popular CYBER.KDZ
series, BUOY HOME AT SEA, THE CHERRY MIGRATION, and many
others.
John Ritter—A friend and
a terrific young adult author. His novels center on baseball...and
so much more.
Pam Munoz Ryan—An amazing
writer with a big heart. The author of ESPERANZA
RISING, RIDING FREEDOM and many more novels and picture books.
Barney Saltzberg—A talented picture
book writer-and-illustrator and marvelous singer/songwriter!
Want to learn to draw? Wanna have fun? Check out Barney's
site!
BOOKSTORES

Here
are Southern California’s fantastic independent childrens' bookstores.
Booksense...this
is the independent bookstores' answer to Amazon.
My out-of-print books
are available used, through abebooks.com.
To Rabbittown is also available
as an ebook!
www.abfc.com
, a great site to locate independent children's bookstores
across the country.
OTHER
RESOURCES
Check
out a children's book editor's wonderful
site--gives lots information about the publishing industry
and answers to questions all aspiring writers need to know.
How
about a journalist
who has a fabulous archive of authors she has interviewed?
Check
out the Children's Book Council.
USA Writes 4 Kids:
link to more than 150 children's authors and playwrights.
Just For
Kids Who Love Books: lively site of a Canadian librarian
with author websites, book reviews by kids, stories by young
authors and more.
Los Angeles Public Library - Click
on Kid's Path, then Recommended Reading. From there, try
clicking either on Age and Grade Level lists or Genre and Themed
lists. These are annotated to help kids
and parents select the right books.
Poets Online
- Poetry, poetry and more poetry! Every two weeks a new
writing prompt, lots of wonderful links, more information than
any of us need!
Learn a new word each day, and receive a daily quote as well (for free!) with:
A-Word-A-Day
FOLK MUSIC LINKS
For folk music links, see the
Santa
Monica Traditional Folk Music Club
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