Here is one last stack of debuts from the group at On The Scene in 2016. Congratulations to all of our 2016 debut authors, illustrators and author-illustrators, and here is to much future success for all. Cheers!
debut picture book author/illustrator
2016 Debut Picture Book Holiday Giveaway on Goodreads
Eight debut picture book giveaways are listed on Goodreads for a grand holiday giveaway!
Enter to win SNAPPSY THE ALLIGATOR (DID NOT ASK TO BE IN THIS BOOK) by Julie Falatko (2016 debut author), illustrated by Tim Miller.
Enter to win SALAD PIE by Wendy BooydeGraaff (2016 debut author), illustrated by Bryan Langdo.
Enter to win NED THE KNITTING PIRATE by Diana Murray (2016 debut author), illustrated by Leslie Lammle.
Enter to win PUG MEETS PIG by Sue Lowell Gallion (2016 debut author), illustrated by Joyce Wan.
Enter to win THE WILLIAM HOY STORY: HOW A DEAF BASEBALL PLAYER CHANGED THE GAME by Nancy Churnin (2016 debut author), illustrated by Jez Tuya.
Enter to win YOU’RE MY BOO by Kate Dopirak (2016 debut author), illustrated by Leslie
Breen Withrow.
Enter to win QUACKERS by Liz Wong (2016 debut author-illustrator).
Enter to win CITY SHAPES by Diana Murray (2016 debut author), illustrated by Bryan
Collier.
Another Stack of Debuts
Take a look at this gorgeous stack of 2016 debut picture books. Which ones have you read? Find them all at a bookstore or library near you.
A Few More Shelfies
It’s always fun to see our books out in the wild. Here are a few more shelfies.
Alighted on the shelf at Hicklebee’s Bookstore in San Jose, California…Linda VanderHeyden‘s MR. MCGINTY’S MONARCHS.
EMERSON BARKS by Liza Woodruff, center stage.
Claire Lordon‘s LORENZO THE PIZZA LOVING LOBSTER, Lori Richmond‘s A HOP IS UP and Diana Murray‘s NED THE KNITTING PIRATE all on the same shelf!
HILDIE BITTERPICKLES NEEDS HER SLEEP by Robin Newman and GRIMELDA THE VERY MESSY WITCH by Diana Murray at Warwick.
Princeton Children’s Book Festival
Meet Diana Murray, picture book author, and Lori Richmond, picture book author-illustrator at Princeton Children’s Book Festival on September 24, 2016.
Emerson Barks
Congratulations to Liza Woodruff on her first picture book that she’s both authored and illustrated, on shelves today!
2016 Debut Shelfies
Our 2016 picture books have been spotted out in the wild. Check out these amazing shelfies!*
DARIO AND THE WHALE, by 2016 picture book debut author Cheryl Lawton Malone, face out on the shelf.
LORENZO, THE PIZZA-LOVING LOBSTER in Princeton, New Jersey, by debut author-illustrator Claire Lordon.
“Up and Comer” Julie Falatko‘s SNAPPSY THE ALLIGATOR.
Diana Murray‘s CITY SHAPES on a display table (notice the circle table).
Andrea Zuill‘s WOLF CAMP snapping up a prime spot at Third Place Books in Seattle.
A MORNING WITH GRANDPA by debut picture book author Sylvia Liu sitting pretty at Prince Books in Norfolk, Virginia.
Trisha Speed Shaskan‘s PUNK SKUNKS rockin’ the shelf at Magers & Quinn Booksellers in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Debut author-illustrator Jason Kirschner‘s MR. PARTICULAR in the pickiest spot available.
Diana Murray‘s GRIMELDA THE VERY MESSY WITCH on the shelf with delightful company.
GRIMELDA and LORENZO make shelfie friends.
QUACKERS by debut author-illustrator Liz Wong, registering big time at University Bookstore in Seattle, Washington.
SALAD PIE by Wendy BooydeGraaff with literary friends at Literati in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Author Megan Maynor‘s debut picture book ELLA AND PENGUIN STICK TOGETHER braving the shelf together.
*shelfie: photo of a book on a shelf
Stack of Debuts
Check out this beautiful stack of debut picture books by On The Scene in 2016 members. Which ones have you read?
Calling all 2017 Picture Book authors and illustrators
Have you been reading our blog and wishing you could be part of an amazing picture book group like ours? But, alas, your picture book is coming out in 2017? Alison Goldberg has just the group for you:
2017 Picture Books
For authors and/or illustrators with a picture book coming out in 2017, there’s a group to connect, share book release strategies, and cheer each other on.The 2017 Picture Book Release Group has over 30 members–a mix of debuts and those with books already in print. Together, we’re sharing marketing ideas, staying in touch on social media, and helping each other to lay the groundwork for successful launches next year.
So if you have a 2017 picture book, please be in touch! You can find us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2017PictureBooks/
Alison Goldberg’s debut picture book, I LOVE YOU FOR MILES AND MILES, illustrated by Mike Yamada, is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
MR. PARTICULAR
Jason Kirschner‘s MR. PARTICULAR launches today!
And celebrate by watching the book trailer:
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/G9yX2n4WdIA?rel=0&controls=0
