WHAT'S NEW
Winner of the 2013 PEN/Steven Kroll Award for Picture Book Writing
With judges Barbara Shook Hazen and
Cheryl Willis Hudson at the PEN Literary Awards
Ceremony in New York City on October 21, 2013
Cheryl Willis Hudson at the PEN Literary Awards
Ceremony in New York City on October 21, 2013
Illustration by Melissa Sweet
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Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 was chosen as one of 2013's Best Nonfiction Children's Books of the Year by School Library Journal, one of the top titles for 2013 by Book Links, and a Nerdy Book Award winner for nonfiction.
It was featured in the TABLET magazine article: "Not Just for Kids: Three Knockout Biographies Bring Three Awesome Jews to Life" and came out in a PJ Library edition. |
Classes
UCLA Extension's Writers' Program
Writing the Picture Book: A Beginning Workshop
Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm
April 28 - June 9, 2014
Writing the Picture Book: A Beginning Workshop
Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm
April 28 - June 9, 2014
Events
Writer in Residence
Crossroads Elementary School
Santa Monica, California
February 25 - 26, 2014
UCLA Extension's Writers' Program
Writing for Children: A Beginning Workshop
Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm
October 28 - December 9, 2013
UCLA Extension Writers Faire
August 25, 2013
11-3 pm
Panel: Writing for the Youth Market
August 2, 2013
Sparkling Nonfiction Picture Books (Breakout Session)
SCBWI National Summer Conference
April 13, 2013
12 - 4 pm
Writing Nonfiction That Rocks (Workshop)
SCBWI British Isles
Theodore Bullfrog Pub, London
April 6, 2013
12 pm - 1:30 pm
Writing Workshop for Kids, Ages 9 - 12
American Library in Paris
December 1, 2012
Co-presenter of Workshop,
"Writing for Zombies and More"
826LA Echo Park
UCLA Extension Writers Faire
August 26, 2012
11-3 pm
Panel: Writing for the Youth Market
Crossroads Elementary School
Santa Monica, California
February 25 - 26, 2014
UCLA Extension's Writers' Program
Writing for Children: A Beginning Workshop
Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm
October 28 - December 9, 2013
UCLA Extension Writers Faire
August 25, 2013
11-3 pm
Panel: Writing for the Youth Market
August 2, 2013
Sparkling Nonfiction Picture Books (Breakout Session)
SCBWI National Summer Conference
April 13, 2013
12 - 4 pm
Writing Nonfiction That Rocks (Workshop)
SCBWI British Isles
Theodore Bullfrog Pub, London
April 6, 2013
12 pm - 1:30 pm
Writing Workshop for Kids, Ages 9 - 12
American Library in Paris
December 1, 2012
Co-presenter of Workshop,
"Writing for Zombies and More"
826LA Echo Park
UCLA Extension Writers Faire
August 26, 2012
11-3 pm
Panel: Writing for the Youth Market