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Author – Kate Banks
Kate Banks lives with her family here in the South of France. Because of her geographical proximity, when I was librarian at our school, I was able to invite her to do an author’s visit with our...
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I did my first author’s interview on Wednesday and what a blast. It was stimulating, encouraging and a lot of fun. Kate has been writing pretty much all her life, but was published first at 24. She has...
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French Connection continued
Thus the French connection continues, firstly with the well known Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans. This is an introductory book in a long series, originally published in 1939, so Paris on the brink of...
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Perfect Picture Book Friday – The Night Worker
Kate Banks, author of today’s picture book, is a brilliant woman of depth, integrity and sensitivity, which comes across in her writing. She has written for children with great success for many, many...
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The Bear in the Book – Cybils Picture Book Fiction
As I was starting out on my writing career a little under two years ago, I had the pleasure of reconnecting with an author local to me in Monaco, whom I had met when I invited her as a guest author to...
View ArticleIllustrator Interview – Lauren Castillo
I have always received such supportive feedback for these interviews, that I have decided to carry them on through 2014 – one strong reason also being that I have made some fabulous illustrator friends...
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Title: City Cat Story by Kate Banks Art by Lauren Castillo Published by Foster Books, Farrar Strauss Giroux, 2013 Ages: 5-8 Themes: cat, travel, European cities 40 pages Opening Lines: Wake up, City...
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