Following are postings on the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators listserve announcing good news from its Wisconsin members:
Lisa Moser just sold her picture book, Bug Garden, to Candlewick Press. This makes number nine (unless I miscounted) for Lisa.
Dori Chaconas has recorded Don't Slam the Door at a local sound studio for Nutmeg Media. The finished DVD, with audio and video, is meant primarily for schools and libraries. A preview is at www.nutmegmedia.com/catalog/dont-slam-the-door. Miranda Paul sold her first two national magazine submissions. "Eco-Erek's Blue-Green World," a nonfiction piece about the environmental efforts of 11-year-old Erek Hansen, is appearing in the July issue of POCKETS. "Watch Me Grow," an action rhyme that dances preschoolers through the life cycle of a butterfly, is slated for the July/August issue of TURTLE magazine. "They're not book deals or anything," Miranda says, "but both were my first submissions to each magazine and picked off the slush, so you can imagine how amazing each acceptance felt." Malcolm at Midnight, a middle-grade mystery by Becky Wojahn writing at W.H. Beck, is being published by Houghton Mifflin, coming out on Sept. 4 -- just in time for the beginning of school in the fall. A preview is at www.whbeck.com. Becky says Recorded Books have bought audio rights to Malcolm with the audiobook due out in October. The book has also been selected for the middle grade editors' "buzz" panel at the BookExpo of America. More info is at http://bea12.mapyourshow.com/5_0/sessions/sessiondetails.cfm?ScheduledSessionID=18A8C9. There is, no doubt, more good news to come for this month. I'll post as received. Meanwhile, please check out the CWW website for other news and interviews at www.wiswriters.org.