Kid Lit Frenzy pencils in Little Red Writing

http://www.kidlitfrenzy.com/2013/12/favorite-picture-books-of-2013.html

Little Red Writing is honored to be 

included in exalted company!

Little Red Writing! Best of 2013 Giveaway Hop

MY GIVEAWAY:

One autographed copy of the new hardcover picture book,

Little Red Writing

Thanks for dropping by giveaway in the 

Best of 2013 Giveaway Hop

hosted by Bookhounds and I Am A Reader, Not A Writer 

 December 11-18, 2013

I'm a picture book Little Red Writing.

The story of a brave red pencil who wanders while writing,

and meets a wolf pencil sharpener. 

Joan Holub wrote me.

Melissa Sweet illustrated me.

Chronicle Books published me.

I scribbled my way into bookstores in October 

and am in a 3rd printing.

Download the super spectacular Teaching Guide

created by the designers at Chronicle Books.
  

*Kirkus Reviews, starred review

*School Library Journal, starred review
*Publishers Weekly, starred review 
A Booklist Best Book of 2013, 
A Kirkus Best Book of 2013, 
School Library Journal Best Book of 2013
Huffington Post Honorable Mention, Best Book of 2013s 

-Richie Partington MLIS, Richie’s Picks

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Little Red Writing on Black Friday

My tall, red, pointy companion gets lost while shopping, but quickly makes new friends. 

Little Red Writing, a Kirkus Best Book of 2013

Little Red Writing's path went from book birthday two months to two Kirkus Reviews lists today. Congrats to illustrator Melissa Sweet!

Best Children’s Books of 2013

2013 Best Picture Books for Adventuresome Readers

What Was the First Thanksgiving? (Staying Warm Giveaway Hop)

Happy Turkey Day!

Enter for a chance to win:

What Was the First Thanksgiving?

NEW illustrated hardcover chapter book for ages 7-13

(Grosset & Dunlap)

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Literary Lunch: Little Red Writing edibles from Mamabelly

A literary lunch inspired by my and Melissa Sweet's picture book, Little Red Writing. The cream cheese Little Red Writing sandwich looks pencilicious, doesn't it? And the forest of cucumber trees and carrot flowers. So cute!

Prepared by Mamabelly's.

http://www.mamabelly.com/2013/11/little-red-writing-literary-lunch.html

Goddess Girls set with a sparklin' G bracelet

Gems in my mailbox: This glittery rhinestone “G” charm bracelet was tucked inside the 2nd boxed set of Goddess Girls books 5-8: Athena the Wise, Aphrodite the Diva, Artemis the Loyal, Medusa the Mean.

 

Cheers from one Red to another!

Little Red Writing cheers the Red Sox!

Wolf munches book!

Authors at indie store Quail Ridge Books witness mayhem as the Wolf 3000 pencil sharpener from Little Red Writing tries to munch Nine Pound Hammer. Witnessed by authors Joan Holub, John Claude Bemis, Kelly Starling Lyons, and Nathan Kotecki.

Little Red Writing in I Am A Reader Not A Writer's 4th Annual Spooktacular Giveaway Hop

Thanks for dropping by giveaway in the 

 Spooktacular Giveaway Hop

hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer 

 October 15-31, 2013

MY GIVEAWAY:

One autographed copy of my new hardcover picture book,

Little Red Writing

The story of a brave red pencil who 

meets a wolf pencil sharpener. 

I'm a new picture book Little Red Writing.

Joan Holub wrote me.

Melissa Sweet illustrated me.

Chronicle Books published me.

I scribbled my way into bookstores this month!

Download the super spectacular Teaching Guide

created by the designers at Chronicle Books.
  

*Kirkus Reviews, starred review

*School Library Journal, starred review
*Publishers Weekly, starred review
A very funny picture book that, I guarantee you, lots of savvy teachers will be eagerly sharing with students as part of the process of teaching creative writing. 

-Richie Partington MLIS, Richie’s Picks
 

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No animals were harmed during the making of this video

A brave red pencil and an uninvited guest (at the end).
Tuesday, October 17, 7pm at indie Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh NC.

Look what I found in Barnes & Noble

Little Red Writing and Boo Who? A Spooky Lift-the-Flap Book

Note: Spooktacular giveaway is next post below!

Little Red Writing picture book in the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop.

Thanks for dropping by my 2-book giveaway in the 

 Spooktacular Giveaway Hop

hosted by The Review Wire

October 4-18, 2013

I'm a new picture book Little Red Writing.

Joan Holub wrote me.

Melissa Sweet illustrated me.

Chronicle Books published me.

I scribbled my way into bookstores October 1st!

Download the super spectacular Teaching Guide

created by the designers at Chronicle Books. 

*Kirkus Reviews, starred review

*School Library Journal, starred review
*Publishers Weekly, starred review
A very funny picture book that, I guarantee you, lots of savvy teachers will be eagerly sharing with students as part of the process of teaching creative writing. 

-Richie Partington MLIS, Richie’s Picks

ONE WINNER WILL WIN AUTOGRAPHED
Little Red Writing
and
Boo Who? A Spooky Lift-the-Flap Book
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Welcome to the SPOOKtacular Giveaway Hop hosted by The Review Wire! With Halloween being only a few shorts weeks away, we decided that a Hop to help you get ready was in order! This event will run from October 4 through October 18, that gives you enough time to hop on down the list and enter all the SPOOKtacular Giveaways for your GHOULS and GOBLINS! Each blogger is giving away prizes valued $25 or more. Make sure to stop by The Review Wire to Enter The GRAND PRIZE: a $75 Gift Certificate to HalloweenExpress.com! Disclaimer: All giveaways end at 11:59 PM EST on October 18, 2013. The SPOOKtacular Event Bloggers are not responsible for shipment of prize or sponsors that do not fulfill their prizes. Companies and bloggers, if you would like to participate in group giveaway events like this one, sign up to be emailed about future events hosted by The Review Wire.

Um, Jack, you're cute and all, but please stop staring.

 

A friend spotted my Boo Who? A Spooky Lift-the-Flap Book 

in Barnes & Noble New Jersey. It was the 2nd book I wrote and got published (Scholastic)!

Book Birthday! Little Red Writing pencil party

Your pencil is cordially invited to Little Red Writing’s release week pencil party!

Send your pencil in costume (tutu, hat, mask?) and be sure to Tweet or Facebook or Pinterest a photo, and send me a link. I'm @joanholub on Twitter and FB

We'll be here WOLFing down the cake, waiting. 

Oh, and there's a

Reading Guide from Chronicle Books 

and a buy link: http://tinyurl.com/m4lhg8w  

Can you spot the wolf?

Shelf Awareness: Little Red Writing

Look what popped up in Shelf Awareness last Friday!

Teaching Guide from Chronicle Books

in stores next weekend

Little Red Writing: Off to Oz Giveaway Hop!

Off to Oz Giveaway Hop Kid Lit Giveaway Hop  

hosted by Angela's Anxious Life and I Am A Reader Not A Writer

September 10-17, 2013

Enter for a chance to win a an autographed copy of me before I'm in stores!

I'm a picture book named Little Red Writing.

Joan Holub wrote me.

Melissa Sweet illustrated me.

Chronicle Books published me.

I'll be scribbling my way into bookstores October 1st!

Download the super spectacular Teaching Guide

created by the designers at Chronicle Books.
  

*Kirkus Reviews, starred review

*School Library Journal, starred review
*Publishers Weekly starred review
A very funny picture book that, I guarantee you, lots of savvy teachers will be eagerly sharing with students as part of the process of teaching creative writing. 

-Richie Partington MLIS, Richie’s Picks

Giveaway is closed.
Thanks to everyone who participated or entered!
You are awesome!

Book reading a book

 

Little Red Writing gets read by magnetic-hand 

novelty book, A Kiss for You!

Maryann Cocca-Leffler's Princess K.I.M. the Musical

Little Red Writing loves PRINCESS K.I.M. The Musical. 
This is the literacy ad that will appear in the Playbill for an upcoming performance of my author pal, Maryann Cocca-Leffler's, book.

Little Red Writing: Best of Summer 2013 Kid Lit Giveaway Hop

Best of Summer 2013 Kid Lit Giveaway Hop  

Hosted by Mother Daughter Book Reviews and Youth Literature Reviews

August 26-September 6, 2013

Enter for a chance to win an autographed copy of me!

I'm a picture book named Little Red Writing.

Joan Holub wrote me.

Melissa Sweet illustrated me.

Chronicle Books published me.

I'll be scribbling my way into bookstores October 1st!

Download the super spectacular Teaching Guide

created by the designers at Chronicle Books.

Kirkus Reviews, starred review

A very funny picture book that, I guarantee you, lots of savvy teachers will be eagerly sharing with students as part of the process of teaching creative writing. 

— Richie Partington MLIS, Richie’s Picks

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Sweet illustrator!

From the illustrator of Little Red Writing, Melissa Sweet. 

She made her envelope look SO cool!

What Was the First Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving is just a few months away.

Happy Book Birthday to my new chapter book today!

Goddess Girls 11: Persephone the Daring book release day!

Truth or Dare? takes center stage in this modern spin on middle school and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Happy Book Birthday to . . .

6th birthday party, Goddess Girls style.

Photo by Mom Tobi-Dawne Smith, of her daughter, Lily-Ann's 6th birthday party, Goddess Girls style. SO CUTE!!!

Reedarama rocks Little Red Writing

Hey Reedarama, you are the best!
~ signed Little Red Writing

Oh, that pesky price tag!

Spotted in Kmart and perfectly positioned on the shelf by author and pal Anna Divito. Oh, that pesky price tag. Just imagine the word "You!" there.

 

A Kiss for You!

 

Little Red Writing cards from Chronicle Books!

Just got home from vacation to find these cute
Little Red Writing cards on my doorstep.
A gift from the creative folks at Chronicle Books.
Melissa Sweet's art looks awesome big or small!

Heroes in Training #3: Hades and the Helm of Darkness ~ Showers of Books Giveaway Hop!

Hi! Welcome to our giveaway in the

Signed Book Giveaway Hop

April 24-30, 2013

Hosted by Books a la Mode and I Am A Reader Not A Writer.

My giveaway:

2 winners will both receive our 2 new April 2013 releases

signed by me and the fabulous Suzanne Williams!

Goddess Girls #10: Pheme the Gossip ages (ages 8-12)

Heroes in Training #3: Hades and the Helm of Darkness (ages 7-10) 

Each book in the Goddess Girls series puts a modern spin on Greek myths in stories set at Mount Olympus Academy, where middle-school gods and goddesses hone their mythical skills.

Aladdin paperbacks / Simon &Schuster

More about the Goddess Girls & Heroes in Training series & Buy links
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Get to know Goddess Girl Pheme…the original “gossip girl”!
As the goddess girl of rumor and gossip, Pheme prides herself on being “in the know” and having the most up-to-date info on anyone and everyone at Mount Olympus Academy. To make sure that people really get her VIP messages, her words tend to linger in cloud letters above her head—just in case people don’t catch what she says!
But not everyone is thrilled with Pheme’s insider knowledge on everything MOA—including the Goddess Girls. Can Pheme ever be trusted? Or will this “gossip girl” find herself on the other end of the rumors?

 

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Goddess Girls 10: Pheme the Gossip signed book giveaway hop!

Hi! Welcome to my giveaway in the

Signed Book Giveaway Hop

April 16-22, 2013

Hosted by I Am A Reader Not A Writer & Wholly Books.

My giveaway:

2 winners receive these 2 books (in paperback)

signed by me and the fabulous Suzanne Williams!

Goddess Girls #10: Pheme the Gossip ages (ages 8-12

Heroes in Training #3: Hades and the Helm of Darkness (ages 7-10) 

Each book in the Goddess Girls series puts a modern spin on Greek myths in stories set at Mount Olympus Academy, where middle-school gods and goddesses hone their mythical skills.

Aladdin paperbacks / Simon &Schuster

More about the Goddess Girls & Heroes in Training series & Buy links
WAYS TO ENTER:
Pin photo above on Pinterest or post on your blog with a mention of the titles +2 points each.
Facebook or Twitter via Rafflecopter = see points below.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Get to know Goddess Girl Pheme…the original “gossip girl”!
As the goddess girl of rumor and gossip, Pheme prides herself on being “in the know” and having the most up-to-date info on anyone and everyone at Mount Olympus Academy. To make sure that people really get her VIP messages, her words tend to linger in cloud letters above her head—just in case people don’t catch what she says!
But not everyone is thrilled with Pheme’s insider knowledge on everything MOA—including the Goddess Girls. Can Pheme ever be trusted? Or will this “gossip girl” find herself on the other end of the rumors?

 

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Goddess Girls: Pheme the Gossip giveaway in the Hoppy Eastery Eggstravaganza Hop!

Hi! Welcome to my giveaway in the

Hoppy Easter Eggstravaganza Giveaway Hop

March 29th to April 5th

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & Read Now Sleep Later

Word is that Pheme the Gossip is new in stores April 2nd!

It's the 10th book in the Goddess Girls series

I co-write with the fabulous Suzanne Williams!

Each book in the series puts a modern spin on Greek mythsin stories set at Mount Olympus Academy, where middle-school gods and goddesses hone their mythical skills.

Aladdin paperbacks / Simon & Schuster

ages 8-12

More about the Goddess Girls series & Buy links
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a Rafflecopter giveaway

Get to know Goddess Girl Pheme…the original “gossip girl”!As the goddess girl of rumor and gossip, Pheme prides herself on being “in the know” and having the most up-to-date info on anyone and everyone at Mount Olympus Academy. To make sure that people really get her VIP messages, her words tend to linger in cloud letters above her head—just in case people don’t catch what she says!

But not everyone is thrilled with Pheme’s insider knowledge on everything MOA—including the Goddess Girls. Can Pheme ever be trusted? Or will this “gossip girl” find herself on the other end of the rumors?

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Goddess Girls in Korea!

Korean hardcover editions of Goddess Girls 1: Athena the Brain (left) and Goddess Girls 2: Persephone the Phony just arrived in the mail. So interesting to see the illustration styles different countries choose to appeal to their readers. These books have a pink ribbon bookmark attached. Cute!

Goddess Girls: Leap into Books Giveaway Hop!

Hi! Welcome to my giveaway in the Leap into Books giveaway hop,
co-hosted by the fabulous I Am A Reader Not A Writer and Jinky Is Reading!

Pandora the Curious is the first book in the Goddess Girls series to release in both paperback and hardcover in the US. 

It puts a modern spin on the Greek myth of Pandora's Box, in a story set at Mount Olympus Academy, where middle-school gods and goddesses hone their mythical skills.

Aladdin paperbacks / Simon & Schuster

ages 8-12

More about the Goddess Girls series & Buy links

a Rafflecopter giveaway 
Is Pandora about to open up a box of trouble?

One of the few mortals at Mount Olympus Academy, Pandora is famous for her mega-quizzical nature--not that she thinks there's anything wrong with curiosity of course!

Her curiosity kicks into high gear when a godboy named Epimetheus brings a mysterious box to school. Pandora can't help but take a peek inside this new box when it unexpectedly lands in her lap. What could be the harm in that, right? Little does she know that opening the box will open up far more trouble than she ever expected!

 

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Zero the Hero chosen as a CCBC Choice!

From my editor at Henry Holt/Macmillan:

Congratulations to our authors and illustrators whose books have been named CCBC choices! 
Joan Holub and Tom Lichtenheld for Zero the Hero (concept books), Wong Herbert Yee for Summer Days and Nights (Picture Books for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers), and Marsha Hayles for Breathing Room (Fiction for Children).

The full list is up here: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/choices.asp

Happy Book Birthday to What Was the Gold Rush?

Hey, prospectors! How'd you like to live in Hangtown, Bedbug, or Murderer's Gulch? Learn about these mining camps, the forty-niners, and the California gold rush in What Was the Gold Rush?

I'm so pleased to be the author of one of the first four titles in Grosset & Dunlap's new What Was chapter book series, which is a spin-off of their popular Who Was biography series. Illustrated throughout, plus 16 pages of photos, 103 pages including two timelines!

Buy links.

Dreaming of Books blog hop! Goddess Girls 9: Pandora the Curious giveaway!

Pandora the Curious is the first book in the Goddess Girls series to release in both paperback and hardcover in the US. 

It puts a modern spin on the Greek myth of Pandora's Box, in a story set at Mount Olympus Academy, where middle-school gods and goddesses hone their mythical skills.

Aladdin paperbacks / Simon & Schuster

ages 8-12

More about the Goddess Girls series!

Buy links

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Is Pandora about to open up a box of trouble?

One of the few mortals at Mount Olympus Academy, Pandora is famous for her mega-quizzical nature--not that she thinks there's anything wrong with curiosity of course!

Her curiosity kicks into high gear when a godboy named Epimetheus brings a mysterious box to school. Pandora can't help but take a peek inside this new box when it unexpectedly lands in her lap. What could be the harm in that, right? Little does she know that opening the box will open up far more trouble than she ever expected!

 

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