Illustrator James Dean and me tooling along in a
Mighty Dads dump truck
in the garden on a winter afternoon.
Don't you just love my bright red 'do'
and my yellow frock?
JOAN HOLUB CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR
Friday, November 7, 2014
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Mini Hercules, Big boy Hercules
grown up middle grade Goddess Girls Hercules,
playing nice this afternoon.
Both books present a different take
on Hercules's 12 Labors myth.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Play nice, politicians!
Listen up, Republicans and Democrats.
If a toddler can learn to play nice, so can you!
Mini board book Pandora meets big Goddess Girls Pandora!
Mini or Middle Grade,
Impatient and curious,
Pandora has a thing about boxes.
Me, too!
The holidays are coming.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Goddess Girls boxed set #3 with charm bracelet.
A third collection (aka boxed set) of Goddess Girls books
just became available October 21!
The
Goddess Girls Charming Collection Books 9-12
(Charm Bracelet Included):
Pandora the Curious; Pheme the Gossip;
Persephone the Daring; Cassandra
the Lucky!
Monday, November 3, 2014
Friday, October 31, 2014
Be Patient, Candy Lovin' Author!
I wrote a Mini Myths board book called Be Patient, Pandora!
This is the scene at my house the night before Halloween.
Like Pandora, I find it hard to be patient . . .
when it comes to chocolate.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Mini pumpkins! Mini Myths.
Mini pumpkins:
Bringing fall to my local farmers market.
Bringing mythology with a twist to preschoolers.
A Mini Toast!
A toast! To Mini Myths.
I saw these imported mini toasts and had my book with me.
And voila!
Mini Myths: bringing mythology with a twist
to preschoolers!
are the first two
titles in this board book series for ages 1 to 4.
illustrated by the bestselling Leslie Patricelli
of Yummy Yucky; Quiet Loud fame.
Be Patient Pandora received a
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Book Dummies I have made: a Webinar presentation for scbwi
Below are some of the images from the webinar I presented to the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators of NC two nights ago.
Above: An overview of various dummies I've made:
My dummy for Little Red Writing is shown here, juxtaposed with Melissa Sweet's final illustrated cover on the published book. And My Zero the Hero dummy is front and center. Far right: a text-only dummy for an Ant Hill easy-to-read.
Above and below: The storyboards I sent to Abrams Appleseed and the mini-dummies I made from them. Abrams acquired the Mini Myths board book series based on these storyboards. The series brings mythology to preschoolers in an parallel story based on the myth, with a summary of the myth on the final page. Children ages 1-4 can experience Hercules's Twelve Labors (which he performs in order to right a wrong done to his family--in this case, to his little sister). And Pandora's humorous struggle not to open the box.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Iris the Colorful all copies checked out
A reader sent me this today.
All the copies of
Goddess Girls: Iris the Colorful checked out of her library.
Goddess Girls readers are awesome.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Be Patient, Pumpkins! Halloween's almost here.
Mini Myths: bringing mythology with a twist
to preschoolers!
are the first two
titles in this board book series for ages 1 to 4.
by Joan Holub
illustrated by the bestselling Leslie Patricelli
(Yummy Yucky; Quiet Loud).
Be Patient Pandora received a
Dresser repurposed as a dollhouse! Adorbs
sitting pretty in the drawer of a dresser re-purposed as a dollhouse
at Suzanna's, a shabby chic store in NC.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Goddess Girls, Grimmtastic Girls, Heroes in Training in the Spooktacular Hop
Thanks for stopping by.
One winner will receive 3 autographed books,
one from each of these 3 series I co-author with Suzanne Williams.
(photo depicts series, but not the actual titles to be given away)
Winners will be posted in the rafflecopter within 5 days after hop ends.
Spooktacular Giveaway Hop: Mini Myths: bringing mythology to preschoolers!
Thanks for stopping by.
My giveaway is the 2 board books pictured, both autographed by me.
Be Patient, Pandora! and Play Nice, Hercules!
are the first two
titles in this board book series for ages 0 to 4.
by Joan Holub
illustrated by the bestselling Leslie Patricelli
(Yummy Yucky; Quiet Loud).
Be Patient Pandora received a
starred review in Publishers Weekly.
Play Nice, Hercules! is an Amazon Best Book of the Month
for preschool ages.
Winners will be posted in the rafflecopter by Nov 5 or before.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
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Play Nice, Hercules! is an Amazon Best Book of the Month
for preschool ages.
Winners will be posted in the rafflecopter by Nov 5 or before.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Click here to enter more giveaways in the:
Monday, October 13, 2014
Hercules 12 Labors on Mini Myths building blocks
Leslie Patricelli illustrated all 12 of Hercules's Labors,
one on each of the blocks in his little sister's castle,
which gets knocked down . . . twice
in Mini Myths: Play Nice, Hercules!
Mini Myths: bringing mythology with a twist
to preschoolers!
are the first two
titles in this board book series for ages 1 to 4.
by Joan Holub
illustrated by the bestselling Leslie Patricelli
(Yummy Yucky; Quiet Loud).
Be Patient Pandora received a
Mini Myths: Be Patient Pandora is one of 25 on A Mighty Girl!
Mightily pleased to find Mini Myths: Be
Patient, Pandora celebrated on A Mighty Girl, the world's largest
collection of books, toys and movies for smart, confident, and
courageous girls. Check out the whole list. http://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=7557
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Signing books at Barnes & Noble
Signing Goddess Girls, Mighty Dads and
Grimmtastic Girls books at Barnes & Noble Southpoint.
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