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  The Illinois Chapter of The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI-IL) announces the Autumn 2007 crop of new books:
“Home Grown in Illinois!”

Here is your opportunity to support your local authors and illustrators, to set up that “Local Author” shelf in your store or to have names on hand to recommend to interested educators! Look for these members' books this fall in a catalogue or on a web site near you...

Jim Aylesworth
LITTLE BITTY MOUSE, pb, Walker & Co.

Andrea Beaty
IGGY PECK, pb, Abrams

Marlene Targ Brill
MARSHALL 'MAJOR' TAYLOR: WORLD BICYCLING CHAMPION, pb, Twenty-First Century Books)
DIABETES, pb, Twenty-First Century Books
AUTISM, pb, Marshall Cavendish
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, pb, Marshall Cavendish 

Matthew Cordell, illustrator
THE MOON IS LA LUNA, pb, Houghton Mifflin

Mary Dunn
Four books of the Astronomy Now series: (PowerKids Press)
A Look at Mercury
A Look at Venus
A Look at Earth
A Look at Mars

Four books of the My Adventure series: (Windstorm Creative)
My Adventure in a Mohawk Village
My Adventure with Rembrandt
My Adventure with Mozart
My Adventure Building the Eiffel Tower

Candace Fleming
THE FABLED FOURTH GRADERS OF AESOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, mg, Random House, Schwartz & Wade

Judy and Dennis Fradin
HURRICANES AND DISASTERS, non-fiction, National Geographic

Sheila Glazov
WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BRAIN? A FUN AND FASCINATING APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF AND OTHERS, pb, SLACK, Inc.

Barbara Gregorich
WALTUR PAINTS HIMSELF INTO A CORNER AND OTHER STORIES, early reader, Houghton Mifflin

Julie Halpern
GET WELL SOON, YA novel, Feiwel and Friends

Patricia K. Kummer
Inventions That Shaped the World series - softcover versions: (Franklin Watts)
Currency
The Calendar
The Telephone

Alice McGinty
THANK YOU, WORLD, pb, Dial

Laura Montenegro
A POET’S BIRD GARDEN, pb, Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
THE SHADOW SPEAKER, YA, Hyerpion/Jump at the Sun

Gail Piernas-Davenport
SHANTE KEYS AND THE NEW YEAR’S PEAS, pb, Albert Whitman

Bob Raczka
WHO LOVES THE FALL, pb, Albert Whitman

Aaron Reynolds
BUFFALO WINGS, pb, Bloosmbury

Natalie Rompella
FAMOUS FIRSTS, mg non-fiction, Lobster Press

Catherine Stier
IF I RAN FOR PRESIDENT, pb, Albert Whitman

Cynda Strong
WHERE DO ANGELS SLEEP?, pb, Concordia

David Wartik
THE VONNESTA PROJECT 2: CAMP FINGERLAKE, pb, Booklocker

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