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Picture Books
Gina Bellisario (Illustrated by Jefferey Ebbeler), THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN ILLINOIS. Sterling Children’s Books, October 2012
Gina Bellisario, LET’S MEET A LIBRARIAN / LET’S MEET A FIREFIGHTER / LET’S MEET A VETERINARIAN / LET’S MEET A POLICE OFFICER. Millbrook Press, February 2013
Anna Grob, A COYOTE WHO WISHED
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Jim Aylesworth (author), Brad Sneed (illustrator), COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO, CREAK, POP-POP, MOO (Holiday House)
Carolyn Crimi (author), Stephanie Buscema (illustrator), PUGS IN A BUG (Dial)
Alison Hertz (author and illustrator), FLAP! (Weaving Dreams Publishing)
Steven Layne (author), Ard Hoyt (illustrator), STAY WITH SISTER (Pelican)
Amy Lowry (author and illustrator), FOX TAILS (Holiday House)
Kelly Bennett (author),
Continue reading What You Have Been Waiting For: The SCBWI-IL Spring Crop of New Books
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Scott Gustafson (author/illustrator), EDDIE: THE LOST YOUTH OF EDGAR ALLAN POE (Simon & Schuster)
Joan Holub (author),Tom Lichtenheld (illustrator), ZERO THE HERO (Christy Ottaviano Books / Henry Holt)
Tom Lichtenheld and Ezra Fields-Meyer (authors), Tom Lichtenheld (illustrator). E-MERGENCY (Chronicle)
Suzanne Slade, MULTIPLY ON THE FLY (Sylvan Dell)
Nancy Stewart, BELLA SAVES THE BEACH and
Continue reading Announcing the SCBWI-IL Fall 2011 Crop of New Books
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Cheryl Bardoe, THE UGLY DUCKLING DINOSAUR (Abrams)
Andrea Beaty, HIDE AND SHEEP (McElderry)
Kathleen Long Bostrom, THE VIEW AT THE ZOO (Ideals Children’s Books)
Robert Burleigh, NIGHT FLIGHT (S&S/Wiseman)
Esme Raji Codell, FAIRLY FAIRY TALES (S&S/Aladdin)
Carolyn Crimi, DEAR TABBY (Harpercollins), ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MOLE (Dial)
Julia Durango and Katie Belle
Continue reading ANNOUNCING: The Illinois Chapter of The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) 2011 Spring Crop of NEW Books: “Home Grown in Illinois”
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PICTURE BOOKS
John Aardema (Illustrator)
THE BLIZZARD WIZARD
(Down East Books)
EMMA’S RAINY DAY
(BeachHouse Publishing)
Marlene Brill
ANNIE SHAPIRO AND THE CLOTHING WORKERS’ STRIKE
(Lerner)
Esme Raji Codell
FAIRLY FAIRY TALES
(Simon & Schuster/Aladdin)
Kate Hannigan Issa (and Karen Duncan)
THE GOOD FUN! BOOK: 12 MONTHS OF PARTIES THAT CELEBRATE SERVICE
(Blue Marlin
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PICTURE AND CHAPTER BOOKS
Cheryl Bardoe
MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS: TITANS OF THE ICE AGE
(Abrams BFYR)
Matthew Cordell (illustrator)
JUSTIN CASE: SCHOOL, DROOL, AND OTHER DAILY DISASTERS
(Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends)
Lori Degman
1 ZANY ZOO
(Simon & Schuster)
Julia Durango
GO-GO GORILLAS
(Simon & Schuster)
Jeff Ebbeler (illustrator)
ELI’S LIE-O-METER: A STORY ABOUT TELLING THE TRUTH
(Magination Press)
Candace Fleming
SEVEN HUNGRY BABIES
(Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)
Michael Hays (illustrator)
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Picture Books
Robert Burleigh
FLY, CHER AMI, FLY! THE PIGEON WHO SAVED THE LOST BATTALION
(Abrams)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN COMES HOME
(Henry Holt/Ottaviano)
Scotti Cohn
ONE WOLF HOWLS
(Sylvan Dell)
Ilene Cooper
JAKE’S TERRIFIC THUMB
(Dutton) Continue reading Autumn and Winter Titles
For Younger Readers
Andrea Beaty
DOCTOR TED
(Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Franny Billingsley
BIG BAD BUNNY
(Ginny Seo/Atheneum)
Laura Crawford
TRAVELING WITH AMY
Postcard series (Raven Tree Press) Continue reading What Spring Brings
