Sandy Lanton, a former teacher, earned a BA in Psychology and
an MS in Early Childhood Education from Queens College. She has studied writing at the Vassar Institute for Publishing and Writing, Hofstra University and privately with the late Pam Conrad. In addition to the SCBWI Conferences, she has attended Rutger's On-On-One and the Highlights Foundation Workshop at Chautauqua. She is the author of several picture books: LILY BLUE RIDING HOOD, LOTS OF LATKES, the Sydney Taylor Award Winning DADDY'S CHAIR and STILL A FAMILY, A YOUNG CHILD'S STORY ABOUT DIVORCE. Her rhyming story, BUTTER, BUTTER AND MORE BUTTER was a finalist in the AMERICAN BOOK COOPERATIVE Children's Book Competition. Her chapter book, THE HAPPY HACKERS is part of a reading program used in many schools. Her work has also appeared in magazines such as Appleseeds, Hopscotch, and Junior Scholastic as well as several anthologies. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Long Island Children's Writers and Illustrators and the Long Island Authors Group. When she isn’t writing or visiting schools, she enjoys line dancing, crocheting, playing bridge and reading, reading, reading. Contact Ms. Lanton Watch my interview from the show The Writer's Dream on YouTube! Watch my interview with author Brian Heinz from the show The Writer's Dream on YouTube! Part 1 Part 2 Listen to the podcast of my talk about being an author at the Lindenhurst Memorial Library on YouTube! Read my interview with Barbara Bietz for jewishbooksforkids.com! |
Shelly 0. Haas has illustrated sixteen books for children. In addition to receiving the Sydney Taylor Award for Daddy's Chair, Shelly has received the Sydney Taylor Honor for the Magic of Kol Nidre, a Yom Kippur story, The Kingdom of Singing Birds and Grandma's Soup. She has also received the National Jewish Book Honor for Thank You, God! a Jewish child's book of prayers, and The Kingdom of Singing Birds.
Shelly Haas PO Box 1274 Farmington, CT 06034 email: [email protected] |
Vicki Jo Redenbaugh illustrated several picture books for Carolrhoda, including Green Beans, by Betsy Thomas, When I'm Alone, by Carol Partridge Ochs, Pug, Slug, and Doug the Thug, by Carol Saller, and Button. Bucket, Sky, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. She also did illustrations for a book called Holiday Fun, by Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo), published by Fairview Press. She is currently writing and illustrating a pop-up book about a bear for the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (published by Eastern National) which should be available this summer. She lives on a small organic farm in northern Wisconsin with her husband, 2 children, and many many pets. They spend their free time outdoors: sailing and camping in the summer and skiing and ice skating in the winter. She also enjoys reading and gardening.
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