by Ann Marie Meyers | Nov 22, 2016 | Author Interviews/Features
I love meeting artists. Their ability to capture emotions and depth on paper never fails to intrigue me. I’m pretty sure that what inspires artists is a similar driving force that writers experience in the depths of their being to create. The thing is that...
by Ann Marie Meyers | Aug 2, 2016 | Author Interviews/Features
Since the launch of MALAIKA’S COSTUME, a picture book by Nadia Hohn, I’ve been amazed at the energy Nadia has put into her presentations. Not only does this amazing author talk to the kids with passion and excitement, but she dons her costume and dances with her...
by Ann Marie Meyers | Jun 8, 2016 | Author Interviews/Features
Debbie Ridpath Ohi is someone who views life with a difference. She perceives patterns and images in just about anything. Take for example broccoli. Or a simple flower. That said, Debbie is also an author. After illustrating an outstanding number of...
by Ann Marie Meyers | Feb 24, 2016 | Author Interviews/Features
No one likes to think of suicide or that this might affect kids in any direct or indirect way. Yet it does happen more often than we’d like to admit and this is why I’ve decided to feature Out of the Darkness Into The Light by Kerri Gardner. This is a memoir that...
by Ann Marie Meyers | Jan 14, 2014 | Author Interviews/Features
Writing a good Picture Book (PB) is an art. It includes the ability to tell a story in a few hundred words, with strong characters, a tight plot, drama and an empowering message for kids; the very elements, in fact, of a ‘novel’. I have tried and fall short of such an...
