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In November 2008, the Just One More Book!! children's book internet radio program (http://www.justonemorebook.com) set out on a six-day road trip to live, eat, socialize, paint and read with children's book creators in New England.

Producers Andrea Ross and Mark Blevis and their two daughters, Lucy (9) and Bayla (7), lived by a tight schedule of studio visits, lunches, dinners, round table discussions and gallery visits. The trip was video and audio recorded and has been produced as a series of… Continue

You may have noticed a spammer in our midst this evening, leaving many many advertisements for a "free ringtone service" on the pages of many many participants. This person has been banned from the network and all of their "contributions" permanently deleted.

There are two ways we could try to prevent this from happening in the future. We could moderate our membership, which would be an inconvenience to new people signing up, or we could add a couple moderators with the ability to take down new… Continue

In July 2005, we lost two friends and passionate contributors to children's literature: Illustrator Ann Barrow and Writer Ruth Landers Glass. This loss inspired New England SCBWI to begin thinking about ways to honor these and other lost friends.

Because SCBWI was so important to both Ann and Ruth, we have decided the best way to remember these two remarkable people would be to continue their passion for helping other writers and illustrators by offering a scholarship in each of their names tha… Continue

This upcoming weekend is the SCBWI Winter Conference in New York City. I'm not going to be there but I'm looking forward to hearing all about it from friends, from blogs, and this year, from MyNESCBWI. Thanks to our new social network, those of us who can't be there in person can still get a taste of the action from others who can.

First, Anindita Basu Sempere will attempt to live-blog from the conference through the magic of Twi… Continue

Here is the ALA press release for the 2009 ALA Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, King, and others. Discuss your thoughts on the winners and other strong contenders from the past year in the MyNESCBWI forum!

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DENVER – The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, videos and audiobooks for children and young adults - including the Caldecott, King, Newbery, Schne… Continue