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John Rocco at 7-imp!

Read the interview with Johnat Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast.

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Take a look at MacMillan's blog for a write up I did about a great children's book for Father's Day- EVERY FRIDAY!

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Sergio Ruzzier and Tweak Tweak at Books of Wonder

This Saturday, June 18th, from 12 to 2, Sergio Ruzzier will be at Books of Wonder in NYC to talk about Tweak Tweak and sign copies of the book. There will also be other authors and illustrators: Javaka...

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The great Sophie Blackall

http://wetoowerechildren.blogspot.com/2011/06/aldous-huxley-crows-of-pearblossom.html

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Brian Floca at Greenlight

http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/brian-floca

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New Kirkus Interview with Dan Yaccarino

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Rick Riordan/ John Rocco spoof video

This is a two part video that was created for the American Library Association conference where Rick Riordan, myself and several others involved in the Percy Jackson books were on a panel together....

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You WILL Like This Book!

Lucille Beatrice Bear is back in a new picture book called YOU WILL BE MY FRIEND! And this time...it's personal.Making friends is harder than Lucy expects. She accidentally ruins the giraffe's...

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The Boys of NAIBA

Brian Floca, John Marciano, John Rocco and Dan Yaccarino attended the NAIBA in Atlantic City.Add your own caption.

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Books on TV!

Dave Gordon's Smitten, Peter Brown's Children Make Terrible Pets and John Rocco's Blackout were all featured on The Marilyn Denis Show in Canada. Thanks to Heather Feldstein of the blog wordsbymom for...

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Dan Yaccarino at Britain Elementary!

It's school visit season again, gang! Take a look at my new video taken at Britain Elementary in Texas.

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Blackout signing at Books of Wonder

Please join John Rocco, Bob Shea, Richard Egielski, Ron Barrett, Jackie Preiss Weitzman, and many more as we talk about and sign our new books at Books of Wonder this Saturday from 12-2.

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Missed Connections Book Launch Party!

Please join me at Word bookstore in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, this Thursday, October 6th at 7pm to celebrate the launch of Missed Connections, Love, Lost and Found, my first illustrated book for grown ups....

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Every-Day Dress-Up hits the shelves today!

Selina Alko's EVERY-DAY DRESS-UP pubs today. Hip Hip Hooray!Kirkus Reviews calls it, "a happy antidote to the princess plague". For a preview of this girl power book, view Selina's book...

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Five BookMakers hit the Carle this weekend

Please join John Rocco, Sophie Blackall, Sergio Ruzzier, Brian Floca and John Bemelmans Marciano, as they talk, read, draw and other nonsense at the Carle Museum this Sunday, October 16th starting at...

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An Evening With Dan Yaccarino!

I will be giving a presentation on my work in children's books, television, character design and commercial illustration on Monday October 24 at 6:30 at The Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC....

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THE BELLY BOOK!

THE BELLY BOOK is now available!!!Click here to order: http://www.amazon.com/Belly-Book-Fran-Manushkin/dp/0312649584/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320606653&sr=8-1

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The All the Way to America Blog

Please visit and contribute to my new blog, the ALL THE WAY TO AMERICA BLOG!

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John Rocco and Jhumpa Lahiri at Book Court SUNDAY December 18

Please come out on Sunday at 11am to BookCourt join John Rocco and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Jhumpa Lahiri, for a special reading and signing of Blackout and The Flint Heart. This event will...

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Missed Connections Party in Boston

Sophie Blackall will be at the Brookline Booksmith on Dec. 15 at 7pm to sign copies of Missed Connections: Love Lost & Found, a collection of her work. The Boston Globe’s Love Letters and the...

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Wall Street Journal Best Books List

Sophie Blackall's The Crows of Pearblossom and John Rocco's Blackout both made the Wall Street Journal's Best Books of 2011 list. We are thrilled to be among this great selection of books for children.

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Calling, Tweaking, and Blacking Out

At The Horn Book blog “Calling Caldecott” there is attention, appreciation, and medal speculation for two Book Maker’s Dozen titles: Blackout, by John Rocco, and Tweak Tweak, written by Eve Bunting,...

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Local Boy Makes Good

Congratulations to our own John Rocco for the Caldecott Honor win for his book Blackout! 

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FIVE LITTLE PUMPKINS wins a QED for Best eBook

Dan Yaccarino's “Five Little Pumpkins”, published by Harper Festival/Zuuka, has been selected as the winner of the Publishing Innovation Award in the Ebook Children’s category.

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The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature

The incredible National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature in Abilene, TX will be hosting a retrospective exhibit of Dan Yaccarino's 20-years in children's books. The festivities begin on...

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