For my blog on children's book publishing, apps, industry trends, tech, and more...click here: https://roxiemunro.wordpress.com/
Scroll down for videos on my work, films, articles, blog posts, podcasts, radio interviews, how to make apps, starting a project, how ideas develop, more...
Videos/film
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Did an interview on children's book publishing, trends, the process, dealing with rejection and failure, and creativity with Sandy Joy Weston. She asked great questions! Click here for the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZiSVj-2qjA
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A lively new KidLit TV video ("What's Up" program) featuring "Books for a Better Earth" (a new collection by Holiday House), with Alex Aceves, Sally Morgridge, Dana Alison Levy, and me
Click: https://www.kidlit.tv/2023/04/whats-up-with-roxie-munro-and-dana-alison-levy-books-for-a-better-earth/ |
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NorthShore TV did a piece on my book art show at the Gold Coast Art Center, developed and curated by Jude Amsel! Info on nonfiction books, how to publish a book, more... Click: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4WQguaCIPc
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The colorful sound-filled musical short trailer for Anteater, Bats & Boas: the Amazon Rainforest from the Forest Floor to the Treetops.
Click: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPEPNJKtAa8 |
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Here's the short lively fun trailer for ABCity - a maze and seek-n-find book.
Click: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9J5Mg2tRIw |
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Here's the interview I had recently with Liza Donnelly of "The New Yorker" at the Art Students League in New York City - we discuss the magazine, women cartoonists, the freelance life and more.
Click: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZsSv7tYWMk |
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Interviewing the lovely & dynamic Andrea Pinkney, curator of the magnificent show, "Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement," at the New-York Historical Society, for KidLit TV. Info:
Picture the Dream |
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learn how to draw a
Rainforest Toucan. Watch this KidLit TV Ready Set Draw! program, and follow along step-by-step. Click here: https://www.kidlit.tv/2021/08/ready-set-draw-with-roxie-munro-anteaters-bats-and-boas/ |
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The 2.5-minute video by KidlitTV of my visit to the Inside-Outside Dinosaurs Exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum.
Click: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uguR3-69ffg |
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Julie Gribble of KidLit TV & I did a program for Reach Out & Read about FREE online fun educational resources for children. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWRNuNVYqMM
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This super sharp elementary school student read "HATCH!" (about birds) for World Read Aloud Day (Feb 3rd, 2020). Click here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/v0JOBIffNUI
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To see a short 2-minute video the Eric Carle Museum made on creating the Inside-Outside Dinosaur Exhibition, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDZ6tpeaOoA&list=PLJC4ZhubfgnWU7dOM2einzvTlm4XOr8t-&index=1
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A fun interview on KidLit TV's Storymakers with Rocco Staino about DIVE IN - cool facts about fish, and how Roxie draws them. And Rocco gives it a try!
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSgU-Xw9IeY&w=420&h=237 |
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Lively informative 2-minute video trailer, full of fun facts! Sounds, music, and great DINO animated illustrations...
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG1BufXZdhg |
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A 3.5-minute introduction to DIVE IN from Roxie's studio. Click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDzKhWOpVFU&feature=youtu.be |
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YouTube video of Norman Rockwell Museum panel on Cartoonists and Picture Books. The 1st 12-15 minutes are casual chit-chat before the actual event starts.
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejBEgoOPO1I |
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Fun 2-minute trailer on SNAKES, from Roxie's book, "Slithery Snakes." Guess what snake it is based on its scales and skin patterns.
Click here or on picture on left: https://youtu.be/3GXYlHV2PXI |
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Lively new trailer about Bugs That Build. "Busy Builders" won the Cook Prize Silver Honor Metal for best picture book that teaches science, technology, engineering & math (STEM) principles. Short, beautifully illustrated, with sounds & music. Click here: https://youtu.be/DB500cGJmys
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Short snappy video 2-minute trailer for
DIVE IN. Swim with exotic Caribbean coral reef fish - sounds, music, and beautiful creatures. Click here (or image on left): https://youtu.be/tLCRj7ShWWA |
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Exuberant new 2-minute trailer with art, sound, music, and fun bird info!
Click here (or image on right): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CpT5tkbGds&feature=youtu.be |
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Really darling short (90 seconds) trailer done by a librarian graduate student for "Rodent Rascals"!
Click here (or on image at left): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTMw5BHoCTU&feature=youtu.be |
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A teacher does a lovely job reading parts of Rodent Rascals - she also discusses the fun format and design elements and how they work .
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX_zuU5lf8s |
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A short video reading of MASTERPIECE MIX done by a teacher!
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hR4ssGDRhU |
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Did a YouTube video on great art and artists for CIlC (Center for Collaborative Learning) based upon MASTERPIECE MIX (Holiday House). For children and adults.
Click here: https://youtu.be/sXikh1revxc |
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Here's a YouTube video done live on Instagram for Holiday House for their Star Storytime feature of me reading Dive In, and showing some art from my next book!
Click here: https://youtu.be/TbtNP4mFmdQ |
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If you want to know how my new book, DIVE IN: Swim with Sea Creatures at Their Actual Size (published by Holiday House), was made, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQm57R4QFhk
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Working with the Children's Book Council (CBC) , KidLit TV & Every Child A Reader are presenting CREATOR CORNER for Book Week 2020. One hundred authors & illustrators have done short videos (4 or 5 minutes) for children. Here's mine, on "Rodent Rascals":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2GR3edhulI&feature=youtu.be |
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For KidLit TV at Bank Street's great BookFest 2019, I did short fun interviews with Sarah Jacoby, Linda Kukuk, Yvonne Dennis, Jerry Pinkney, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Traci Sorell, Jerry Craft, and Kevin Maillard.
Click here: youtu.be/V2fvZNlyUMA |
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Vicki Cobb invited me to participate remotely in a BLC18 (Building learning Communities) program in Boston - here's the video I made introducing iNK Think Tank's project, the print collection of the Nonfiction Minutes. Click here: https://youtu.be/6Z5jhH24lAY
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A Rodent Rascals book reveal on World Read Aloud Day for KidLit TV!
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI8sVQSy1S0 |
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Making Masterpiece Mix -
a NEW KidLit TV Storymakers interview with Rocco Staino... click here: https://kidlit.tv/2017/12/storymakers-with-roxie-munro-masterpiece-mix/ |
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Fun video interview with The Van Show by the Austin Public Library at the Texas library Association, about my childhood, career, and "Rodent Rascals"!
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DFgMEfQJkY&feature=youtu.be |
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A short 3-minute video for students about my childhood influences - the rural bookmobile, and visiting a great painting , with librarian Dustin Brackbill of Mount Nittany Elementary School in State College, PA. |
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A short video for students on Critical Thinking, with librarian Dustin Brackbill of Mount Nittany Elementary School in State College, PA.
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A darling 1-minute video by Jo Booth, Occupational Therapist,
of 3- to 5-year-old children working with Masterpiece Mix in an integrated classroom (typical kids and special needs children). Click on right... |
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Roxie reads parts of Hatch! for KidLit TV's "Read Out Loud" Program. Click here: https://kidlit.tv/2017/04/read-out-loud-roxie-munro-reads-hatch/ |
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Fun interview at the Texas library Association Conference with Rocco Staino of KidLit TV about "Masterpiece Mix." Click here: https://kidlit.tv/2017/07/storymakers-location-roxie-munro-txla/
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KidLit TV interview with Roxie by uber librarian Susannah Richards at the 21st Century Nonfiction Conference.
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l50sp6u6x0&feature=youtu.be
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l50sp6u6x0&feature=youtu.be
"Masterpiece Mix" Cover Reveal at Holiday House offices with Rocco Staino and KidLit TV:
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYlUR6XAlzo
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYlUR6XAlzo
Here's a short 3-minute video of me painting in the studio, created by the Simie Maryles Gallery in Provincetown, MA.
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K82WeaI_-Bk
Cool KidLit TV video with Rocco Staino of School Library Journal with Roxie about KIWi (Kids Interactive walk-in) Storybooks.
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEGv1EUoN94
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEGv1EUoN94
Learn how to "Draw a Random Roxie Reversing Maze" in this short KidLit TV "Ready Set Draw" video!
Click here: http://kidlit.tv/2016/04/roxie-munro-maze/
Click here: http://kidlit.tv/2016/04/roxie-munro-maze/
Kids learn "How to Draw an Owl" in this short KidLit TV "Ready Set Draw!" video...
Click here: http://kidlit.tv/2016/03/ready-set-draw-roxie-munro/
Click here: http://kidlit.tv/2016/03/ready-set-draw-roxie-munro/
Six-year-old dino expert, Julian, interviews Roxie in her studio for Children's Book of the Month Club: "In The Kids Seat With Roxie Munro"
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5Bcni6onE&lr=1&uid=-Z5ag5D2QS5mAxFE2dk_lw
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5Bcni6onE&lr=1&uid=-Z5ag5D2QS5mAxFE2dk_lw
An interview on Jon Haggins' GlobeTrotter TV show (the first interview; 12 minutes).
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGhK9P51RQE
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGhK9P51RQE
Nice video review of "Mazeways: A to Z" by Mira Reisberg.
Click here: http://www.childrensbookacademy.com/mondays-with-mandy-or-mira/mondays-with-mira-video-review-of-roxie-munros-maze-ways
Click here: http://www.childrensbookacademy.com/mondays-with-mandy-or-mira/mondays-with-mira-video-review-of-roxie-munros-maze-ways
Here's a really cute short video review by 7-year-old Kevin of "Slithery Snakes".
Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byzECaSmR9Q
Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byzECaSmR9Q
Here's a video interview by Mira Reisberg, Ph.D., for her Picture Book Academy on my illustration process:
Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH7DBb42fTc&feature=youtu.be
Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH7DBb42fTc&feature=youtu.be
And here's a short video interview with Mira on creating my apps:
Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4Ke152WeWuU
Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4Ke152WeWuU
Articles/blog posts
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Great interview with Making Nature Fun/The Picture Book Buzz. Info on process,
publishing, trends, creativity, nonfiction children's books, more.... Click: https://www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/the-picture-book-buzz-interview-with-roxie-munro |
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An article I wrote on using "gamification" to create engaging nonfiction books....
click: https://www.nffest.com/2022/02/gamification-cool-way-to-do-nonfiction.html |
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WHY I WRITE EXPOSITORY NONFICTION - illustrated article by me for Melissa Stewart's important site on the Five Types of Nonfiction Writing for Children.
Click here: WRITING NONFICTION
Click here: WRITING NONFICTION
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Interview with "Bookishly Yours"...fun pics!
Click here: https://medium.com/bookishly-yours/talking-with-visual-thinker-award-winning-author-illustrator-new-yorker-cover-artist-roxie-munro-ad83fc38eb3d |
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Booklist and Book Links article by Christina Dorr on making books and my creative process. Click here: https://www.booklistonline.com/Books-and-Authors-Talking-with-Roxie-Munro-Christina-Dorr/pid=9717878?fbclid=IwAR33NcaExq1h_wMF0DTQr4I5CPTxPzmxpb0v29_POQAu24E3E6bvOfv1Osw#.XK8oZI2BBUA.
Educational App Talk piece on the Importance of Visuals in Children's Media.
Click here: https://www.teacherswithapps.com/roxie-munro-on-gamification-and-the-value-of-visuals/
Click here: https://www.teacherswithapps.com/roxie-munro-on-gamification-and-the-value-of-visuals/
A short illustrated piece on my books for the Cultural Landscape Foundation in Washington DC...nonfiction rules! Click here: https://tclf.org/it-takes-one-roxie-munro
Did a guest post about the Gamification of Children's Nonfiction Books on Melissa Stewart's popular Celebrate Science blog.
Click here: celebratescience.blogspot.com/2019/02/gamification-cool-way-for-children-to.html
Click here: celebratescience.blogspot.com/2019/02/gamification-cool-way-for-children-to.html
Here's a nice piece on my work from the University of Minnesota in their #100 Women Artist series. They included info on Bank Street's Cook Prize, Rocco's KidLit TV interview on "Masterpiece Mix," and other book/art stuff.
Click here: https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/06/women-artists-roxie-munroe/
Click here: https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2018/06/women-artists-roxie-munroe/
For a short interview with Holiday House on how "Rodent Rascals" came to be, click here: www.holidayhouse.com/featured-artist/
Interview with Dutch writer re creativity... Click here: theheroinejourney2016.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/the-heroines-journey-of-roxie-munro/
An article I wrote on 8 children's book publishing basics for University of Hawaii magazine...click here: https://uhalumni.org/manoa/story/8-things-to-know-about-the-childrens-book-industry
An interview published by Elizabeth Dulemba on the process of "Making Masterpiece Mix"
- from idea to research, to storyboards, dummy and roughs. Editorial input. Collage creation, and finished art. Cover issues. Lots of photos. Click here: https://dulemba.blogspot.com/2017/12/roxie-munros-masterpiece-mix.html
- from idea to research, to storyboards, dummy and roughs. Editorial input. Collage creation, and finished art. Cover issues. Lots of photos. Click here: https://dulemba.blogspot.com/2017/12/roxie-munros-masterpiece-mix.html
An article on how I make my books, with process work-in-progress pictures. Click here: https://smack-dab-in-the-middle.blogspot.com/2017/09/interview-with-illustrator-roxie-munro.html
A stay-at-home dad did a GREAT scavenger hunt at the National Gallery of Art using Masterpiece Mix. He and his family were in DC for the Library of Congress National Book Festival. It is darling, and full of photos w/the book, kids, and the art. Click here:
http://www.happybirthdayauthor.com/2017/09/happy-birthday-roxie-munro-september-5.html
http://www.happybirthdayauthor.com/2017/09/happy-birthday-roxie-munro-september-5.html
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An article in the Cricket magazine, MUSE, about how doodling helps creativity, and it's fun! Click on Download File to the right:
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Here's a fun article on the process of creating Masterpiece Mix by Tara Lazar.
Click here: https://taralazar.com/2017/08/15/masterpiece-mix-by-roxie-munro/
Click here: https://taralazar.com/2017/08/15/masterpiece-mix-by-roxie-munro/
Interview with Holiday House on how Masterpiece Mix came to be.
Click here: http://www.holidayhouse.com/spotlight_on.php?AUTHOR_ID2=Munro
Click here: http://www.holidayhouse.com/spotlight_on.php?AUTHOR_ID2=Munro
Marin-Price Gallery piece on my works on paper.
Click here: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Roxie-Munro.html?soid=1102459574972&aid=FAs0CYdk8gs
Click here: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Roxie-Munro.html?soid=1102459574972&aid=FAs0CYdk8gs
"The Latest Trend: Illustrating Beautiful Nonfiction Books," interview by Vicki Cobb in the Huffington Post with me on creating nonfiction and concept picture books
Click here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-latest-trend-beautifully-illustrated-nonfiction_us_57f7ac67e4b0d786aa52af86?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003
Click here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-latest-trend-beautifully-illustrated-nonfiction_us_57f7ac67e4b0d786aa52af86?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003
Article on my process, the publishing industry, and working in children's books.
Click here: http://greatstorybook.com/special-interview-artistauthor-roxie-munro/
Click here: http://greatstorybook.com/special-interview-artistauthor-roxie-munro/
Article on KidLit TV - how it started and how it works - for "Cynsations."
Click here: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2016/09/guest-post-roxie-munro-on-kidlit-tv.html
Click here: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2016/09/guest-post-roxie-munro-on-kidlit-tv.html
Cool Cats Leadership Newsletter on PLAY, featuring Roxie creations.
Click here: http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a2f90d9524e9c0ec25629ae41&id=fe5c9a1409&e=[UNIQID]
Click here: http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a2f90d9524e9c0ec25629ae41&id=fe5c9a1409&e=[UNIQID]
A new blog post for Authors for Earth Day - Researching EcoMazes: 12 Earth Adventures...
Click here: http://authorsforearthday.org/blog/?p=1316
Click here: http://authorsforearthday.org/blog/?p=1316
Neat article about my books, apps, "gamification," and KIWiStorybooks!
Click here: http://12x12challenge.com/2015/06/08/author-illustrator-roxie-munro-12-x-12-featured-author-june-2015/
Click here: http://12x12challenge.com/2015/06/08/author-illustrator-roxie-munro-12-x-12-featured-author-june-2015/
Short piece on how the 5ft by 5ft oil, "Tribeca 1926" was created.
Click here: http://www.tribecatrib.com/content/artist-recreates-franklin-street-scene-90-years-ago
Click here: http://www.tribecatrib.com/content/artist-recreates-franklin-street-scene-90-years-ago
A fun interview with Roxie on how she makes her books and apps, with lots of pictures...
Click here: Miss Marple's Musings: Interview with Roxie Munro
Click here: Miss Marple's Musings: Interview with Roxie Munro
Guest blog post on the "Gamification of Children's Apps" for the BOOK APP ALLIANCE.
Click here: www.bookappalliance.com/roxie-munro-on-using-gamification-in-childrens-apps/
Click here: www.bookappalliance.com/roxie-munro-on-using-gamification-in-childrens-apps/
Interview for Kidlit411 on creating books, apps, and KIWi (Kids Interactive Walk-in Story Books)
Click here: http://www.kidlit411.com/2014/05/Kidlit411-author-spotlight-Roxie-Munro.html?showComment=1401598909523
Click here: http://www.kidlit411.com/2014/05/Kidlit411-author-spotlight-Roxie-Munro.html?showComment=1401598909523
App making interview for ALSC Blog (Official blog of the American Library Association's Library Service for Children).
Click here: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2013/03/an-interview-with-book-app-designer-roxie/
Click here: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2013/03/an-interview-with-book-app-designer-roxie/
Fun profile on Matthews Mazes website...
Click here: http://www.matthewsmazes.com/#!roxie-munro/c1xq3
Click here: http://www.matthewsmazes.com/#!roxie-munro/c1xq3
From Courtroom to Kidlit: Interview, with lots of pictures, with Roxie by Wendy Martin.
Click here: http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2013/08/21/roxie-munro/
Click here: http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2013/08/21/roxie-munro/
"Where do you get your ideas?" In the Spotlight with Roxie Munro, by Melissa Northway
Click here: http://melissanorthway.com/2013/08/in-the-spotlight-roxie-munro/
Click here: http://melissanorthway.com/2013/08/in-the-spotlight-roxie-munro/
Digital Book World interview by Beth Bacon re: Making Children's Book Apps
Click here: http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/creating-interactive-digital-childrens-books-with-authorillustrator-roxie-munro/
Click here: http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/creating-interactive-digital-childrens-books-with-authorillustrator-roxie-munro/
Susan Raab's "Arts to Market" blog: "How to draw a maze, plus some arts business info...ask Roxie Munro!"
Click here: http://artstomarket.com/?s=roxie+munro&submit=Search
Click here: http://artstomarket.com/?s=roxie+munro&submit=Search
ALSC (Association for Library Services to Children) blog post : Books into Apps - An Author's Perspective
Click here: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2011/12/books-into-apps-an-authors-perspective/
Click here: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2011/12/books-into-apps-an-authors-perspective/
Interview on making children's apps with Princeton Public Library's Allison Santos.
Click here: https://princetonlibrary.org/interview-book-app-designer-roxie-munro/
Click here: https://princetonlibrary.org/interview-book-app-designer-roxie-munro/
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Article on Roxie's work in Illustrator's Journal.
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"How do you get your ideas?" The evolution of children's book concepts.
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Short artist's statement/preface.
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Article in Book Links on mazes for children's books.
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"Starting A New Project..."
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Making the children's book app, "Roxie's Doors"
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Podcasts/audio/radio
Matthew Winner of "All The Wonders" podcast interview on how Masterpiece Mix was created, Roxie's career, art, publishing, and getting rejected. Click here: www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/roxie-monro-all-the-wonders-episode-381/
NPR "All Things Considered" interview with Roxie and Dan Poytner about "The Future of Children's Books"
Click here: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/18/147099486/the-future-of-childrens-books
Click here: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/18/147099486/the-future-of-childrens-books
VoiceAmerica 3-part radio interview on my career path - how the New Yorker started buying work, children's book career beginnings, apps - successes, failures...
This Week in Digital Media Radio Interview with Roxie (The Illustrator's Journal)
Click here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/illustratorsjournal/2012/03/21/this-in-digital-media-with-roxie-munro
Click here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/illustratorsjournal/2012/03/21/this-in-digital-media-with-roxie-munro