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Want to meet your favorite authors & illustrators? Including me! Visit the Chappaqua Children's Book Festival on Oct 2 and/or the Rye Children's Book Festival on the 10th! Click here for Chappaqua: https://ccbfestival.org/ and here for Rye: https://ryebookfestival.com/
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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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The reviews are coming in! A STARRED review in School Library Journal. Read the review, check out the 2.5-minute lively video trailer, and print out 6 free Rainforest coloring pages - go to RAINFORESTS or click on it in the menu on left. The book comes out August 10.
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My giant Spinosaurus keeps an eagle eye on a young patron drawing in my dino exhibit at the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA.
The exhibition has been extended to May 30, 2021. |
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DIVE IN is on the BANK STREET COLLEGE BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021 List!!
...Lavish color drawings portray the creatures that dwell in the world’s oceans and reefs.
Back matter, glossary, map. (8-10)
Click here: https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/best-childrens-books-of-the-year/2021-edition/
...Lavish color drawings portray the creatures that dwell in the world’s oceans and reefs.
Back matter, glossary, map. (8-10)
Click here: https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/best-childrens-books-of-the-year/2021-edition/
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Young Teal & 88 -year-old cowboy Boots O'Neal at the 6666 Ranch in Texas reading my western books!
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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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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 right: https://youtu.be/3GXYlHV2PXI |
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Short snappy video TRAILER for DIVE IN - swim with exotic Caribbean coral reef fish - sounds, music, and beautiful creatures.
Click here (or image on right): https://youtu.be/tLCRj7ShWWA |
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Lively new TRAILER about Bugs That Build. "Busy Builders" won the Cook Prize Silver Honor Metal for the best picture book teaching
science, technology, engineering, & math (STEM) principles. Short, beautifully illustrated, with sounds & music. Click here: https://youtu.be/DB500cGJmys |
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New lively 2-minute TRAILER with art, sound, music, and fun bird info!
Click here (or image on left): 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 right): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTMw5BHoCTU&feature=youtu.be |
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For a short 2-minute video on how the Eric Carle Museum created the Dinosaur Exhibition (Dec 12, 2020 to May 30, 2021), 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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Winter 2021 Studio Newsletter - info on the Carle Museum Show, articles on publishing & art, free online educational & interactive resources, more. To check out Winter 2021 Roxie Munro Studio Newsletter,
click here: Winter 2021 Newsletter |
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For several great FREE Online Resources for fun educational materials from established content providers, click on pdf on right for links and materials.
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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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Published April 7 from
Holiday House! Go to DIVE IN page for reviews, videos on how the book was made, and free coloring sheets of fun FISH to print out and color in. |
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Roxie interview with "Bookishly Yours" by Cara Stevens...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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Did a video on great art and artists for CIlC (Center for Collaborative Learning) based upon MASTERPIECE MIX (Holiday House, publisher). For children and adults.
Click here: https://youtu.be/sXikh1revxc |
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A 3.5-minute video introduction to DIVE IN from Roxie's studio.
Click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDzKhWOpVFU&feature=youtu.be |
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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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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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Fall 2020 Studio Newsletter out with updated info, online activities, show announcements & trailers, fun content on art & your brain... click here: https://static-promote.weebly.com/share/b5a68174-77d2-4b03-9635-f89c51c9baba
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Have a small show of book illustrations up at the Harry Belafonte Branch of the New York Public Library on West 115th Street in Harlem in upper Manhattan.
Click here for more info: www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/roxie-munro-exhibit-belafonte-library |
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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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Join me and 144 other authors & illustrators at the Chappaqua Children's Book Festival on Saturday, Oct 5, 10AM-4PM. Signings, demos, games, food, music & more.
I'll be interviewing iNK Think Tank nonfiction authors for KidLit TV in the Welcome tent from 12 to 12:30pm. I created this poster....such an honor! |
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One Minute Author Interview by Austin Public Library about the 4th grade boy who gave me the idea to do maze books.
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3oCBKbGNZY |
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Booklist and Book Links article on creating books and my process, by Christina Dorr.
Click here: Talking with Roxie Munro by Christina Dorr |
Thrilled with Rodent Rascals review (and three pages of activity sheets!) by Judy Freeman !!! in "The 2019 Winners Handbook: A Closer Look at JudyFreeman’s Top-Rated Children’s Books of 2018"
Rodent Rascals is one of
Bank Street's Best Books of the Year 2019!!!
Bank Street's Best Books of the Year 2019!!!
Educational App Talk piece on the Importance of Visuals in Children's Media: https://www.teacherswithapps.com/roxie-munro-on-gamification-and-the-value-of-visuals/
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Humans are social animals. 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 |
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My ten short illustrated Nonfiction Minutes on cool subjects, like early aviation, explorers, architecture, and animals are available now on my website. Click here: The Nonfiction Minute
RODENT RASCALS is a CYBILS Award Nominee in Nonfiction!
Click here: http://blog.growingwithscience.com/
Click here: http://blog.growingwithscience.com/
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I did the art for the Save The Date announcement for the Chappaqua Children's Book Festival and will be creating the big poster for it in 2019! The theme will be NONFICTION books. |
Three of my western books are now available from Words By The Handful...click on book cover or here: http://www.wordsbythehandful.com/products/roxie-munro-books/
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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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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/
Three STARRED reviews for "Rodent Rascals"!
From Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist!
For reviews, click here: Rodent Rascals
From Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist!
For reviews, click here: Rodent Rascals
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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 |
"Masterpiece Mix" made Bank Street's BEST BOOKS 2018 List !
FREE Lesson Plans for Holiday House books, click title below...
Market Maze (Activity Sheet)
Masterpiece Mix (Lesson Plan)
Rodent Rascals (lesson Plan)
Market Maze (Activity Sheet)
Masterpiece Mix (Lesson Plan)
Rodent Rascals (lesson Plan)
For a short interview with Holiday House on how "Rodent Rascals" came to be,
click here: http://www.holidayhouse.com/featured-artist/
click here: http://www.holidayhouse.com/featured-artist/
I have a YouTube Channel now for videos on books, my studio, interviews, kid's reviews, creative process, app trailers... Click here: www.youtube.com/roxiemunro/videos
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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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RODENT RASCALS is out! February 6, 2018!!
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Interview with a Dutch writer on CREATIVITY and one's career path... Click here: https://theheroinejourney2016.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/the-heroines-journey-of-roxie-munro/ |
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An article I wrote on children's book publishing basics... click here: https://uhalumni.org/manoa/story/8-things-to-know-about-the-childrens-book-industry |
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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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"Roxie's Puzzle Adventure" has been selected as one of the
12 Most Addictive Games for the iPhone for 2018!!!
Click here: https://www.agent.media/tech/12-most-addictive-games-for-iphone/
12 Most Addictive Games for the iPhone for 2018!!!
Click here: https://www.agent.media/tech/12-most-addictive-games-for-iphone/
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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
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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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Another short video for students on Critical Thinking, with librarian Dustin Brackbill of Mount Nittany Elementary School in State College, PA. |
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FALL 2017 Roxie Munro Studio Newsletter...click here: Fall 2017
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Interview about the way I make my books, with some process work-in-progress pictures.
Click here: https://smack-dab-in-the-middle.blogspot.com/2017/09/interview-with-illustrator-roxie-munro.html |
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A darling 59-second 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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A stay-at-home dad did a GREAT scavenger hunt at the National Gallery of Art while he and his family were in DC for the Library of Congress National Book Festival this weekend. 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 |
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An article in the Cricket magazine, MUSE, about how doodling helps creativity, and it's fun!
Click on image, or Download File icon on the right: |
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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/
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It's out!! 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/ |
Works from my books are now in the Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN); the De Grummond Children's Literature Collection, University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS); the Mazza Museum, University of Findlay, Ohio; the New York Public Library; and the Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University,NJ, among others.
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Here's the Summer 2017 Studio Newsletter...click here: https://static-promote.weebly.com/share/01e71808-cf17-4f3d-9f53-4448f9b9c821
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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/2017/06/storymakers-location-roxie-munro-txla/?utm_content=buffer061fa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer |
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I am now a member of PEN America, the literary organization which promotes freedom of the press and diversity, among other issues. Click here: https://pen.org/
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Getting some great reviews already from School Library Journal, Kirkus, and the Huffington Post!
Click here: http://www.roxiemunro.com/booksreviews.html |
I am proud to announce that I am formally on the KidLit TV Team as an Advisor. Click here: https://kidlit.tv/about/?utm_content=buffer8e702&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
You're invited to visit my studio on Saturday & Sunday, May 20 & 21, from 12noon to 6pm. Two dozen other artists in my building, and hundreds in the neighborhood, are opening their working studios to the public. Here's more info: http://licartsopen.org/ and here are the directions to my studio: http://www.roxiemunro.com/studio-directions.html
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Fun! Read Out Loud on KidLit TV features "Hatch!" (with me reading sections)
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFmJwgV8VXg |
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The MASTERPIECE MIX cover reveal at the Holiday House offices with Terry Borzumato-Greenberg, Rocco Staino, me, and Kerry Martin (my great editor, Mary Cash, was in Chicago). Had a fun live-streaming event with Julie Gribble of KidLit TV.
Spring 2017 Roxie Munro Studio Newsletter. Click here: https://static-promote.weebly.com/share/999ee505-7714-4642-9d37-14ee13a55461
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Here are four of the six new prints available on my PRINT page... Prints
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I'm now a member of Authors On Call, a division of iNK Think Tank. We give live classroom video programs, packed full of great content, cool visuals, and interactivity. Here's a link to my first program, called "Snakes! Bugs! Rats and Raptors!": http://www.cilc.org/ContentProvider/Program.aspx?id=6938
Winter 2017 Studio Newsletter...click here: https://static-promote.weebly.com/share/d41037b6-7d10-437b-91b7-ef3cf9835cbc
Masterpiece Mix, a book about art, will be out September 2017 (Holiday House).
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I have four pieces in the Works on Paper Show at the Marin-Price Gallery in Chevy Chase, MD, through Jan 18. Click here: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Roxie-Munro.html?soid=1102459574972&aid=FAs0CYdk8gs
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In November, did two programs at SCBWI British Isles Conference in England. With presenters Karen Inglis, Sarah Towle, & Susan Price; Crossmedia/Hybrid Publishing attendees.
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New blog post on illustrating children's nonfiction books....
Click here: https://roxiemunro.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/the-cool-new-trend-great-illustration-for-nonfiction-childrens-books/ |
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If you are interested in NYC cards for the holidays, I've done some for American Artists. There is also an assortment of NYC views for everyday use (not holiday) - scroll down on link. Contact/ordering info on site.
Click here: http://www.americanartistsgroup.com/2016/RoxieMunro-16C.pdf |
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"The Latest Trend: Illustrating Beautiful Nonfiction Books," interview by Vicki Cobb in the Huffington Post with me on creating nonfiction and concept picture books
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Article on my process, the publishing industry, and working in children's books. Click here:
http://greatstorybook.com/special-interview-artistauthor-roxie-munro/ |
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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 |
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A short lively video made by KidLit TV at the 21st Century Children's Nonfiction Conference...
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l50sp6u6x0&feature=youtu.be |
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Anyone can do it! "How to Draw a
Random Roxie Reversing Maze" in this short Ready Set Draw! KidLit TV video! Click here: http://kidlit.tv/2016/04/roxie-munro-maze/ |
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Did an interview yesterday with
Jon Haggins, the host & producer of GlobeTrotter TV, about the nexus of travel and children's books. It will air in early May. Here's the link to the YouTube video (it is half of the show - the first 12 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGhK9P51RQE |
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Here's a short 3-minute video of me painting in the studio, created by the Simie Maryles Gallery in Provincetown, MA, where I will be having a show opening July 22, 2016.
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K82WeaI_-Bk |
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My contribution to Cool Cats Leadership (for kids) Newsletter, involving PLAY!!! Makes kids happier and more creative. Click here: http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a2f90d9524e9c0ec25629ae41&id=fe5c9a1409&e=[UNIQID] |
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Hey kids,
Learn how to Draw an Owl in this short Ready Set Draw! video by KidLit TV... Click here: http://kidlit.tv/2016/03/ready-set-draw-roxie-munro/ |
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I participated in a cute short (two minutes) video by KidLit TV - we're hoping The Ellen Show will have the ALA children's literature award winners on! Click here: http://kidlit.tv/2016/01/kidlitonellenshow/ |
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Doing a presentation for the 4th Annual Children's Media Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov 23 and 24 (and two school visits on the 25th and 26th).
Click here for more info: http://www.cocukmedyasikonferansi.com/en/
Click here for more info: http://www.cocukmedyasikonferansi.com/en/
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A new blog post with lots of pictures for Authors for Earth Day - Researching "EcoMazes: 12 Earth Adventures"... Click here: http://authorsforearthday.org/blog/?p=1316 |
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KIWiStorybook JRs, desktop fold-out books with
play figure and interactive apps.
Titles: Ecosystems (Rainforest/Desert); Castle; Ocean (Coral Reef/Research Ship); TV Studio; Dinosaurs; Space;
Maze-O-Politan (Farm/Maze); Wild West (Cowboys/Native Americans); and Fire Safety (Fire Station/Risky Residence).
For more info, click here: KIWiSTORYBOOKS
play figure and interactive apps.
Titles: Ecosystems (Rainforest/Desert); Castle; Ocean (Coral Reef/Research Ship); TV Studio; Dinosaurs; Space;
Maze-O-Politan (Farm/Maze); Wild West (Cowboys/Native Americans); and Fire Safety (Fire Station/Risky Residence).
For more info, click here: KIWiSTORYBOOKS
For a fun KidLit TV YouTube video with Rocco Staino of School Library Journal and me,
demonstrating KIWiStorybooks and the apps...
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEGv1EUoN94
demonstrating KIWiStorybooks and the apps...
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEGv1EUoN94
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/
Check out the FREE Nonfiction Minute, a new one each day of the school year. I have created seven "minutes" on subjects like early aviators, getting your head 3-D printed, and more - short text, audio narrated by author, and visuals.
Click here: http://www.nonfictionminute.com/
Click here: http://www.nonfictionminute.com/
Am now a member of iNK Think Tank, an invitation-only award-winning group of authors,
who write and illustrate great nonfiction books, lecture, and do school visits.
Click here: www.inkthinktank.com/ink-thinkers
For content on nonfiction/informational books, gamification, 3-D printing, writing/illustrating for children, apps, the 21st Century Children's Nonfiction Conference,
and more on the industry, click here: ROXIE'S BLOG
and more on the industry, click here: ROXIE'S BLOG
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Market Maze, published by Holiday House, received a Starred Review from Kirkus |
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Christmastime in New York City has been reissued by Universe/Rizzoli |
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