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Boreas and the Seven Seas Goes National

Posted on February 27, 2019

BOREAS AND THE SEVEN SEAS Core Title for the Dutch National Children’s Book Week 2019   I had high hopes, of course, when the theme for the upcoming Dutch National Children’s Book Week (October 2 – 13, 2019) was announced: Travel Along! / Reis mee! And yes! Boreas en de zeven zeeën has been chosen core title. It’s an enormous honor and I am super super happy! I loved the journey of writing the Boreas books and I hope that lots and lots of kids will will join Boreas and travel along across the seven seas.    Would you like to know what Boreas and the Seven Seas is about? Surf quickly to the website Leesbevordering in de klas for a review and for lesson plans (in Dutch!).…

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International Author Sails in to DeeScribe Writing

Posted on October 2, 2018

Originally posted on DeeScribewriting Blog:
Today I’m very excited to welcome dear friend and fellow SCBWI Nevada mentee, Mina Witteman to my blog. Mina is an amazing international author and editor, and today she’s sharing the inspiring story of how genetics, a love of books, and a lifetime of sailing led to the creation of her hugely successful Boreas series for middle grade readers. Mina will tell us how she weaves facts and reality into her extraordinary fiction. ABOUT MINA Mina writes in English and Dutch, and has seven middle grade adventure novels out in the Netherlands, over 40 short stories, and a Little Golden Book. She is currently working on an English novel for Young Adults and an English middle grade novel. She…

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Boreas and the Fifteen Friends

Posted on September 30, 2018

So exciting! Just a few more days and Boreas en de vijftien vrienden / Boreas and the Fifteen Friends will see the light in the Netherlands. Right in time for the Dutch National Children’s Book Week, which is actually a ten-day long children’s book fest. This year’s theme? FRIENDSHIP! That’s exactly what Boreas en de vijftien vrienden is about.   Boreas en de vijftien vrienden is the final book in the Boreas series, which is lauded by readers, teachers and librarians alike. In this book, Boreas travels from Hawaii to Tahiti with his new friend Kirsten, who teaches him Polynesian navigation. Along the way they try to find a solution for the plastic soup that infests the oceans. After Tahiti and a sad goodbye…

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No Guts, No Glory, an Interview

Posted on August 28, 2018

To celebrate the upcoming release of BOREAS EN DE VIJFTIEN VRIENDEN (Boreas and the Fifteen Friends), I was interviewed by the unsurpassable Sandra Nickel for her amazing and popular blog What Was On Her… Sandra interviews writers and illustrators of children’s and young adult literature or, as she says, she gets to the heart of our work and lives by asking What Was on Their … minds, desks, play lists, refrigerators, and more.   So, if you want to know all about my method writing style, also called the ‘No Guts, No Glory Style’, hurry over to her blogpost and read What Was on My mind and more!     Sandra Nickel writes books and poetry for young readers. Sandra has two forthcoming picture…

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Book Passage Children’s Conference

Posted on May 8, 2018

Hurray! I’ll be teaching again at the Book Passage Children’s Conference in Corte Madera. June 15 to 17. Check out the video and find out what this amazing conference can offer you! Looking forward to seeing many children’s book writer and illustrator friends in June.    

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