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Check check CHECK it out! Ken Min's upcoming picture book has already gotten an awesome review from Fuse #8 on SLJ!! Read all about it! I've had my copy preordered for MONTHS.

You can also find this excellent review--which includes special praise of Ken's delicious artwork, and a few samples--on GoodReads.com here (whence I lifted this cover image).

 

Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji

By F. Zia

Illustrated by Ken Min

Lee & Low Books

$17.95

ISBN: 978-1-60060-443-0

For ages 4-8

On shelves May 2011


Congratulations, Ken!! I can't wait to get my hands on the real book!!

Cheers!
Rita

Hello, Everyone! Photos from SCBWI-LA Illustrator's Day 2010 are up!





You can view the full SCBWI-LA Illustrator's Day album on Facebook here: http://on.fb.me/i5QwA3
and on Flickr here: http://bit.ly/dK0MSS

Captions in the online albums were provided by Ken Min, my very good friend and a superstar illustrator. Thanks, Ken, for organizing the event, and for asking me to photograph it!

Illustrator's Day was an amazing conference held in San Gabriel last Saturday, featuring illustrator Brian Floca, agent/author Jennifer Rofé, Art Director Rich Deas, Editor Abigail Samoun, and illustrator Dan Santat as speakers; with door prizes, portfolio displays, awards announced, hijinks, and touching surprises. Check out the photos to relive the excitement, or to glimpse what it was all about!

With thanks again to organizers Ken and Milla for the wonderful job they did this year, as well as to all the hardworking volunteers they recruited! The entire day was inspiring and delicious! (Speaking of delicious, several of us went out for dumplings at Din Tai Fung afterwards . . . yum, yum.)

Cheers, and Happy Holiday Week, Everyone!*
Rita

* gobble, gobble

Hooray!! Photos from the 2010 SCBWI Summer Conference are up!



Photos by Rita Crayon Huang, Copyright ©2010, SCBWI.

You can view the full set of photos in three different places online: at the official SCBWI Flickr photostream (which can also be reached via the SCBWI Web site), at my own Flickr photostream, and on Facebook here. Feel free to tag yourselves in the Facebook album!*

(*Disclaimer: If ever I post a photo you are not 100% comfortable with, let me know and I will pull it immediately, no questions asked. I am here to be your friend!)

As always, you are all invited to use these photos on your own blogs, Web sites, etc. Please credit the photographer whenever you use images; in this case, me, Rita Crayon Huang. I love being able to contribute to SCBWI in this way.

This year's SCBWI Summer Conference was magical and magnificent. Highlights for me included Jon Sciezska's talk on multimedia; M.T. Anderson's talk on "Literary Experiment in Books for Children"; Rubin Pfeffer's riveting call to action as the world of book publishing changes; Rachel Vail—whose books I discovered several months ago and who is a master of Voice—speaking on Voice; and Ashley Bryan—whose books I'd already bought in stacks to give to friends—altering my understanding of reading poetry aloud forevermore. And getting to hang out with great friends, and meeting new, fantastic, creative people.

Actually, Ashley Bryan changed what I now have to tell people when I give out his books. I'm glad I heard him speak first!!

And here are a few momentos from this year's conference that are just for me, that were

Woo hoo! The latest issue of Kite Tales came out! And so many awesome people are in it, including my good friend Mark Fearing, the super awesome Katie McDee, the dashing Lee Wind, and yours truly--for being a "Volunteer in the Spotlight" with Lee and co-Coordinating the SCBWI Westside Schmooze.

Check check check it out. Mark is on pages 11 and 12: "Illustrator's Perspective." Katie's "Illustrator's Gallery" is on page 25. And Lee and I are on pages 30 and 31: "Volunteers in the Spotlight." The whole issue is packed with great articles and information.

Congrats to the Kite Tales staff for putting out another great issue! Thanks for including us!

:D :D
Rita