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Welcome to e's news!
In this newsletter: events | book news | awards | visits | freebies | recommendations (website links above)
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Hi Y'all!
Christmas is coming and the goose is . . . tightening it's belt. It's important
that you spend your money thoughtfully this holiday season. Buy locally and from
industries you'd like to strengthen. Books make fantastic gifts - dollar for dollar they are one of the best entertainment values available AND they promote literacy and give back long after the holidays are over.
I hope you'll consider my books when shopping. (Click on a cover to learn more about each title.)
If you order through my local independent bookseller, Little Shop of Stories, I can personalize your copies and add a bookmark. (Click their logo to send them an email.) I also have tons of free stuff you can download on my website to include with your gift!
EVENTS:
 
I'll
be at the Savannah Children's Book Festival this coming weekend (November 15th) speaking at the
brand new tent for the Georgia Center for the Book and Read it Loud - an organization that encourages parents to read to their children.
I'm honored to be a last-minute addition to the incredible line-up of speakers this year. (Click the banner for more info.) The festival is FREE to the public, so I hope you'll stop by!
Planning for our Illustrators' Showcase, now called "Storybook Look: Illustrations by Southern Artists" is going well. My art has been picked up (leaving blank spaces on my studio walls) and they are scheduling venues now. If you're interested in hiring the show for your gallery, library, or venue, visit the Southern Arts Federation for more information.
BOOK NEWS!
I'm currently working on my first picture book as author/illustrator, "Soap, soap, soap! ~ ˇJabón, jabón, jabón!" and about to dive into the fourth book in the ParentSmart/KidHappy series. More information soon!
AWARDS!
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Paco and the Giant Chile Plant has been awarded a Bronze Medal in the 2008 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards.
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VISITS:
 The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) has made it easier to find authors available to speak in your area through their new SIBA STARS site. I'm proud to be one of their beta testing authors, so check it out!
An author or illustrator visit can be a profound experience for students, and grant money is often available, so if you would like to invite me to speak at your school or event, learn more at http://dulemba.com/index_visits.html
or email me at elizabeth@dulemba.com.
 If your school still can't afford the whole-hog affair, I am now offering Virtual Visits using Skype! Let's make technology work for us in an interesting (and less expensive) new way!
To view my current schedule of events, go to http://dulemba.com/index_schedule.html.
FREEBIES:
I've created tons of holiday-related coloring pages you can download for free at Coloring Page Tuesdays. Have your budding artist send their version back (less than 1mb) and I'll post it to my blog.
I also offer free activities to accompany my picture books - those can be found at http://dulemba.com/index_downloads.html.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
I often listen to audio books while I'm illustrating and I've just finished THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins. I can't recommend it highly enough.
It presents a believable and engaging scenario set sometime in the future (at least 100 years as it's after a war we have yet to fight). It's a reality show to the death, a game invented by the Capital to keep down the losing side. Part game show, part love story, part survival story, both boy and girl teens (and adults) will love this book.
I love audio books, but I kind of wish I had read this one rather than listened to it, as it's one of those books you can really curl up with and disappear into.
I appreciate your continued interest in me and my books and hope you'll invite your friends and family to sign up for my newsletter as well, the link is below.
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Thanks Y'all!
e
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All Artwork © Elizabeth O. Dulemba, 2008
- Y'all play nice, Okay?
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