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Here's Your Coloring Page Tuesday Alert for November 19, 2013 with lots of BIG NEWS this month!
(Scroll down for the WEEKLY BOOK GIVEAWAY!)

Do you love a good mystery?
     I'm thinking that 'Who dunnits' are a favorite genre of raccoons (the masked marauders of the night). Do you agree?
     CLICK HERE for more coloring pages including seasonal images! And be sure to share your creations in my gallery so I can put them in my upcoming newsletters! I NEED MORE HOLIDAY CREATIONS TO SHARE! (They don't have to be cards - share your kids' art too!)

Welcome New Subscribers!
     I'm thrilled to welcome several new subscribers to dulemba.com: Julie from the Manatee County Pubic Library and Teresa from CRBH. Welcome, I'm glad you're here!!
     If you have any questions about usage of my images, please visit my angel policy page, and please check out my books to see if any might be right for your patrons or children. Yay!!

     It's still Picture Book Month—a month filled with themed reading days and interviews with your favorite creators. Have you subscribed to read kidliterary greats talk about what makes picture books important?
     And don't forget to use the calendar I created to choose your reading themes for each day!
      November is also NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Are you achieving your writing goals? How many words a day?

BOOK GIVEAWAY!

JACK & THE HUNGRY GIANT written and illustrated by Loreen Leedy
     My friend Loreen Leedy has created the perfect picture book to read before Thanksgiving. Based around the well-known story of "Jack and the Beanstalk," in this story, the Giant doesn't want to eat Jack, but eat with Jack. And he doesn't want to eat just anything, he wants a healthy meal.
      In today's fast food environment where many kids can't identify a range of fruits and vegetables, this is an important book imparting proper nutrition in a fun format.
     And you could win a free copy!!! The drawing closes at the end of the day tomorrow (Wednesday) so there's no time to lose! CLICK HERE to enter yourself in the drawing and read the interview.
     Must live in the continental US to win. Review and winning copy provided by the publisher and/or author.

THIS WEEK ON MY BLOG
     CLICK HERE to read about...
     119. John Green: Make gifts for people by Gavin Aung Than
     The Bear and the Hare
     45 Great American Indie Bookstores!
     Friday Linky List
     JACK & THE HUNGRY GIANT by Loreen Leedy - Giveaway!
     It's Still Picture Book Month!
     Coloring Page Tuesday - Reading Fox
     TWITTER! Follow me on twitter too @dulemba.

Have you discovered my new Friday Linky List? Sometimes there's just too much groovy stuff going on in the kidlitosphere to make a post for every single thing. I collect links to pertinent articles and interesting items each Friday.

*BIG NEWS! MFA-style!* I am thrilled to announce that Hollins University now offers the first and only MFA in Writing AND Illustrating Children's Books in the country. This is in conjunction with the already established MFA in Children's Literature and Certificate in Children's Book Illustration programs. (I teach Design in the certificate and now the MFA program too.) As a writer/illustrator myself, it has been a long time wish of mine for a program like this to come into existence. How ironic and wonderful that I help teach it! I highly recommend this program and can attest to the intellectual, inspiring, and magical environment that Hollins creates each summer on the pristine campus in Roanoke, Virginia - right in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. It is where my brain goes to expand and play among peers who happen to be some of the most successful names in children's literature. Might it be right for YOU?
*Card Makers and Colorers!* Each week I like to feature a card or coloring page created by one of YOU using one of my images and uploaded to my gallery. Lady D used last week's Reading Fox to create this cool effect in Photoshop. She even offers a tutorial on her blog. Click the image to visit my gallery, click her thumbnail and visit Lady D's Barefoot Books blog to leave her a comment. CLICK HERE to visit my gallery and submit your own artwork! (I need Christmas creations!) *BIG NEWS!!!* Did I feature your creation in one of my newsletters? Now you can add a badge of honor to your blog post or sidebar to let everybody know! The badge is 142 x 200 pixels. Just copy the code in the box below and put it in your blog where you'd like the badge to show up and celebrate YOU! <a href="http://dulemba.com/index_ColoringPages.html"><img src="http://dulemba.com/Badges/CPT-FeaturedBadge.jpg" width="142" height="200" border="0"></a>		WHAT I'M READING... I rarely give books five stars in Goodreads. They have to wow my socks off. Which is what THE STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL SORROWS OF AVA LAVENDER did. It's hard to believe it's a debut novel by Leslye Walton. It is so beautifully written and epic, spanning several odd and quirky generations, with characters who will haunt you, just as they haunt each other, long after you put the book down. I highly recommend this read!

MY BOOKS!
Remember, one of the reasons I create my coloring pages is to draw (ha!) attention to my books. Click a cover to check them out!

LUCKY TROLLS

I've opened an Etsy store to sell my little Love Trolls. Some people knit while watching tv - I make trolls. Each one is unique, like Maxwell here, and there are only a few of them left (just five!). I hope you'll check them out! (Click the logo or Maxwell to visit my store.)

VIDEO OF THE WEEK...
In case you missed it as it made the rounds, this one is important: US MINORITIES UNDERREPRESENTED IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
(Click the image to read my post and see the video online.)

CALL FOR ART!
Have you or your children colored or created something using one of my Coloring Page Tuesday images? If you post it on a blog, you can also post it to my gallery and maybe I'll share your creation next week! (It doesn't have to be a card - I like 2-year-old scribbles too!)

Did You Know...
      I create my coloring pages for teachers, librarians, booksellers, and parents to enjoy with their children, but also to let the public know about MY BOOKS. I hope you'll take a moment to check them out and spread the word! Word of mouth is the best advertising I can get, so I'm counting on YOU!
     Click a cover to learn more about individual titles and download activities.
     Note: All Coloring Page Tuesday images and activity pages are available for personal or non-commercial use. If you would like to purchase rights to an image for commercial use, please email me. If you have questions about usage, visit my Angel Policy page.