Today, we're pleased to be kicking off a fun-tastic week-long feature for Cat Girl's Day Off by Kimberly Pauley, a fab new book that answers the question, What are cats REALLY thinking? and pays homage to one of the greatest movies of all time, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Here's what Cat Girl's Day Off is... Continue Reading →
Today, we're pleased to be kicking off a fun-tastic week-long feature for Cat Girl's Day Off by Kimberly Pauley, a fab new book that answers the question, What are cats REALLY thinking? and pays homage to one of the greatest movies of all time, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Here's what Cat Girl's Day Off is... Continue Reading →
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a children’s book illustrator? Today Novel Novice chats with Erin McGuire, illustrator of our Middle Grade Book of the Month, BREADCRUMBS. Erin shares her experience working on BREADCRUMBS, her journey becoming an artist, and offers some great advice for aspiring book illustrators. Enjoy! Did you always... Continue Reading →
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a children’s book illustrator? Today Novel Novice chats with Erin McGuire, illustrator of our Middle Grade Book of the Month, BREADCRUMBS. Erin shares her experience working on BREADCRUMBS, her journey becoming an artist, and offers some great advice for aspiring book illustrators. Enjoy! Did you always... Continue Reading →
Today, we are thrilled to team up with the folks at Penguin to celebrate the release of Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore ... and offer you a really cool prize! The Contest Fill out the Novel Novice Bitterblue Contest Entry Form & tell us how you first discovered the Graceling books for your chance to win!... Continue Reading →
Today, we are thrilled to team up with the folks at Penguin to celebrate the release of Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore ... and offer you a really cool prize! The Contest Fill out the Novel Novice Bitterblue Contest Entry Form & tell us how you first discovered the Graceling books for your chance to win!... Continue Reading →
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're well aware that Insurgent by Veronica Roth hits stores on Tuesday. And as part of the book's release, we've been taking part in Harper Teen's #DivergentNation promotion. In fact, we're part of Team Candor ... and since today's featured faction on Harper's websites is Candor, we decided... Continue Reading →
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're well aware that Insurgent by Veronica Roth hits stores on Tuesday. And as part of the book's release, we've been taking part in Harper Teen's #DivergentNation promotion. In fact, we're part of Team Candor ... and since today's featured faction on Harper's websites is Candor, we decided... Continue Reading →
Talk about surreal. It was just about four years ago that I first started blogging with Tiffany Truitt. A teacher in West Virginia, she had just started the website Novel Novice Twilight -- to showcase how she was using the Twilight series in her classroom. A long proponent of literacy and using popular books to... Continue Reading →
Talk about surreal. It was just about four years ago that I first started blogging with Tiffany Truitt. A teacher in West Virginia, she had just started the website Novel Novice Twilight -- to showcase how she was using the Twilight series in her classroom. A long proponent of literacy and using popular books to... Continue Reading →
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