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100 Scope Notes: News | Bookshelves Of Doom | Booksquare | Canadian Children's Book Center  | Children's Book Council: News | Cynsations | Fuse #8 Production | Gotta Book | Kathy Temean: News links | Publisher's Weekly: Children's section | Publishing Perspectives: Childrens | Quill & Quire Latest News  | Read Roger (Horn Book) | SCBWI Blog | School Library Journal | Who's Moving Where (Purple Crayon)

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Children's Literature Web Guide

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Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site | Educating Alice | Reading Rockets | TeachingBooks.net

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Book Business / The Bookseller (UK) | Booktrade.info | BusinessWire |  Mediabistro | PaidContent | Publisher's Lunch  | Publisher's Weekly | Reuters

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100 Scope Notes | A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy | A Patchwork of Books | Becky's Book Reviews | Book Moot | Bookshelves of Doom | Charlotte's Library (SF/F) | Chasing Ray | Cheryl Rainfield | Cynsations | Educating Alice | Finding Wonderland | Fuse #8 | Great Kid Books | GreenBeanTeenQueen | GuysLitWire | The Happy Nappy Bookseller | I'm Here. I'm Queer. What Do I Read? | Jen Robinson's Book Page | Mitali's Fire Escape | Motherreader | Page In Training | Pink Me | Reading Rockets | Seven Impossible Things | Waking Brain Cells

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MiG Writers: Six middle grade & YA writers who blog about the craft and business of writing for young people.

Pixel Shavings: Six children's book illustrator/writers who blog about their process, with sample images.

Kidlitartists: Children's book illustrators (SCBWI Mentees).

Sketcharound: Creativity and tips on finding your own creative voice.

Writer Unboxed: Craft & business of fiction. I post a cartoon on the first Saturday of every month.

Instapoem: Daily poetry prompt from Rand Bellavia. I post sporadically.

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Under construction:

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Friday
Aug202010

Ginger says I can post the news, so here goes...

How I'm feeling today

I am pleased to announce that I will be illustrating a picture book written by author/actor/comedian Michael Ian Black for Simon & Schuster. Tentative publication date: Spring 2012.

More (MUCH more) later.

 

DateFriday, August 20, 2010 at 7:02 AM | Comment38 Comments | | |
by AuthorDebbie Ridpath Ohi tagged in

Reader Comments (38)

woot! congratulations debbie!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterana

Wow! Congratulations, Debbie! I'm so happy for you.

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAndrea

Congratulations!

I will be buying the book as soon as it comes out!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterShane

How fun! Congratulations all around!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAnne Greenwood Brown

Oh my gosh that is so awesome, I love him! Congratulations!!!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterHillary

Congratulations! :-)

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJacob Sommer

Wow, great news! Congrats!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDave Weingart

Congratulations!! This is wonderful news!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJoEllyn

Congratulations!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKathleen Foucart

Absolutely fabulous! And well deserved. Congrats!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJudith

Huge congrats Debbie! I think the whole world loves your Illos! :)

Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterangela @ The Bookshelf Muse

Congratulations! I can't wait to see the finished project!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterlisagolden

That is so beyond wonderful!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterotherdeb

Congratulations, Debbie - wonderful news!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJodiLee

WOOHOO! That's awesome!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterBrooke L.

Hooray!!!! Congratulations Debbie!!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMike Jung

Fabulous news! Congratulations! So happy for you!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterHeather

:girly squealing:
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
I'm so ecstatic for you.

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered Commentertanita

Yowza!!!!!!! Congratulations, "Cousin!"

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJoey

That is AWESOME!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJeff Bohnhoff

Congratulations!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDebbie

Fantastic News! Congratulations! Can't wait to see it.

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMadeline Barr

Congratulations!!! How awesome!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAlan T.

That's fantastic! Congratulations!

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterLoni

OMG!!! Debbie, that is SO exciting!!! Congratulations! :D

August 20, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAmy Nichols
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