Blog Postings by Author/Artist - P to T

MASTER LIST OF AUTHORS AND ARTISTS (P – T)
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY LAST NAME

Welcome to the list of Balkin Buddies’ authors and artists whose last names begin with P, Q, R, S, T. As you will see, they are all in alphabetical order by last name. Scan down this page till you find the person you are looking for and then click on the link to each topic for that person. Some people have several topics, others none as yet. We'll be updating this list each time we post something about our authors and artists, so please check back to find out more about your favorite authors and artists.

If you would like to read about a specific author or artist whose last name begins with another letter, please go to the appropriate page. And thank you for being patient with the way we’ve organized these lists. We represent quite a few authors and artists, post frequently, and didn’t want to make each page painfully long.

VIN PACKER: See M.E. Kerr
JOANNE ROCKLIN: One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street receives starred review in School Library Journal 
JOANNE ROCKLIN: The author shares her 3 favorite fan letters of all time
JOANNE ROCKLIN: Contest: Who is the famous playwright whose daughter once wrote her a fan letter? Enter to win!
JOANNE ROCKLIN: One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street is on the Summer 2011 Kids' Indie Next List 
JOANNE ROCKLIN: A few words from a librarian whose young patrons Skyped with the author 
JOANNE ROCKLIN: Talks about kids at The Reading Bug Bookstore in San Carlos, CA
JOANNE ROCKLIN: And One Day and One Amazing...Book Club!
JOANNE ROCKLIN: Letters from her bag of fan mail
JOANNE ROCKLIN: School Library Journal’s review of Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
JOANNE ROCKLIN: One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street wins the 2011 California Book Award Gold Medal
JOANNE ROCKLIN: More letters from her bag of fan mail
JOANNE ROCKLIN: One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street included on the 2011 Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA) Young Adult Top titles
JOANNE ROCKLIN: The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook is a Parents’ Choice Book Award winner 
JOANNE ROCKLIN: The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook wins 2013 Golden Kite Award for Fiction
JOANNE ROCKLIN: SCBWI interviews the 2013 Golden Kite winner
JOANNE ROCKLIN: The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook nominated for a 2012 Northern California Book Award
JOANNE ROCKLIN: One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street wins the 2012 Focal Award 
JOANNE ROCKLIN: Available for school visits in the Los Angeles are in mid-January 2013
JOANNE ROCKLIN: Her video about One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street

JOANNE ROCKLIN: See her winning the 2012 Beatty Award for ONE DAY AND ONE AMAZING MORNING ON ORANGE STREET 
JOANNE ROCKLIN: Photos from the award presentation to the author for the 2012 Focal Award
JOANNE ROCKLIN: Two days of Skyping with authors proves to be a boon for Pittsburgh students
JOANNE ROCKLIN: Fan letters for her author visits
NAOMI C. ROSE: Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure receives favorable reviews in Kirkus and Publishers Weekly 
DAVE ROSS:
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror on 2011 CLA Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts list
MARILYN SINGER: Autographing TALLULAH’S TUTU at Books of Wonder on 3/27/11 from Noon to 1:00 pm
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror included in the 2011 Kansas Reading Circle titles
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror nominated for NYSRA’s 2012 Charlotte Award
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror nominated for 2012 Rhode Island Children's Book Award, NM Land of Enchantment Award, and is Red Dot Book Award winner 
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror nominated for Vermont's 2011-2012 Red Clover Award 
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror nominated for the 2012 Utah Beehive Award 
MARILYN SINGER shares some young fans' emails and her own personal dress code as a writer
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror nominated for ND's Flicker Tale Award and China's Panda Award
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror nominated for 2011-12 PA Keystone to Reading Award 
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror is a 2011-2012 Gate City Book Award nominee 
MARILYN SINGER: Her Autographing Sessions during ALA in New Orleans, June 2011
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror is a 2012 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee 
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror nominated for the 2011-2012 MD Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror is a 2011 Whitney & Scott Cardozo Award for Children’s Literature finalist
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror on ALA/ALSC's 2012 Notable Children's Recordings 
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror on the 2013 Master List for Bluestem Book Award (Illinois Children's Choice Award)
MARILYN SINGER: A Stick is an Excellent Thing receives starred review in Kirkus Reviews and is among their "New and Notable Books for Children: February 2012"
MARILYN SINGER: Every Day’s a Dog’s Day reviewed in School Library Journal
MARILYN SINGER: Tallulah's Solo reviewed in Booklist Online 
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror is on the 2012-2013 Oklahoma Sequoyah Children’s Masterlist
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror is among Elizabeth Bird's "50 Best Books for Kids" in TimeOut New York
MARILYN SINGER: A Stick is an Excellent Thing excellently reviewed in the 3/11/12 issue of The New York Times
MARILYN SINGER: A Stick is an Excellent Thing is included in Kirkus's Best Children's Books of 2012
MARILYN SINGER: The School Library Journal review of The Boy Who Cried Alien  
MARILYN SINGER: An interview on Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations blog
MARILYN SINGER: A Full Moon is Rising is on Bank Street's 2012 Best Children's Books of the Year
MARILYN SINGER: A Full Moon is Rising and What is Your Dog Doing are among Bank Street's 2012 Best Children's Books of the Year 
MARILYN SINGER: School Library Journal’s review of Tallulah's Solo
MARILYN SINGER: Tallulah Week – May 20 to 26, 2012 – Celebrated with a Books of Wonder autographing and a performance
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror wins NM’s 2011-2012 Land of Enchantment Award 
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror is a 2012-2013 Virginia Readers' Choice Award nominee
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror on the 2012-2013 Children's Crown Award ballot 
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror nominated for NJ’s Garden State Children's Book Award for Non-Fiction 
MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror nominated for Tennessee's Volunteer State Award 
MARILYN SINGER: A Strange Place to Call Home reviewed in School Library Journal 
MARILYN SINGER: A poem from A Strange Place to Call Home
MARILYN SINGER: Follow Follow receives starred review in Publishers Weekly 

MARILYN SINGER: Mirror Mirror nominated for the 2013-2014 Iowa Goldfinch Award
MARILYN SINGER: Horn Book interview with Marilyn Singer about reverso poetry
MARILYN SINGER: Follow Follow, Mirror Mirror and A Stick Is an Excellent Thing are on Horn Book's list of recommended poetry books
MARILYN SINGER: A young fan writes to her after a Skype chat
DASHKA SLATER: She discusses school visits in print & on a YouTube video and also shares two poems children wrote during her school visits
DASHKA SLATER: Her online writers' workshop teaching picture book writing: June 1 to July 13, 2011