3 The Society of Children ’ s Books & Illustration Lovers – Newsletter # 1 – August 2013
Editors ’ letter
Welcome !
This is The Society first newsletter . We haven ’ t had our first meeting yet so here is another opportunity for me to say hello and thank everyone once more for wanting to share this project with me . These newsletters will be a regular feature after each meeting and will act as a record of our talks & activities in order to attract future funding and sponsorship . It can also be accessed from our meetup group ’ s pages and of course , through the joomag website itself , so we can expand the remit of our group even more . Please , keep spreading the word !
On the following pages you will find a selection of the books I ’ m bringing to this first meeting and also information and interesting articles related to the “ What do you expect to gain from these meetings ?” question that you get when you first join the group . Accordingly , there is information about contemporary illustrators , what makes a great picture book , advice on how to submit your work to publishers and best websites with ideas to use picture books in the class with little ones .
This is by no means my only baby . We are a group and I would love to have your input with other articles , examples of your work , illustrators that you love or have recently discovered , best bookshops , blogs , author ’ s workshops etc , etc , etc . If you cannot come to the meetings , but still would like to contribute to the newsletter , please get in touch .
And that ’ s everything ! Happy reading ,
Susana Sanchez-Gonzalez The travelling librarian
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