enjoy the season!

Hope your holidays are full of merrymaking!

So much news to share!

Rosie Sprout receives a star from Publishers Weekly!

★ “An accomplished debut….Wortche possesses both a refreshing directness and a willingness to trust her readers... This impressive new author is well served by Barton (Mine!), whose digital classroom sketches convey a tumult of emotion and have just the right amounts of energy and vulnerability.”
Publishers Weekly, October 24, 2011

Thank you, PW!

Rosie Sprout's Time to Shine by Allison Wortche, pictures by Patrice Barton, Alfred A. Knopf, on sale Dec. 13, 2011

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MINE! was accepted into the Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibit 2011! Many Thanks to the jury! I'm delighted and honored and... okay, I cried a little bit when I heard the news. :) I traveled to NY with my best friend and fellow illustrator Laura Logan for the opening... just WOW! And bonus! We met and had lunch with all the folks from Random House/Knopf that I have been working with - what a wonderful, fun group!! So many memories to treasure forever!

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Karen Henry Clark, author of Sweet Moon Baby has two author events this month. Wish I could go!

November 4, Friday at 10:30 AM
Barnes & Noble
HarMar Mall
2100 N. Snelling Ave.
Roseville, MN 55113

November 12, Saturday at !:00 PM
The Bookcase
607 E. Lake St.
Wayzata, MN 55391

Sweet Moon Baby Trailer!

Book trailer by Dan Prozinski / Durable Images Inc. Isn't it lovely? Dan is a freelance graphic artist, song writer and musician living in Minneapolis. He's also a friend of the author Karen Henry Clark, who asked him if he would be interested in making this trailer. So glad he said yes!

come and meet Karen Henry Clark!

Come and meet the lovely author, Karen Henry Clark at a Sweet Moon Baby book signing! She'll read Sweet Moon Baby and talk about her experience of writing it. Also, there will be activities for children.

This Saturday, July 16th, 10:00 am.
The Blue Manatee Children's Bookstore
3054 Madison Road Cincinnati
OH 45209

For a little warm up before you meet Karen on Saturday:
click here for an inspiring interview with Karen on the blog Two Writing Teachers
and here for a terrific review of Sweet Moon Baby by Terry Hong of Bookdragon, of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program.

a new picture book~

~ coming this June. Story by the wonderful Shutta Crum, published by Knopf. This was such a fun story to illustrate - toddlers, toys, troubles, triumphs and one puppy. Oh, and there are only two and one half words. And yes, one of the words is MINE!

warm wishes!

May the spirit of the season fill you with peace, love and joy.

Cynsations!

I have a guest post on the Cynsations blog today! You can check it out HERE. Thank you, Cynthia, for the opportunity to share my thoughts!

I was nervous about the guest post... just a skosh. :)