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Liz Garton Scanlon

Liz Garton Scanlon
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Liz Garton Scanlon

Liz Garton Scanlon is the author of numerous celebrated picture books, including Noodle & Lou and the Caldecott Honor recipient All the World. Liz is an adjunct professor of creative writing at Austin Community College, and her poetry has been published widely in literary journals. She lives with her family in Austin, Texas. Visit her at LizGartonScanlon.com.

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Happy Birthday, Bunny! will be released on January 29, 2013 in eBook
Jan 29, 2013
Happy Birthday, Bunny! is now available in eBook
Jan 29, 2013
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All the World has won an award
Apr 08, 2011
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All the World has won an award
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All the World has won an award
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All the World will be released on March 22, 2011 in
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All the World is now available in
Mar 22, 2011
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All the World has won an award
Dec 17, 2010
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All the World has won an award
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All the World has won an award
Nov 23, 2010
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All the World has won an award
Nov 23, 2010
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All the World has won an award
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All the World has won an award
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All the World has won an award
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All the World has won an award
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All the World has won an award
Nov 23, 2010

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TriCities.com, May 26, 2013
...important than fear. Good reading. “Big Birthday.” Kate Hosford. Illustrations by Holly Clifton-Brown. Carolrhoda/Lerner. 2012 “Happy Birthday, Bunny!” Liz Garton Scanlon. Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin. Beach Lane/Simon & Schuster. 2013. ...
Wichita Eagle, May 5, 2013
...Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team in America,” in conversation with John Spong • Children’s writer Liz Garton Scanlon, author of “Think Big” • John Spong, speaking about his own book on the making of “Lonesome Dove” •...
SCPR, April 22, 2013
...with young children about simple ways we can show how we love our planet. All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon Illustrated by Marla Frazee (K-Grade 3) Another terrific book to use with young children, celebrating all the things that make our world a...
San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 2013
...party primer chronicles an adorable rabbit family celebrating with their diverse animal friends as their daughter turns 3. Liz Garton Scanlon, author of the Caldecott Honor Book "All the World," covers all the bases - dressing up, relatives and guests...
Austin American Statesman, October 24, 2012
...the reader on a mad dash through the barrio and only get’s more exciting from there. • Liz Garton Scanlon, Sat. 2:30 p.m., “Think Big” features five friends and a cat who use their imaginations to dream up their future selves in this...
Winnetka-Glencoe Patch, September 20, 2012
...heartwarming humor to the hilt.” Marla Frazee has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, which received a 2010 Caldecott Honor. She has also illustrated Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers; and Harriet,...
KUTRadio, September 12, 2012
...Edith Royal Ron Rozelle Lynda Rutledge Benjamin Alire Sáenz René Saldaña Jr. Barney Saltzberg Esmeralda Santiago Steven Saylor Liz Garton Scanlon Krista Schlyer Gary D. Schmidt John Schwartz Jon Scieszka Elaine Scott ...
TriCities.com, May 26, 2013
...important than fear. Good reading. “Big Birthday.” Kate Hosford. Illustrations by Holly Clifton-Brown. Carolrhoda/Lerner. 2012 “Happy Birthday, Bunny!” Liz Garton Scanlon. Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin. Beach Lane/Simon & Schuster. 2013. ...
Wichita Eagle, May 5, 2013
...Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team in America,” in conversation with John Spong • Children’s writer Liz Garton Scanlon, author of “Think Big” • John Spong, speaking about his own book on the making of “Lonesome Dove” •...
SCPR, April 22, 2013
...with young children about simple ways we can show how we love our planet. All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon Illustrated by Marla Frazee (K-Grade 3) Another terrific book to use with young children, celebrating all the things that make our world a...
San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 2013
...party primer chronicles an adorable rabbit family celebrating with their diverse animal friends as their daughter turns 3. Liz Garton Scanlon, author of the Caldecott Honor Book "All the World," covers all the bases - dressing up, relatives and guests...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 8, 2013
...Johnston and Andrea Welch at Beach Lane Books have acquired world rights to a picture book manuscript from Liz Garton Scanlon (All the World). The new book, In the Canyon, is a tribute to the Grand Canyon and the power of wild and wide-open spaces; it...
Redlands Daily Facts, January 8, 2013
..."A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever," by Marla Frazee, and "All the World" by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee, which was also a New York Times bestseller. The late Charlotte S. Huck grew up in suburban Chicago, attended Wellesley...
Austin American Statesman, August 17, 2012
...Award for nonfiction. Novelist Sarah Bird will receive the fiction award. Joe Ely will be honored for songwriting. Liz Garton Scanlon will be honored for her children's fiction. And Darryl Tocker will receive the Luminary Award for literary patron. Jake...