tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19181362761466774902023-11-16T03:02:25.248-05:00123olearyPicture Books by Sara O'LearySara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.comBlogger599125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-44513286735594513022020-06-03T15:58:00.002-04:002020-06-03T16:16:41.571-04:00New Website<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You can now find me at <a href="http://saraoleary.ca/">saraoleary.ca</a> where there is information on both my picture books and my new novel for adults, <i><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/535514/the-ghost-in-the-house-by-sara-oleary/9780385686259" target="_blank">The Ghost in the House</a></i>.</div>
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<br />Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-39089513087160083212020-05-18T07:06:00.002-04:002020-06-03T17:02:32.721-04:00Room For AllDid a little interview with the nice people over at Lantana Publishing about <i><a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family">A Family is a Family is a Family.</a> </i>You can read it <a href="https://lantanapublishing.com/blogs/blog/room-for-all-sara-oleary-on-a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family">here</a>.<br />
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I also did one for Pride and Less Prejudice, which you can find <a href="https://www.prideandlessprejudice.org/oleary-s">here.</a></div>
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Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-76725476970933071632019-11-04T07:47:00.000-05:002019-12-11T07:50:47.861-05:00Picture Books!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Seems pretty wild to me that I now have ten picture books in print. A further seven are under contract and I'm looking forward to being able to talk about them. My first two books were fiction for adults and after forays into playwriting and screenwriting I fell into picture books quite by accident but it really has been a joy.<br />
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<i><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/546936/owls-are-good-at-keeping-secrets-by-sara-oleary-illustrated-by-jacob-grant/">Owls are Good at Keeping Secrets </a></i>(illustrated by <a href="http://www.jacobgrantbooks.com/">Jacob Grant</a>)</div>
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<i><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627797740">The Boy and the Blue Moon</a></i> (illustrated by <a href="https://www.ashleycrowley.com/">Ashley Crowley</a>)</div>
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<i><a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family">A Family is a Family is a Family</a></i> (illustrated by <a href="https://qinillustrations.com/">Qin Leng</a>)</div>
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<i><a href="https://shop.owlkids.com/products/you-are-one?variant=20208749569">You Are One</a></i>/<a href="https://shop.owlkids.com/products/you-are-two?variant=20208759809"><i>You Are Two</i></a>/<i><a href="https://shop.owlkids.com/products/you-are-three?variant=27541903425">You Are Three</a></i> (illustrated by <a href="https://www.karenklassen.com/">Karen Klassen</a>)</div>
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<i><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/225646/this-is-sadie-by-sara-oleary-illustrated-by-julie-morstad/9781770495326">This is Sadie</a></i> (illustrated by <a href="https://juliemorstad.com/">Julie Morstad</a>)</div>
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<i><a href="https://www.simplyreadbooks.com/book.php?book_id=104">When I Was Small</a> </i>(illustrated by <a href="https://juliemorstad.com/">Julie Morstad</a>)</div>
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<i><a href="https://www.simplyreadbooks.com/book.php?book_id=33">Where You Came From</a> </i>(illustrated by <a href="https://juliemorstad.com/">Julie Morstad</a>)</div>
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<i><a href="https://www.simplyreadbooks.com/book.php?book_id=36">When You Were Small</a> </i>(illustrated by <a href="https://juliemorstad.com/">Julie Morstad</a>)</div>
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<br />Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-64051485410052175592019-08-13T11:30:00.000-04:002020-06-03T17:02:58.274-04:00New Edition of A Family is a Family is a Family<i><a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family">A Family is a Family is a Family</a> </i>is going into its SIXTH printing!<br />
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Groundwood has put together an <b>educator's guide</b> for the book. You can find it <a href="https://groundwoodbooks.com/an-educators-guide-to-a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family/">here</a>.<br />
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The classroom <b>poster</b> is available for a printable download <a href="https://groundwoodbooks.com/printable-download-a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family-poster/">here.</a> Plus a post on the Groundwood blog where I talk about <a href="https://groundwoodbooks.com/sara-oleary-on-a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family/">my first classroom</a>.<br />
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My <b>interview</b> with <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/books/a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family-1.3986689">CBC</a> about the book<br />
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<b>Library</b> copies searchable at <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/family-is-a-family-is-a-family/oclc/933542231">WorldCat</a><br />
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<b>Buy </b>from Groundwood: <a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family">hardcover</a> or <a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family-digital?_pos=1&_sid=bc985c09e&_ss=r">eBook </a><br />
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<a href="https://munrobooks.com/?searchtype=keyword&qs=sara+o%27leary&qs_file=&q=h.tviewer&using_sb=status&qsb=keyword">Munro Books</a> <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781554987948/sara-oleary/a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family">McNally Robinson</a> <a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781554987948?gC=4cfad707612&gclid=Cj0KCQjwp5_qBRDBARIsANxdcinan8IsUE9JbO-BS_4nzfmVmFV_eZJCSDEzi_-GtaYrAPog2oHmpesaAqUrEALw_wcB">Blackwell's</a> <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/A-Family-Is-a-Family-Is-a-Family-Sara-OLeary/9781554987948?redirected=true&utm_medium=Google&utm_campaign=Base2&utm_source=CA&utm_content=A-Family-Is-a-Family-Is-a-Family&selectCurrency=CAD&w=AF4BAU96RMLM71A80T51&pdg=kwd-309606738122:cmp-710395099:adg-36648776825:crv-163854392294:pid-9781554987948:dev-c&gclid=Cj0KCQjwp5_qBRDBARIsANxdcilWY1gCEZtdWdtwgnwxnNTw2dcZVSpLMBosaqFAo5ZTS5-fBdyCetEaAqbTEALw_wcB">Book Depository</a><br />
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Playing at <a href="https://bfany.org/theatre-row/">Theatre Row</a>, a program of Building for the Arts NY, Inc.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In the new year I will be doing events at <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://la%20petite%20librairie%20drawn%20%26%20quarterly/">La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly</a></span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://la%20petite%20librairie%20drawn%20%26%20quarterly/"> </a>in Montreal and <a href="http://storiesbk.com/">Stories Bookshop & Storytelling Lab</a> in Brooklyn.</span></span><br />
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Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-42646957279570533622018-11-18T13:55:00.000-05:002019-11-08T07:42:15.927-05:00Owls are Good at Keeping Secrets | Book Trailer<br>
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<a href="http://123oleary.blogspot.com/2018/11/owls-are-good-at-keeping-secrets-book.html#more"></a>Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-4445185972647805792018-11-02T13:14:00.000-04:002020-06-03T17:04:14.481-04:00New York City Children's Theater<span style="font-size: large;">Did an interview with the lovely people over at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nycchildrenstheater/">New York City Children's Theater </a>this week about the upcoming stage show of <i><a href="http://thisissadiebook.tumblr.com/">This is Sadie</a>. </i>You can read it <a href="https://nycchildrenstheater.org/sara-oleary-interview/">here.</a> I'm planning a visit to NYC for opening week and so looking forward to seeing the show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been thinking about what a wild ride it has been since <i>This is Sadie </i>was published. One of the nicer things to happen was the fabulous notice the book received from Maria Russo in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/02/books/review/03childrens.html">The New York Times</a>. </span></div>
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Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-23855505445098601952018-08-21T06:45:00.000-04:002020-06-03T17:04:32.710-04:00A Family is a Family is a Family: Resources for Teachers and Librarians<a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/a-family-is-a-family-is-a-family"><i>A Family is a Family is a Family</i></a> is available from Groundwood either in hardcover (fifth printing!) or in a digital version.<br />
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There is an interactive read aloud with ideas for classroom use <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU7h9hUwS6o">here.</a> (Thank you, Mai).</div>
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2694559216">Here</a>'s an interview I did with CBC Radio in Montreal when the book first came out. And here's a little profile of <a href="http://123oleary.blogspot.com/search?q=qin+leng">Qin Leng</a>, who was an absolute joy to work with.</div>
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This book owes so much to our editor and publisher, Sheila Barry. Sheila is very much missed,,,by us and by many, many others. I wrote about her for Walrus Magazine <a href="https://thewalrus.ca/sheila-barry-was-the-superhero-of-canadian-childrens-literature/">here.</a></div>
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<br />Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-14593590627841587112018-03-06T08:03:00.000-05:002020-06-03T17:04:41.180-04:00A New Sadie<a href="https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/225646/sadie#.WpVhIcq8F5k.twitter"><i>This is Sadie</i> </a>was published nearly three years ago now but is getting a new life thanks to this board book edition from Tundra Books. I couldn't be more pleased. Working on this book with J<a href="https://www.juliemorstad.com/">ulie Morstad</a> was an utter joy and the thing that really convinced me that picture books were where my heart lay.<br />
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U.S. <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735263246">Indiebound</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735263248/prhca-20">Amazon</a> <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-is-sadie-sara-oleary/1120322438?ean=9780735263246">Barnes & Noble </a> <a href="http://www.powells.com/book/this-is-sadie-9780735263246/62-0">Powells </a><br />
Canada <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/This-Sadie-Sara-OLeary/dp/0735263248/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1515245038&sr=1-5">Amazon.ca </a> <a href="http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780735263246/sara-o-leary-illustrated-by-julie-morstad/this-is-sadie">McNally Robinson</a> <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/this-is-sadie-sara-o-leary-illustrated-by-julie-morstad/9780735263246-item.html">Chapters Indigo</a><br />
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Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-34028384312913200542018-02-19T08:18:00.001-05:002020-06-03T17:04:54.000-04:00Bluebells & the magic of making a picture bookPleased to chat with CBC Radio's <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCAinslie">Ainslie MacLellan </a>about <i><a href="https://49thshelf.com/Books/T/The-Boy-and-the-Blue-Moon">The Boy and the Blue Moon</a> </i>last weekend. Our talk is now up online and you can listen <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1164406339845">here</a>.<br />
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Our conversation touched on enchantment and bluebells and magic. We talked about how illustrator <a href="http://www.ashleycrowley.com/">Ashley Crowley</a> lives in England and I live here in Canada and how strange it is to make something with someone you've never met. And about various references within the book's text and images to other books, particularly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/22/how-the-snowman-melted-david-bowies-heart-raymond-briggs">The Snowman</a> by Raymond Briggs. And we talked about how much I'd like to go to England and visit a <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/bluebell-woods-near-you">bluebell wood</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Charming <i>Officer Panda</i> trailer, featuring Ash and his adorable son Frankie <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMo6In7fSgY">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And check out Ashley Crowley Illustration on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BbZaCMkhs3v/?taken-by=ashleycrowleyillustration">Instagram</a>.</span><br />
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As of March this year, you will be able to buy a board book edition of <i>This is Sadie.</i><br />
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This is a first board board book for me and I'm pretty thrilled. Celebrating by commissioning this Sadie doll. The doll--based on <a href="https://www.juliemorstad.com/">Julie Morstad</a>'s brilliant illos--was built by <a href="https://www.ateliercarolinedesign.com/">Atelier Caroline</a>, and we couldn't be more pleased with her.<br />
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And so long as I'm here, I might as well remind you to check out Emily Arrow's brilliant <i>This is Sadie </i>song either here on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y9LPiphdT4">youtube</a> or at her <a href="http://www.emilyarrow.com/lyrics/2017/11/5/this-is-sadie-song-lyrics">site </a>where you can find lyrics and other goodies.</div>
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<i>This is Sadie</i> in board book is available for preorder now via these booksellers (will add more as they pop up):<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.ca/This-Sadie-Sara-OLeary/dp/0735263248/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1515245038&sr=1-5">Amazon.ca </a> <a href="http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780735263246/sara-o-leary-illustrated-by-julie-morstad/this-is-sadie">McNally Robinson</a> <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/this-is-sadie-sara-o-leary-illustrated-by-julie-morstad/9780735263246-item.html">Chapters Indigo</a><br />
Also available through booksellers in<a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/this-is-sadie-9781770495326"> Australia.</a><br />
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<br />Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-82973774930330969572017-10-30T10:38:00.000-04:002020-06-03T17:05:28.829-04:00SadieThis is <a href="https://www.instagram.com/helloemilyarrow/">Emily Arrow</a> and here she is performing a sweet song she's written inspired by <i><a href="https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/225646/sadie#9781770495326">This Is Sadie.</a></i><br />
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You can read more (including lyrics) at Emily's website <a href="http://www.emilyarrow.com/book-of-the-month/2017/11/4/november-2017-this-is-sadie">here</a> and download a copy of the song for yourself, Also check out some of her other children's-book-inspired songs and see what's on offer in her <a href="https://merchcave.com/collections/emily-arrow">shop</a>.</div>
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Since <i><a href="http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/225646/this-is-sadie-by-sara-oleary-illustrated-by-julie-morstad/">This Is Sadie</a></i><i> </i>was published I've had the privilege and joy of meeting a number of Sadies. Some of them are named Sadie and some of them just are. If you'd like to share a pic of your Sadie you can find me over on Instagram as <a href="https://www.instagram.com/123olearyo/">123olearyo</a>.<br />
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More about the book <a href="http://thisissadiebook.tumblr.com/">here on tumblr</a> and a throwback to when it was featured on <a href="http://www.allthewonders.com/wonders/all-the-wonders-of-this-is-sadie/">All The Wonders</a>.<br />
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I loved working with Julie Morstad and our brilliant editor, Tara Walker, on this book. One of the things we took a good deal of time over was the cover image. Because of the way the story opens, we wanted to both show and conceal our main character...and the question became how best to do that. Julie sketched out a few suggestions before we arrived at the fox mask and I think we can agree that we made the right choice.<br />
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One of the many reasons to be grateful to Tundra Books is that they made us a <a href="https://tundrabooks.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/thisissadieactivitykit.pdf">fab activity kit</a>.</div>
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Click <a href="https://tundrabooks.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/thisissadieactivitykit.pdf">here</a> to find a fox mask you can print yourself, paper dolls, and bunting featuring some of Julie Morstad's patterns from the book.<br />
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This Is Sadie available in hardcover and board book (March, 2018):<br />
Tundra Books/ <a href="https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/225646/sadie#9781770495326">Penguin Random House Canada</a><br />
<a href="http://prhinternational.com/book/?isbn=9781770495326">Penguin Random House USA</a><br />
It is also available in a French translation from <a href="https://www.belin-editeur.com/il-etait-une-fois-lily">Editions Belin.</a></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">So pleased and proud that <i><a href="https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/225646/sadie#9781770495326">This Is Sadie</a></i> was selected for <a href="https://www.thebalance.com/dolly-partons-imagination-library-1356803">#DollysLibrary</a>, a fabulous literacy initiative by Dolly Parton. </span></div>
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Updated to include periodic reminder that <a href="http://www.juliemorstad.com/picturebooks/today/1">Julie Morstad</a> is wonderful and you really need to buy ALL of her books.Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-24141806482904590932017-09-08T12:58:00.000-04:002020-06-03T17:05:59.006-04:00When You Were Small<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Thrilled that a little over a decade after its first publication <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/When-You-Were-Small-Henry/dp/1772290084/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=">When You Were Small </a></i>is now available in paperback. <a href="http://www.simplyreadbooks.com/home.php">Simply Read Books</a> plans to bring the whole trilogy out in paper over the next year and I'm happy to think of the books finding their way into more small hands!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This seems like a good time to look back at some of the nice things that have happened since the book was first published. The original </span><a href="http://w-y-w-s.blogspot.ca/2006/" style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">WYWS blog</a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> for the books is still up and it's been interesting trawling through the posts. A lot has happened and I've met a number of wonderful people because of these books and a fair few wonderful things have come my way because of these people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The books are being seen into publication in French by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Etageredubas/?hc_ref=ART5E5bT9ZhSoLVhVEpfGo0h2rjbv_TAKntfhb_vk07eZobvwWIiOzK8pPR5BRBhIpc">Éditions de L'Étagère du bas</a> and are also scheduled for publication in Simplified Chinese by Beijing TIANDAI Multimedia Publishing. My dream is to one day see the books published as board books for babies or in a miniature boxed edition for people who love <a href="http://www.harpercollins.ca/9780060255008/nutshell-library">Sendak's Nutshell Library</a>.<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our little Henry got a nice spotlight moment in <a href="https://thewalrus.ca/with-my-children-learning-to-love-the-little-things/">The Walrus</a> recently thanks to writer <a href="http://picklemethis.com/2017/05/30/big-as-life/">Kerry Clare</a>. One of my favourite things about that whole experience was when I got the call from the fact-checker at the magazine. "Is it true you like small things?" she asked.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And here's one of the loveliest of small things that has come my way. A gift from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/secretsocietyofbooks/?hl=en">Kellie Diguangco </a>(whose friendship is itself a gift).</span></span><br />
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The thing I really love about this image was that it was only after seeing <a href="http://www.shannonassociates.com/qinleng">Qin Leng'</a>s art that I realised that (of course) a classroom is another sort of family. Sending love out to to all the teachers and school librarians heading back to work!<br />
And so long as I'm here, let me just say how proud I am to be published by Groundwood Books and Sheila Barry. Read about their fantastic diversity mandate<a href="http://diversity.groundwoodbooks.com/"> here</a>.Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-63447130070929631102017-08-15T15:55:00.001-04:002020-06-03T17:06:28.860-04:00This Is Sadie (only smaller)<br />
Really, really, really thrilled that <i><a href="http://thisissadiebook.tumblr.com/">This Is Sadie</a></i> is being given a <a href="http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/225646/sadie#9781770495326">board book edition</a>.<br />
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There are lots of beauties there to choose from but these two by Julie Morstad have really piqued my interest!Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-18301747708894234432017-05-26T08:26:00.001-04:002020-06-03T17:07:20.992-04:00Small News<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<a href="http://picklemethis.com/" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kerry Clare</a>'s<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #120f10; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">With My Children, Learning to Love the Little Things" </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">in the new issue of </span><a href="https://thewalrus.ca/with-my-children-learning-to-love-the-little-things/#.WSdwwC43piE.facebook" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Walrus</a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">features one of my very favourite illos from my first book together with Julie Morstad. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> from <i>When You Were Small ~ </i>Julie Morstad (Simply Read Books)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(Actually--like my children--they are all my favourites!)</span><br />
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Looking at this picture makes me so happy for so many reasons, but right at the front of the queue is the joy of working with <a href="http://www.juliemorstad.com/">Julie Morstad</a>.<br />
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<i><a href="https://www.behance.net/gallery/6783367/When-You-were-Small-Sara-OLeary-Julie-Morstad">When You Were Small</a></i> has been in print for a decade now...it has gone through a number of editions, including a special project with the Mexican Ministry of Education that saw sixty thousand copies given away to primary students.<br />
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The book is going to be published in French for the first time this year (by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Etageredubas/">Éditions de L'Étagère du b</a>as) and is being republished by Simply Read Books in a special <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781772290080">paperback edition </a> which is pleasing because is makes it more accessible to more children.<br />
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Oh, and all three of <a href="http://w-y-w-s.blogspot.ca/">The Henry Books</a> are being published in Simplified Chinese by Tiandai of Beijing.<br />
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It's so nice seeing our book finding its place in the world and also so lovely to look at this picture and remember when it was new.<br />
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The issue of <a href="https://thewalrus.ca/with-my-children-learning-to-love-the-little-things/#.WSdwwC43piE.facebook" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Walrus</a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> with the article is on stands now. It also references my beautiful <a href="http://owlkidsbooks.com/AuthorsIllustrators/View/name/saraoleary">baby books</a> with Karen Klassen and you can see more of her work <a href="https://www.karenklassen.com/">here</a>.</span><br />
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<br />Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-90264398445397737572017-05-18T07:39:00.000-04:002020-06-03T17:07:07.001-04:00The Boy and The Blue MoonIt looks like our beautiful cover for <i><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/theboyandthebluemoon/saraoleary/9781627797740/">The Boy and The Blue Moon</a></i> has just gone live. Thanks so much to the wonderful <a href="https://twitter.com/MrSchuReads">Mr. Schu</a> for sharing!<br />
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The book pubs early next spring and I can't wait to share it. The art is simply out of this world!<br />
Will post more about illustrator <a href="http://www.ashleycrowley.com/">Ashley Crowley</a> and what a joy it was working with editor-extraordinaire <a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/72307-a-dual-career-comes-full-circle-for-laura-godwin.html">Laura Godwin</a> soon.<br />
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For now I'm just happy to share this beaut of a cover.<br />
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Big thanks go out to my brilliant agent (<a href="http://www.wcaltd.com/jackie-kaiser/">Jackie Kaiser</a> of Westwood Creative) and to Ash's wonder-agent (Kirsten Hall of <a href="http://catbirdagency.com/">Catbird</a>) for putting this fantastic deal together and allowing us to make this dream of a book.<br />
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Fabulous honour for the first of my three books with the talented Karen Klassen: <i>You Are One</i> has been named a Carnegie Library choice for <a href="http://www.carnegielibrary.org/staff-picks/best-books-babies-2017/">Best Books for Babies 2017</a>.<br />
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Also, a nice mention for <i>You Are Two</i> and <i>You Are Three</i> <a href="http://villagelivingmagazine.ca/spread-cheer-with-books-this-may-with-joanne-sallay-hookedonbooks/">here</a>.Sara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.com0