Children's author Linda K. Stanek

MY PICTURE BOOK,

illustrated by Lauren Castillo

New School Visits Programs are listed on my site for 2009-10! Let your students "Connect With an Author All Year Long" (Program 3), or take advantage of a discounted "District Special" (Program 4). Booking 2009-10 programs now!

Check it out here.

I'M OUT VISITING SCHOOLS! If you'd like to have me visit, I still have some days available. Please email so I can get you on the calendar!

TURN ON YOUR RADIO! John Ivanic was kind enough to be interested in my work. Our interview will air on Saturday, August 9th at 7 am and again at 2 pm on 91.5 FM in Columbus. It was my first radio interview, and boy was I nervous! Thanks John, for making it easy on me!

KATHLEEN RADCLIFF of the Dublin News wrote a very nice article about my work. To read it, click here. Thanks, Kathleen!

Lauren found this copy "in the wild" in a Manhatten bookstore!

My friends at the Grandview Heights Public Library help with props as I read. Thanks guys!

BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED, AND THEY LOOK GREAT! MY THANKS TO ILLUSTRATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE LAUREN CASTILLO AND ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE AT STAR BRIGHT FOR A JOB WELL DONE!

THANK YOU HARRIS ELEMENTARY for an awesome visit! When I arrived at the school that day this was waiting for me!

LYNCHBURG-CLAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL allowed me to spend a day in their wonderful school. It was great seeing my friends there!

FAIRBANKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosted me for a day full of book talks and writing workshops. It was a great day! Thanks to everyone there!

GRANVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY hosted me for a book signing and visit with students. I had a great time!

TRINITY LUTERAN SCHOOL in Toledo hosted me for a wonder Author Visit in January. They were the first school to see the actual book. Big fun! Thanks again to everyone there!

AUTUMN BOOK FESTIVAL IN FOSTORIA, OHIO I had a wonderful day in Fostoria, visiting with the friendly people there, and lots of other authors. I look forward to going back next year!

Authors John Becker and Nancy Roe Pimm with a friend in Fostoria.

IT'S A SMALL WORLD! Wow! I am thrilled to have visitors to this site from other countries! Please send me an email telling me where you are from, how you are using my website, and any ways I could make it more helpful to you. So far I know of visits from France, Sweden, China, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Uganda, Germany, Spain, and India! Anywhere else?

"LIGHTER THAN AIR" My article, "Lighter Than Air," is in the October 2006 issue of Highlights for Children magazine. Read it and learn what it's like to fly in a blimp!

"BUILD A BLIMP" Also in Highlights October 2006 issue, a craft for making a toy blimp.

BOOKS

Books in print:

The Pig and Miss Prudence (Formerly called, When Pigs Ran New York! ) A lively, funny picture book set in the 1850s, from Star Bright Books, January 2008. This is my first book.

Books at publishing houses:

The Andaman Pearl, historical fiction middle grade novel, set in Siam in the 1880s.
The Cookie Factory Disaster, a silly picture book adventure, written in a rare poetic form.
Bent Tree and the Serpent of Earth, a historical fiction picture book about a handicapped native American boy and the building of an effigy mound.
Blimp! The True Story of Airships, a photo-based nonfiction for ages 7-12.
The Jack O' Lantern Tree, a rhyming Halloween picture book.

Books being written:

Into the Fog, a mystery novel about a secret branch of the U.S. intelligence.

PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

Roundtable presenter, "Connecting with Authors Long-Distance." Michigan Association for Media in Education. Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 27, 2006.

Conference Presenter, "Critique Groups." Central Ohio Writers of Literature for Children. April 28, 2007.