Kid Tested, Monkey Approved I love seeing my books in the wild, so I was absolutely thrilled to see a giant stuffed monkey reviewing my book THE GIRL'S GUIDE TO CAMPFIRE ACTIVITIES. Apparently, she's training for an overnight hike...
3-D Is the New Black Avatar may not have won the Academy Award for Best Picture, but it definitely proved that people love 3-D effects. Now you can create your own 3-D doodles and amaze your friends with my new book, 3-D Doodle...
Ready to Launch My new book, Cat's Cradle and Other Fantastic String Figures, officially releases on February 2! Four of my teen Girl Scouts and I served as the hand models for both the book and the included DVD, so this...
As Seen on Spells TV I had a lot of fun filming Spells students with my new camera as they performed the commercials they'd written during our As Seen on TV workshop. I'm particularly fond of the blooper reel I added at the...
My Skyscrapers Book Goes 3-D Hendy Nata, a design student in Indonesia, used my Buildings at Work: Skyscrapers book as inspiration for his senior design project. Check out this stop-motion video of his pop-up version of my book. Isn't...
Late Start So, my troop has gotten off to a really late start this year—we just had our second meeting last night. It's partly because I've been overwhelmed while starting my business. And partly because I didn't...
The New Girl Scout Leadership Experience I'm very curious to learn more about the new Girl Scout Leadership Experience, which seems to be a complicated name for "New Age Levels." According to Girl Scouts USA, girls weren't happy with being in...
The Girls' Guide to Campfire Activities The Girls' Guide to Campfire Activities just received a nice review from School Library Journal (or, check it out on Barnes & Noble's page, if you have trouble finding it on SLJ's website). Here's...
I love seeing my books in the wild, so I was absolutely thrilled to see a giant stuffed monkey reviewing my book THE GIRL’S GUIDE TO CAMPFIRE ACTIVITIES. Apparently, she’s training for an overnight hike on the Appalachian Trail, and decided to show the kids she lives with some of the tricks she learned while reading my book.
Until I read her blog post at Kids in the Valley, Adventuring!, I’d never realized how perfect my book was for families with monkeys. Read the rest of this entry »
Elizabeth Encarnacion is an author and book editor who specializes in books for kids and teens.
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