Ellen Leventhal | Writing Outside the Lines

29 Nov The Many Hats of Ann Koffsky

Posted at 14:47h in authors, chapter books, children's literature, illustrator, kid lit, picture books by Ellen Leventhal 2 Comments

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EL: I'm thrilled to have the multi-talented Ann Koffsky on the blog today. I usually have the featured image of the author, not her book, but this bright purple cover of Kayla and Kugel's Happy Hanukkah made me smile, so I decided to put that...

19 Nov A Butt-Tas-Tic Interview with Jocelyn Rish and her BATTLE OF THE BUTTS Plus a Giveaway!

Posted at 14:27h in authors, children's literature, non-fiction by Ellen Leventhal 10 Comments

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EL: I'm excited to highlight my multi-talented friend, Jocelyn Rish. Jocelyn and I met in our 2021 Marketing group, The Picture Book Scribblers. Not only is Jocelyn a fantastic author, but she is a tech whiz who has gotten many of us (especially me) out...

26 Oct Joyce Lapin and an Out of This World Giveaway

Posted at 14:40h in authors, picture books, space by Ellen Leventhal 4 Comments

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I am happy to introduce a new friend to Writing Outside the Lines today. I "met" Joyce Lapin in one of Mel Rosenberg and Colleen Paeff's fun online writing get-togethers. I am impressed with all Joyce has done, and I wanted to share. So, welcome, Joyce!...

19 Oct Meet Rochelle Melander, Author and Coach

Posted at 13:20h in authors, middle grade, writing by Ellen Leventhal 0 Comments

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One of the wonderful things about what I do is that I get to meet new people who love kid lit as much as I do. I was very excited when Rochelle Melander contacted me, and I'm thrilled that I'm getting to know her. Now...

01 Oct Happy Book Birthday to Laurie Smollett Kutscera and MAYA’S TREASURE!

Posted at 13:21h in authors, children's literature, critique groups, friendship, illustrator, kid lit, nature, picture books, publishing by Ellen Leventhal 10 Comments

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[video width="2000" height="1294" mp4="https://ellenleventhal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Happy-Birthday-Book-3.mp4"][/video] I'm excited to celebrate the book birthday of Maya's Treasure, a gorgeous book by my friend, author/illustrator, Laurie Smollett Kutscera! If you've read this blog before, you'll know that I am in absolute awe of author/illustrators, and Laurie is no exception. Her...

23 Sep Joanna Rowland talks about BIG BEAR IS NOT THE SAME and GIVEAWAY ALERT!

Posted at 17:40h in authors, children's literature, empathy by Ellen Leventhal 4 Comments

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Sometimes we find books that are not only lovely but are especially timely. Joanna Rowland's newest book, Big Bear Was Not the Same, is one such book. As we all know, these last few years have been difficult in many ways. Aside from Covid, hurricanes,...

09 Sep Charlotte Offsay: HOW TO RETURN A MONSTER and a GIVEAWAY!

Posted at 14:17h in authors, children's literature, humor, picture books, publishing, siblings, writing by Ellen Leventhal 5 Comments

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Welcome back, Charlotte! I'm thrilled to have my friend and fellow Picture Book Scribbler, Charlotte Offsay back on "Writing Outside the Lines." This time she is going to talk to us about her latest book, HOW TO RETURN A MONSTER. I've read the book, and...

01 Sep Teaching in the Time of Corona

Posted at 17:27h in empathy, kindness, masks, respect, schools, writing by Ellen Leventhal 5 Comments

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Full transparency: I am a retired teacher. I am not in the classroom anymore, but I do have empathy for those who are. After seeing a news clip of a parent ripping a mask off a teacher and physically assaulting her, I was compelled to...

03 Aug Author Kate Fox and PANDO

Posted at 13:22h in children's literature, nature, science, writing process by Ellen Leventhal 3 Comments

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I'm excited to have fellow Picture Book Scribbler, Kate Fox with us today. I was lucky enough to see an ARC of her beautiful debut picture book, PANDO, and it pulled me in immediately. You won't want to miss this one! Welcome, Kate! Would you please...

21 Jul Michal Babay

Posted at 14:09h in authors, children's literature, picture books, service dogs by Ellen Leventhal 5 Comments

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Today we welcome, my friend Michal Babay to "Writing Outside the Lines." Michal and I "met" (sorry to say not in real life...