Screenland Literary Associates

The 13 Days of Halloween

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Guy’s adorable Halloween book is a new spin on the 12 Days of Christmas song. Everyone will want to sing along with the cute protagonist as she marches the assorted Halloween monsters to the great big party barn where the real Monster Mash is in full swing. Okay everybody, all together… “On the first day of Halloween my Mummy gave to me, a bright shiny skeleton key” I can guarantee you’ll have this song stuck in your head all day!

Ausmus Marney

admin — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:56:24 +0000

Screenland welcomes new author Phillippa Bayliss to our family. Phillippa’s new book Ausmus Marney follows the wonderful exploits of Ausmus as she tries to rescue her “Pops” from a inebriated Greek God who’s kidnapped, and spirited him off to the Heeve Neelies, where fictional characters live. This delightful middle-grade novel has the action and humor to appeal to kids addicted to the Percy Jackson series by Rick Reardon.

The World is Your Litter Box

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:52:46 +0000

Steve Fisher grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, where he was a musician, a radio disc jockey, and a record producer before moving to Southern California to start writing. Several of his short stories have appeared in literary magazines, and he has finished a novel based on his experiences as a deejay. Steve lives in Burbank, California with his wife Judy and Quasi, his cat and co-author of The World is Your Litter Box. They are currently at work on the book’s follow-up “The World is Still Your Litter Box.”

Tyrannoclaus

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:44:25 +0000

Janet describes her first book, If Kisses Were Colors (Dial, 2003), as “a mother’s love poem” to her children. It was chosen as a Children’s Book of the Month Club main selection in spring, 2003. Her reflections on parenthood and nature run throughout her books A Father’s Song (Sterling, 2006) and A Mama Bug’s Love (Little Simon, 2007). Her work has also appeared in the magazines Shoofly and Highlights.

Her latest book, Tyrannoclaus (Harper Collins, 2009), is a whimsical turn on the beloved Clement Moore poem The Night Before Christmas with an all-dinosaur cast. Janet lives in Connecticut with her husband, their children, and a menagerie of pets.

The Jake Book Series

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Michael Wright attributes his first stirrings as an artist to his doodles in the margins of his notebook during his second grade math lessons. Much later, after careers in advertising and set design for TV news, he had an epiphany. “What will my legacy to my children be?” he thought. “Some fish stick commercials and television news sets?” With that, the father of three wrote and illustrated his first kids’ book, Jake Stays Awake, which Screenland sold to Feiwel and Friends for publication in 2007. Its sequel, Jake Starts School, released in October of 2008.

From his home in Southern California, Michael is putting the finishing touches on his third book for Feiwel, Jake Goes Peanuts slated for spring 2010.

Puff, the Magic Dragon

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:37:58 +0000

Peter Yarrow is best known as a singer, songwriter (“Puff, the Magic Dragon,” “Day is Done,” “Light One Candle,” “The Great Mandala”), social activist, and one third of the renowned folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary. He has used the gentle but formidable power and poetry of his music to press for the peaceful resolutions to an array of social issues across five decades.

The book Puff, the Magic Dragon, gloriously illustrated by artist Eric Puybaret, is a tender visual journey through the song (co-written with Lenny Lipton), a celebration of the magic of childhood and the pain of surrendering one’s innocence for adulthood.
Puff, the Magic Dragon published in August 2007 from Sterling Publishing.

Tyrannoclaus

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:33:14 +0000

A re-telling of the classic The Night Before Christmas with a twist – an all-dinosaur cast. In this story, the North Pole is at the bottom of a dormant volcano, and Tyrannoclaus and his dino-helpers hurriedly prepare for a big night of delivering gifts. Then the volcano comes to life and the complications compound. Who’ll save Christmas now?

Jake Stays Awake

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:31:54 +0000

‘Unless I can sleep with my parents,’ he said, ‘I won’t go to sleep, and I won’t go to bed.’” Jake is a regular kid with a habit that’s problematical: he won’t sleep in his own bed. His mom and dad come up with a plan as they work through the conflict as a team. A fresh and very funny take on problem solving.

Jake Starts School

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:30:14 +0000

Jake’s back with another problem: school’s starting, but he doesn’t want to be left there with the other kids. So mom and dad, supportive as always, start school with him, and the consequences quickly follow. As with Jake Stays Awake, the family solves the problem together in a funny and lively way. A clever and natural follow-up to the first book.

Puff, the Magic Dragon

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:28:38 +0000

The whimsical lyrics to the folk classic Puff, the Magic Dragon are presented for the first time in a lavishly illustrated picture book and four-song CD package. The CD consists of two versions of Puff, the Magic Dragon, along with two other classic folk songs sung by Peter and his daughter, Bethany Yarrow and accompanied by cellist Rufus Cappadocia.

The World Is Your Litter Box

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:27:00 +0000

Steve Fisher’s acerbic but loveable feline, Quasi, offers sage advice on living a better life by following the successful model of cats. Chock full of everyday wisdom, Quasi leads by example, along the way sharing his hilarious observations about living in the same house with Steve and ‘his female.’ For more on the book visit Quasi & Steve’s web site:

The Day is Done

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:25:08 +0000

The follow-up to Puff, the Magic Dragon, The Day is Done is a beautifully illustrated visualization of the moving Peter, Paul, and Mary song from the late 1960’s. Includes a four-song CD sung by Peter, his daughter Bethany Yarrow and accompanied by cellist, Rufus Cappadocia.

The Peter Yarrow Sing-Along Book Collection

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:18:42 +0000

Sleepy Time Songs Favorite Folk SongsThis four-book collection, which has a staggered Summer/Holiday release over two years, highlights classic folk music such as John Henry, Blue Tail Fly, and Froggy Went A-Courtin’. The first twobooks in the collection, Sleepy Time Songs, and Favorite Folk Tails were published in October 2008, and are available now at your local bookstore. The third title Camping Songs will be released Spring 2009, and the fourth book, Songs for the Very Young in 2010. The collection offers those familiar with folk music a chance to revisit the familiar songs, while children and casual fans can experience and develop a love for this great musical heritage. The sing-along focus of each book is designed to help bring generations together through the medium of music, and a CD of Peter performing with his daughter, Bethany Yarrow, and jazz cellist Rufus Cappadocia accompanies each book.

Peter Yarrow at the 2007 Bologna Book Fair.

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Peter Yarrow at the 2007 Bologna Book Fair.

Peter Yarrow poses with the display for “Puff The Magic Dragon” at the 2007 Bologna Book Fair.

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Peter Yarrow poses with the display for “Puff The Magic Dragon” at the 2007 Bologna Book Fair.

Peter Yarrow

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Peter Yarrow

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Peter singing during a reception for booksellers hosted by Sterling. Bologna Book Fair 2007.

The Jake Book Series

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Puff, The Magic Dragon

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The World is Your Litter Box

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The Day is Done

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The Peter Yarrow Sing-Along Book Collection

admin — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:13:36 +0000

Alice Dark: Book 1 The Wyrding Way

admin — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:07:45 +0000

Journey with Alice Dark from her familiar yet different human world into the Overworld, a world that is invisible to us but co-exists alongside our own, a fantastic world inhabited by the mythical, winged Fay-ree – a world ruled by a great and terrible evil. Alice is the 12-year-old adopted daughter of hoteliers. Her bucolic existence is shattered when evil forces spill out of the Overworld and ghastly monsters known as Shayds kidnap her parents. It is then that Alice learns the true story of her birth and must make her way through the Overworld not knowing whom she can trust and how she’ll survive. This first book in a trilogy introduces us to a classically themed story and unforgettable characters.

Tagger

admin — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:05:54 +0000

Livvy, our 13 year old protagonist, is having a bad year. Her parents divorced, her dad moved to Europe, and now her mom has a new creepy boyfriend. Feeling her world spinning out of control, she starts ‘tagging’, painting graffiti on her school and town. Caught and sentenced to work in a old-folks home, she meets Rose, a resident of the home, whose life is also spinning out of control. Can they save each other?

Pucker Up!

admin — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:00:40 +0000

What’s a kid to do, when all of his relatives insist on grabbing and kissing him at every turn? Pucker Up, I guess!

What Would You Do?

admin — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:59:02 +0000

What would you do, if you found a skunk in your backpack? Would you: a) tell the skunk that your sister’s backpack is roomier, b) use this as the best ever get-out-of-school excuse, or c) read What Would you Do the hilarious new Q & A