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My Antarctica is out today from Candlewick Press and I’m thrilled to announce that not only has it received the prestigious starred review from Kirkus, but also from Booklist, and to top it all has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Selection.
Thank you to all the people who’ve taken the time to write about this book, including Publishers Weekly, the School Library Journal, and the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books.
Written by G. Neri and illustrated by myself, the book takes a modern, personal, and humorous journey into our most mysterious continent.
It’s been a long time coming, and it’s exciting to see this travel-journal-picturebook-graphic-novel finally hit the shelves.
You can find all the places to order your copy on my website or at Penguin Random House.
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This March 16th I have the immense honour of speaking alongside six truly great children’s book creators in The Writing Barn’s online seminar about nonfiction picture books.
I’ll be speaking on the topic “Making Room for the Illustrator” and touching upon real-world visual research and how illustration can contribute to nonfiction storytelling.
Here is a one-time opportunity to learn new ideas, methods and approaches to creating nonfiction picture books from seven of the most successful book creators in publishing AND help save South Africa’s wildlife at the same time. In this fast and fun, 90 minute event we will cover every facet of the creation process from research and ideas to creating and selling your book. Above all, you will discover how to take known facts and transform them into a true story that is uniquely yours — exactly what agents and editors are searching for.
Led by the amazing group Children’s Book Creators for Conservation, this webinar will be full of unique insights and take aways. This is a charity event with $30 of your registration fee going directly to Wild Tomorrow, a nonprofit working to restore wildlife and wild places in South Africa.
Sign up for the online event here.
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My Antarctica has just been chosen as one of Kirkus Reviews’ most anticipated books of 2024 and given its first review. Thanks!
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My Antarctica hardcover releases March 2024!
This is the first picturebook I’ve illustrated, and it’s actually a 100-page travel diary. So maybe not a picturebook at all. Or maybe a picturebook like no other.
The ever-wayfaring author of the book, G. Neri, got to see both of our Antarctica books up on the big giant screen ahead of the Houston Museum of Natural Science showing Dinosaurs of Antarctica, the sister documentary to our book Dino Detectives, in their Giant Screen Theatre.
Pre-order My Antarctica in the USA from Amazon, Target, or ThriftBooks.
Pre-orders in the UK currently only from Amazon, but watch this space.
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My Antarctica is coming soon from Candlewick Press!
“What’s a proof?“
Glad you asked.
A proof is a printed copy of a book that’s about to be published soon. The author/illustrator takes a look through it and makes sure that the colours look correct, and checks for visual glitches or design misunderstandings. Then, if there’s time, the publisher can change these things at the last minute before the book goes to press.
It’s the best way to make sure an error isn’t printed and bound thousands of times!
I work with proofs a lot in my day job editing images for photo books, and it’s surprising how easy it is for oversights to remain in a book right up until press day. When you’re immersed in a book every day, you become blind to things that might be obvious to someone else.
That’s why it’s so useful to get fresh pairs of eyes on a book at the proof stage.
Pre-order My Antarctica in the USA from Amazon, Target, or ThriftBooks.
Pre-orders in the UK currently only from Amazon, but watch this space.
Corban Wilkin 