Other Writing, Illustrating, Talking...
The Creativity Project, edited by Colby Sharp
Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors and illustrators to provide story starters for each other; photos, drawings, poems, prose, or anything they could dream up. When they received their prompts, they responded by transforming these seeds into any form of creative work they wanted to share.
The result is a stunning collection of words, art, poetry, and stories by some of our most celebrated children book creators. A section of extra story starters by every contributor provides fresh inspiration for readers to create works of their own. Here is an innovative book that offers something for every kind of reader and creator!
Little, Brown, 2018, ISBN-13: 9780316507813. Read more...
OTHER WRITING: Guest Blog Posts
- "The Power of the Picture Book: The Secret of It" posted 11/9/17 at Strohreads.com for Picture Book Month
- "A Mind in the Gutter" posted 9/25/16 at NERDY BOOK CLUB
- “Deborah Freedman Begins Drawing” posted 11/8/2014 at WRITING FOR KIDS, for PiBoIdMo
- “Once Upon A Time” posted 4/12/2015 at NERDY BOOK CLUB
- “Whose Words Are Those?” posted 6/18/2013 at NERDY BOOK CLUB
- “Deborah Freedman Takes a Lesson From Frog and Toad” posted 11/6/2012 at WRITING FOR KIDS, for PiBoIdMo
e-NEWS: Archive
- For Poetry Month, April 25, 2018
- Back to School, September 29, 2017
- Can a House Dream? February 21, 2017
- Who's Shy? September 20, 2016
- What's the Idea? July 29, 2016
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SELECTED INTERVIEWS
- Daily Nutmeg: "Story Structures," interview with Kathy Czepiel • 2018
- The Yarn: Podcast Interview with Colby Sharp • 2017
- Design of the Picture Book: Interview with Carter Higgins • 2017
- Mile High Reading: Interview with Dylan Teut • 2017
- Life's an Art: Interview with Faith Hough • 2017
- Let's Talk Picture Books: Interview with Mel Schuit • 2016
- All the Wonders: Podcast Interview with Matthew Winner • 2016
- Let's Get Busy: Podcast Interview with Matthew Winner • 2014
- Watch. Connect. Read: Interview with John Schu • 2013
- Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast: "Seven Questions Over Breakfast" • 2011
- Classroom Connections: BCTV Interview with Jan Doyle • 2011
- Wacky Shorts Creations: "Why People Draw" • 2011
- BlogLily: "Author, Author" • 2009
- TeachingBooks.net: Hear Deborah tell a story about her name
MORE INTERVIEWS
- Writing "in the cracks of the day": Interview with Faith Hough • 2015
- My First Picture Book • Interview with Karlin Gray • 2016
- Artist Obscure • Interview with Dani Duck • 2015
- Feed Your Head! • Interview with Henry Herz •2014
- Author Turf • Interview with Brittney Breakey • 2014
- SCBWI Success Story • Interview with Martha Brockenbrough • 2013
- WTNH News Channel 8 • "Good Morning Connecticut" • 2011
- Write Wild • 2011
- Sruble's World • 2008
- Just One More Book!! Podcast interview with Deborah and her aunt, author Mary Ann Hoberman • 2007
- WTNH News Channel 8 • "Good Morning Connecticut" • 2007