by Tracy | May 4, 2017 | For Readers, For Writers, More Personally
Today’s the day! Excited to answer your questions about writing, illustrating or publishing picture books with author-illustrator Jannie Ho tonight at 6pm EST. And, while I have very limited knowledge of chickens, I’m happy to answer those questions too....
by Tracy | Apr 13, 2017 | For Readers, For Writers, More Personally
Save the date for a special Twitter chat event! Author-illustrator Jannie Ho (Bear and Chicken, Running Press Kids) and I will be hosting a #ChickenPBChat on Twitter on May 4th (International Respect a Chicken Day – who knew?) at 6pm EST. We’ll be...
by Tracy | Apr 3, 2017 | For Readers, For Writers, More Personally
I’m frequently asked on the agent side of things about picture books I’ve read and enjoyed, so I thought I’d share some recent favorites and elaborate a bit on my #mswl. “Deliciously dark picture books” When I talk about...
by Tracy | Mar 24, 2017 | For Readers, More Personally
You may have already seen me tweet about this, but Chicken Wants A Nap received its first review on Goodreads – and it’s five out of five stars! Rosie Malezer from Readers’ Favorite says: Bravo! Tracy Marchini’s delightful and charming tale of a chicken,...
by Tracy | Feb 20, 2017 | For Readers, More Personally
I announced on The Quacktory earlier, but Chicken Wants A Nap is now available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Target! Pre-orders are extremely important to a book’s success, so I sincerely appreciate everybody that supports the book in this way....
by Tracy | Nov 3, 2016 | For Readers, More Personally
I shared this earlier on Facebook and Twitter, but I’m super happy to announce that the illustrator for Chicken Wants A Nap is Monique Felix! Felix is an award-winning illustrator of more than forty books for children, including The Good Ship Crocodile by J....
