What's this lizard doing here?
This
is the official website of writer and children's book author Uma
Krishnaswami. It includes her books, bio, school programs and writing
workshops, notes on writing process, writing links, and South Asian
links.
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Student art from Summer Outburst, Bisti Writing Project's first ever summer youth art and writing camp, July 2007 |
Layne Johnson's cover art for Remembering Grandpa, out this spring from Boyds Mills Press
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More about Uma's books and related work
• South Asian voices article on PaperTigers website.
• Orange County Register article on Asian-themed books, includes The Closet Ghosts. •
Monsoon cited in School Library Journal article on cross-cultural understanding
• Naming Maya featured on Kidsreads.com •
Chachaji's Cup on Skipping Stones Awards list
• Interview with Julia Durango, By the Book
• Archived information on Vermont Public Radio's broadcast. Stories from The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha
• Uma's continuing conversation with author Cynthia Leitich Smith on Cyn's Cynsations blog
• Wisconsin Public Radio's Jean Feraca's interview with Yuyi Morales, Ginny Moore Kruse, and Uma, on Here On Earth
• Teacher Resource File on Uma's books, including lesson plans/ Internet School Library Media Center
• Article from Rural Roots on Uma's writing program for kids at Aztec Ruins National Monument
•Brief downloadable teachers' guide to Naming Maya (pdf file)
•Uma's interview with Aline Pereira of Papertigers • Artist and illustrator Janee Trasler's blog, Art and Soul discusses Uma's web-based writing workshop through writers.com
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For reflections on writing process
Check out Writing With a Broken Tusk,
Uma's occasional blog on writing process, books, writing community, and
other ideas of interest to those who read and write children's books. A
work in progress.
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Last updated on July 1, 2007
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