new storytelling by Howard M. Singer
Debut children's picture book author with nonfiction and fiction titles ready for review.
about Howard M. Singer
Picture Book Writer
Once upon a time many years ago, I read picture books to my brother's three children. Today, I conduct story time with their children. I graduated from the University of South Florida where I worked on the student newspaper and campus radio station. I have written news for radio, print and television. I was the transportation reporter for The Washington Times and two freelance articles appeared in The Washington Post. I created and edited client newsletters for Macy's and JCPenney. As a volunteer, I built a PR platform for a Wash., DC nonprofit without a budget. I am a member of the SCBWI and volunteer with Jumpstart's Read for the Record program. I currently have several picture book titles completed (both fiction and nonfiction/unillustrated) and seeking representation or publishers.
The Write Stuff
"A book is a gift you can open again and again." - Anonymous
"To learn to read is to light a fire - every syllable that is spelled is a spark." -Victor Hugo
"Reading is important because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything."
-Tomie dePaola
"People who report as little as a half-hour a day of book reading had a significant survival advantage over those who did not read." -Becca R. Levy, Professor of Epidemiology, Yale
"Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are." -Mason Cooley
"To me, the perfect picture book is a spontaneous creation, inspired by an invisible and mysterious muse not to be found in the marketplace." -Kate Banks
"The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better." -Stephen King
"I don't think about what children want. You get an idea and you just do it." -Raymond Briggs, as told to the BBC, 2017
"The person who doesn't read has no advantage over the person who can't." -Mark Twain
"Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again." -Louisa May Alcott
Suggested Reading
- "Kids' Books Don't Need To Be Only About Kids," by Pamela Paul, 12/23/22, The New York Times
- "Picture Books Being Challenged in America," by Elizabeth A. Harris and Erica Ackerberg, 1/8/24, The New York Times
- "Volunteers Find a Novel Way to Help Shelter Dogs," by Taylor Croft, 6/4/23, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- "Garbage Collectors Open Library With Abandoned Books," 1/15/18, CNN.com
- "Reading Aloud Can Remedy Covid Learning Loss," by Meghan Cox Gurdon, 9/17/22, The Wall Street Journal
- The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore, by Evan Friss
- Pictured Worlds: Masterpieces of Children's Book Art by 101 Essential Illustrators From Around the World, by Leonard S. Marcus
- Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature As An Adult, by Bruce Handy.
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