Lovely Review

Here is a lovely review on Kirkus https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/will-you-remember/ written by Julie from 7 Impossible Things Before Breakfast.


And the Books are in! This Saturday at 3 pm I will be at the bookshop Monkey Shines in Marda Loop, Calgary reading (if children come) from my new and lovely book Once Upon A Memory written by Nina Laden. Come and say hallo.

Calgary Book Reading Moved To Dec 14

We had to postpone todays book reading at Monkey Shine Children's Book store until next Saturday Dec 14 at 3pm. The books are stuck on a truck somewhere (plus it's crazy cold today).

Book of the Month

Some good news to report,  Once Upon a Memory is an Amazon Book of the Month for December!

It's also on the winter Indie Next List!

Calgary Book Launch

 Renata is in Seattle for the book launch of Once Upon a Memory tonight at 7pm, but she will be back this Saturday for the Calgary Book Launch.

Does a feather remember it once was a bird?

Does a book remember it once was a word?

Will you remember hearing Renata read

from her book?

Join us Saturday at Monkey Shine Children's

Books in Marda Loop for the Calgary launch

of Renata’s new book, Once Upon a Memory.

Illustrated by Renata and written by Nina Laden

Saturday Dec 7 at 2 pm, 2215 - 33rd Ave SW

Monkey Shine Children's Books

Book Launch in Seattle on Dec 3 and Renata will be there!

Once Upon a Memory is officially released this Tuesday and Renata will officially be in Seattle with the author Nina Laden at Secret Garden Books! She is super happy to be with Nina in person to celebrate this wonderful book's launch.

Join Renata and Nina at 7pm
Secret Garden Books
2214 NW Market Street
Seattle, WA 98107
206-789-5006

Once upon a Sketchbook #2

Here is another drawing for Once Upon a Memory written by Nina Laden and illustrated by Renata for publication by Little Brown this December. Some may recognize it as the the steps to the New York Public Library. Renata was inspired to include it from a visit a year or so ago. She just returned from another visit to NYC about a week ago. While there we visited a super exhibit titled The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter. This free exhibit is worth the visit if you are in the city, it features original art from a great many historically important children's books.

Some highlight for Renata include original pencil drawings for Alice in Wonderland, an original fur wrapped book by Margaret Wise Brown (poor bunnies!), and a do-it yourself kit by Eric Carle. Renata is excited to be illustrating a different story by Margaret Wise Brown for a compilation book which will be out next year.

The exhibit is on until March 2014 and more info can be found HERE.