Balkin Buddies Book Doctor, Blogger & Booking Agent...
Balkin Buddies books school visits & other events for authors & artists of K-YA books. We also promote our authors & artists and their books to teachers, librarians, parents and all others interested in children's literature. Details about the authors & artists we represent are on BalkinBuddies.​ And if you're a children's book writer needing any kind of help with a manuscript, we're here to assist you.
WHAT WE OFFER:
* Editorial Consultation or Assistance/Book Doctoring/Ghostwriting
* Booking Children's Book Authors & Illustrators for School Visits & other Educational Events
* We hope you'll visit our Blog where we Promote & Publicize our Authors' & Artists' Books
We help writers create their own children's books.
We book authors & artists for school visits & many other educational events.
Learn about our authors' & artists' books & awards by visiting our blog.
Bio
Catherine Balkin worked at Macmillan Children's Books for five years and HarperCollins Children's Books for nearly fifteen. Known for her organizational abilities, she arranged author appearances in schools and libraries, and handled all activities and events related to various institutional conferences. If you've ever been to an ALA, IRA or NCTE, you've probably met her! While at HarperCollins, she also created the first ever publisher's electronic listserv dedicated to serving teachers and librarians, providing information on news about authors, illustrators and book awards (this listserv is no longer active). She has also written biographies for the Books of Junior Authors and Illustrators published by H.W. Wilson, author interviews, English back translations for Arabic and Japanese advertising copy, children's book manuscripts and has done editorial work on various children's manuscripts for Stallion Books. The Balkin Buddies websites, blog and services reflect her continuing dedication to the world of children's books and to the teachers and librarians who get them into the hands of children. We hope you will contact us with any questions you might have about authors, artists, setting up appearances, children's book publishing, editorial services or general publishing information.
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Attention Teachers & Librarians
Have you had a Balkin Buddies author or illustrator visit your school within the last year? Would you like to tell us how the visit went? We'd love to hear your comments.
Also, have your students written fan letters to any Balkin Buddies authors or illustrators? If so, would you be willing to send us a few scans of them?
And finally, if you would like to write a review of any of our authors' or illustrators' books, just let us know.
With your permission, we might even include some of the above on our blog.
We look forward to hearing from you through our Contact page.