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Zoo Zoom!
by Candace Ryan (Author) and Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator)

Booktalk: The BIG Picture

3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . blastoff!

When the animals at the zoo spot a rocket ship, next stop . . . the moon!

Zoo zoom!

Each animal has a job to do, but a sleepy rhino could cause trouble.

Zoo boom!

They’ll need to act quick . . . will they make it home?

#kidlit Writing Lesson: the small details

The first page of the story book says:

Monkey turns the key.
Condor opens the door.

Which bar to go far?

ZOO ZOOM!
ZOO ZOOM!

The book begins with a zoo animal taking action:

Monkey turns the key.

That action leads to a NEW action with a NEW animal:

Condor opens the door.

Those two actions lead to a question:

Which bar to go far?

The answer will give the zoo animals what they want:

ZOO ZOOM!
ZOO ZOOM!

Each line in this picture book moves the story forward.

Enter the ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY National Writing Contest!

“In 1974, the Council on Interracial Books sponsored a writing contest seeking out diverse voices. Mildred D. Taylor was the winner of the African-American segment for the manuscript that became Song of the Trees (Dial, 1975), her first book. It introduced the Logan family and was followed by Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976), which won the Newbery Medal.

Forty years later, in partnership with We Need Diverse Books™, Penguin Young Readers celebrates this momentous publication by launching a debut children’s fiction contest to find talented, ethnically diverse authors writing for readers ages 8-14.”

Submit your manuscript HERE! “Enter between 12:01:01 AM Eastern Time on April 26, 2016 and 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time on June 21, 2016.”

PRIZE: The confirmed winner will receive a book publishing contract for the publication of a novel for ages 8-14 by Penguin Random House LLC, with an advance of $35,000, plus royalties as follows: (i) on hardcover, 10% up to 50,000 copies and 12.5% thereafter; (ii) on paperback, 6% up to 50,000 copies and 7% thereafter; (iii) on audio, 8% of net; (iv) ebook, 25% of net; (v) world rights/all subrights at a 50/50 split; and (vi) an option on their next children’s or YA novel.

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Zoo Zoom!

Debut Children’s Fiction Contest