An Itty

Blog & website of children's book author Tara Lazar An Itty-Bitty Giveaway for a  Micro-Magazine [UPDATE: The winner is Sheryl Tilley! Congratulations and enjoy!] My story “The Juggler Triplets” will appear in the November issue of Abe’s Peanut, a micro-magazine for kids ages 6-10. Delivered in four postcard installments, the story appears on one side with full-color illustration by Lichen Frank on the other. Independently published by editors Anna and Tess Knoebel, Abe’s Peanut launched this year after the success of Abe’s Penny, a micro-magazine for adults: “Off-set printed on double thick matte card stock, each issue dispenses art and literature while becoming a collectible, temporal object.” (In kidspeak: “They look cool tacked to your bedroom door.”) Recent Abe’s Peanut contributors include Audrey Vernick, author of Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?, and Lisa Tharpe, author of P is for Please: A Bestiary of Manners. Kids love receiving their own mail, so here’s a chance to receive four postcards with your child’s name on the label. Leave a comment naming your child’s favorite picture book for one contest entry. Mention the giveaway elsewhere for two additional entries. A winner will be chosen on Friday, October 22nd. And stay-tuned for PiBoIdMo in November, when there will be several itty-bitty (plus some hugantic) giveaways!