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Dashka Slater
Journalist, Novelist, Children's Book Writer

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Dec.08.2011

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PUBLISHED: Sep.13.2012

Dangerously Ever After

Not all princesses are made of sugar and spice--some are made of funnier, fiercer stuff Princess Amanita laughs in the face of danger. Brakeless bicycles, pet scorpions, spiky plants--that's her thing. So when quiet Prince Florian gives her roses, Amanita is unimpressed . . . until she sees their glorious thorns! Now she must have rose seeds of her own. But when huge,...

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PUBLISHED: May.19.2008

The Sea Serpent and Me

A little girl finds a sea serpent in her bathtub, no bigger than a drop of water. They have fabulous adventures together, pretending to be Vikings and telling tales about the wonder of the sea. But then the serpent begins to grow. Soon he’s too big for the fish tank, then too big for the tub, then too big for land altogether. But how can such dear friends say goodbye? How will they...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.01.2006

Firefighters in the Dark

At night, a girl hears the sirens from the fire station near her house.Even though it is dark outside, she knows where they are going: toa castle, to a garden, all the way to Pluto . . . Dashka Slater and Nicoletta Ceccoli have crafted a dreamy ode tofirefighters everywhere and the big, brave, spectacular feats theyaccomplish every day, and every night--all the world over.

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PUBLISHED: May.19.2006

Baby Shoes

Baby loves his brand-new white shoes, taking them all over the neighborhood while his frantic mom chases behind him. But he just can’t resist stomping through puddles, squishing fallen plums, and dancing in fresh paint. It isn’t long before those white, high-jumping, fast-running shoes are speckled and spotted with every color of the rainbow.

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PUBLISHED: Feb.01.2000

The Wishing Box

A sometimes funny, sometimes magical first novel, The Wishing Box explores the surprising and unintended consequences of getting what you ask for. Julia, an almost-30 single mom whose life is mostly together, lives in Oakland with her seven-year-old son. Never suspecting it will actually work, she and her sister create a wishing box and half-seriously hold a ceremony for the return...

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May.09.2013 - 10:05 pm

The Many Paths to Publication Part 4: An Interview with Marsha Diane Arnold

Like many in the picture book world, I’ve been watching the children’s book app market with a mixture of curiosity and trepidation. I’m a book person at heart – I love the smell...

Apr.12.2013 - 1:54 pm

The Many Paths to Publication Part 3: An Interview With Rebecca Dudley

You might not have heard of Rebecca Dudley yet, but I’m guessing you will. Her wordless picture book Hank Finds An Egg comes out next month and it’s already gotten...

Apr.05.2013 - 10:53 am

The Many Paths to Publication Part 2: An Interview With Heather Woodard

Last week, I interviewed former student Nicole Lataif about her experience publishing with Pauline, a Catholic press. This week, I’m highlighting a pair of former...

Apr.01.2013 - 11:40 am

The Many Paths to Publication Part 1: An Interview With Writer Nicole Lataif

I’ve been teaching an online Children’s Picture Book Writing class through media bistro for six years years and recently launched an advanced class ...

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Jan.11.2009 - 9:41 pm

In response to: What Happened, How he Died

You both have touched so many people

Just seeing all the posts, I'm struck by how many people are holding you close to them right now. Thank you for a...

Jul.20.2008 - 10:06 pm

In response to: But Enough About Me, What Do You Think About Me?

you made my day

Hello Chris, out there on the East Coast somewhere. How sweet of you to track me down and post a comment, thereby...

May.02.2008 - 1:41 pm

In response to: Demented Squirrel

We Are The Squirrels

No, the squirrel never got the sheet, but I saw him a few days later --- or her --- sleeping on the branch of the tree...

May.02.2008 - 1:34 pm

In response to: We Are Not As Smart as Squirrels

squirrel mania

My father always called them rats with fluffy tails -- and he's right. But the tails make a big difference --- they...

Apr.07.2008 - 7:33 pm

In response to: Demented Squirrel

squirrels

Hi Belle, You just proved that someone actually reads these things. How exciting! Especially because I was looking at...

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Dashka Slater...has written a stunning, poetic first novel about appearances and disappearances, about family legacies, religious belief and cultural inheritances”

—The San Jose Mercury News

About Dashka

Dashka Slater is the recipient of a 2004 Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her novel, The Wishing Box (Chronicle, 2000), was named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, which called it “an impish novel...

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Dashka SlaterJournalist, Novelist, Children's Book Writer

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Dashka Slater
Journalist, Novelist, Children's Book Writer