Button Down is here!

 

Short chapters, simple yet meticulous language, a wholesome feel and the universal story of a boy with a dream combine to give this one widespread appeal. -Kirkus

Details and a sample chapter here


Indie Next Selection

   

It'll stick in your brain long after you've read it, this one, and you'll be glad that it's in there. -SLJ blog

Hear a sample here.


 

Winner of the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award

A boy, his dog, a raft, a river, the falls...


 

Booklist Top Ten Youth First Novel

Can writing a letter mend a heart, unite a family, help a girl grow up?

Teachers and Book Groups

Y?

If I had to answer in one word the question

Where do ideas come from?

I'd say 

WHY

It's all about the wondering

read more

Ylvi...what?

Ylvisaker = ILL vi soccer

News and Guest Blogs

Thanks to the Monterey County Weekly for this feature article, including an excerpt from Button Down. 

I'm honored to be November's Star Author for Christchurch New Zealand Library's Kids Blog. Find writing tricks and treats, ideas for using pictures as story starters, and small collections any writer can start. Tiny Collections and Growing a Story: The art of doing nothing are also posted here on my website. 

Just Launched is the Children's Literature Network's spot to read the behind the scenes scoop on newly released books. Here's my contribution about Button Down

Marvelous Middle Grade Monday's Barbara Watson and I chat about the writing process in a post she calls Buttoning Down

In the Children's Literature Network's Bookscope, I look back at how Little Klein came about. I've made some lucky mistakes in my day, and this is the story of one of them. 

Novel and Nouveau is Barbara Watson's excellent blog about writing and reading middle grade lit. She generously reviewed The Luck of the Buttons recently, and asked me to write a guest post about process as well. 

Bruce Black, author of Writing Yoga, interviewed me about process on his wonderful blog wordswimmer. Thanks, Bruce!

To celebrate The Luck of the Buttons release, there was a pie party on Amy Alessio's excellent Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts blog! Read and bake here: Memory PieIt's All About the CrustPie Worthy, and Launch Day Pie. Then try Amy's excellent pie craft

Children's Literature Network interviewer Tom Owens asks me, What's right with children's literature today? Libraries, that's what!

Find books at:

IndieBound

Amazon

  • Button Down
    Button Down
    by Anne Ylvisaker
  • The Luck of the Buttons
    The Luck of the Buttons
    by Anne Ylvisaker
  • Little Klein
    Little Klein
    by Anne Ylvisaker
  • Dear Papa
    Dear Papa
    by Anne Ylvisaker

Titles also available as audio and e-books! 

 


 

 

 

 

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May112012

Happy Mother's Day!

 

Beautiful then and now, Mom.

This is my sister Cara, my brother Nils, and me with our mom in our Minneapolis back yard. The yard was about the size of a postage stamp but there was a swingset and a picnic table from which many adventures began. In the summer, mom laid out craft supplies on the table. We must have consumed several trees in our paper mache efforts, and we read lots of books under that shady oak, from Little Bear to Anne of Green Gables. 

Thanks for filling our imaginations, Mom!

Thanks, Michelle Edwards, for the idea of posting a family picture for Mother's Day. Take a look at her photo here.

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Reader Comments (2)

Lovely picture. You look so much like your mom did back then. I adore the range of expressions. When children look out to the camera, they reveal so much. Thank you for joining in.

May 11, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle Edwards

Great photo Anne! Look at your little scrunched up face-- so ready to laugh and tell stories! And you mom's red dress with pearls is striking! Happy Mother's Day!

May 11, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterLauren

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