VS Grenier ~ Award-Winning Author, Speaker & Podcaster

Stories for Children Magazine is pleased to announce the May 2011 issue is now available for purchase and download at the SFCMagazine website http://storiesforchildrenmagazine.org . Going into its fourth year of publication, this award-winning Ezine has delighted children around the world for three years, and features works and interviews from children’s authors and illustrators from top publishers to small indie publications, along with offering free worksheets to educators and home-school parents, coloring pages, crafts, thought provoking articles and inspiring stories. Stories for Children Magazine’s May 2011 issue features multi award-winning author Bobbie Hinman of the Best Book Fairy series . Bobbie Hinman has a degree in Elementary Education and thanks to her teaching experience (and ten grand children), she is right at home when it comes to creating stories that reveal some of the less practical and more magical explanations for life’s little mysteries. After all, who b...

Rosemarie Gillen, Art Director of SFC, is a professional Children's Book Illustrator. She has won several awards and has been published traditionally and online. She specializes in enhancing children's book with her unique style of illustrations. Her style is colorful, happy and child friendly displaying the sweet innocence and simplicity of childhood.  Her interests range from painting reproductions of great masters to reading, and horseback riding. You can find more of her work at www.rosemariegillen.com VS: Rosemarie, thanks for being here today. It's been lots of fun working with you and getting to know you. So now it's time for the SFC fans and my readers to learn more about the SFC Team so can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you became an Illustrator. Rosemarie: In the 80’s I remember falling in love with a Van Gogh and I imagined myself painting it. So I went and brought supplies and started painting to satisfy my cur...

After a year hiatus, Stories for Children Magazine is pleased to announce its re-launch with the April 2011 issue. This award-winning Ezine has delighted children around the world for three years, featured children’s authors and illustrators from top publishers to small indie publications, and given free worksheets to educators and homeschool parents. Stories for Children Magazine’s April 2011 issue will feature award-winning author Janet Halfmann. Janet has more than thirty fiction and nonfiction children’s books. Before becoming a children’s author, Janet was a daily newspaper reporter, children’s magazine editor, and a creator of coloring and activity books for Golden Books. She is the mother of four and the grandmother of four. When Janet isn’t writing, she enjoys gardening, exploring nature, visiting living-history museums, and spending time with her family. She grew up on a farm in mid-Michigan and now lives in Wisconsin. Even though you cannot buy the relaunch issue until Ap...