Mermaids on Parade

Selected "100 Best Book Blogs for Kids, Tweens, and Teens”, this blog is for Young People and Kids of All Ages. Author and Illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg Goes Behind the Scenes of Children's Picture Book Publishing. It Takes a Community to Create a Picture Book.

Monday, October 31, 2022

MERMAIDS ON PARADE in Paperback and Hardback

MERMAIDS ON PARADE written and illustrated by Melanie Hope Greenberg (First Edition G.P. Putnam's Sons / Penguin 2008) Paperback...

Friday, January 27, 2017

AMERICANLY

AMERICANLY by Lynn Parrish Sutton Kane Miller Books ISBN 978-1-61067-511-6 No Longer in Print While researching the art for AMERICANLY,...

Friday, January 13, 2017

Client: Southern Poverty Law Center

Greeting Card commission by the Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center , an American nonprof...

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

I Also Blog at Huffington Post

I was invited to blog at Huffington Post by their editor whose children love my book, MERMAIDS ON PARADE. We met at an arts event where I ...

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Q&A with Elementary School Students

I love to visit schools. I meet many inquisitive students from grades K-5 and there’s never enough time to answer all their questions...

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Artists In My Book / Jan Bell Interview

The music and art scene in DUMBO, Brooklyn, with it’s artists and indie bands and their offshoots has a vast history. Musician-Produc...

Friday, November 21, 2014

More Q&A with Elementary Students

One wonderful morning I Skyped from my cozy studio in Brooklyn with students at the Passow Elementary School in Franklin Park, Illinois. ...

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About Me

melanie hope greenberg: Melanie Hope Greenberg has published illustrations with UNICEF, the Children’s Defense Fund, Southern Poverty Law Center, Scholastic and NAEYC magazines. Her art has appeared on greeting cards and gift items. Melanie has illustrated 17 trade published picture books, 6 of which she wrote. Her books have won awards and are on notable, honor, and library reading lists. Melanie was an Artist-in-Residence for the Eric Carle Museum’s first NEA Grant, and has exhibited her picture book illustrations in solo and group shows in top galleries. She presents author-illustrator workshops for elementary students, picture book writers and artists, and professional development workshops at schools, conferences, libraries and museums. A former blogger for the Huffington Post, Melanie contributes monthly art activities to an educational website for over a decade.

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