Welcome!
Nina Crews is a critically acclaimed children's book author and illustrator. She uses photographs and photocollages to create energetic stories about young children. Her career began in 1995 with One Hot Summer Day which Kirkus Reviews hailed as "the debut of a welcome new voice and vision." Two of her recent books, The Neighborhood Mother Goose and Below were ALA Notable selections. more…
Events:
Sunday, December 4, 2011, 3 - 5pm- Reading and booksigning. Brooklyn Museum of Art, Annual Members Holiday Sale and Open House,Museum Shop, 1st Floor, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/calendar/event/4793
Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 7:30pm Reading at Pine Manor College with other visiting writers, details to come. Pine Manor College, 400 Heath Street, Chestnut Hill, MA
October- December 2011- An illustration from The Neighborhood Mother Goose is included in Storied City: New York in Picture Book Art, in the Learning Center and Project Gallery, Katonah Museum of Art,134 Jay Street - Route 22, Katonah NY http://www.katonahmuseum.org/exhibitions/
May - December 2011 - An illustration from The Neighborhood Mother Goose is included in the New York Public Library's Centennial exhibit in the Children's Room. Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY http://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/children’s-book-illustrators-and-authors-come-alive
News:
Blog! Read about books, events and more! www.ninacrews.wordpress.com
Read my breakfast interview on Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, a really fun children's book blog, posted June 21, 2011.
Read Jenny Brown's intervew of me on kirkusreviews.com - Traditional Songs for Today's Kids posted May 12, 2011.
Check out this short video of my reading (singing) The Neighborhood Sing-Along at Community Bookstore in Brooklyn. go to video