Happy Thanksgiving 2019
From our team to you, happy Thanksgiving to our U.S. friends and family. For the rest of you, may you have some wonderful moments of gratitude this week. Peace.
Arizona Library Annual Conference 2019! #AZLA2019
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We’re Here!
We’re here to tell you that it is all about to get Arizona Library Association annual conference in this space. (Tucson, November 7, 8, 9, 2019) It’s almost time, men and women! Vendor booth, cool swag, these limited edition buttons (new for this year!!), TWO workshops, author-illustrator panel, and MOAR books!!! You need to watch this space or take a vacation from our space because we are THRILLED to be back at #AZLA2019 hanging with librarians. You know, the people working to keep information free, open, and available? These are #Librarians!!! For the Win!!!
We’ll see you at the AZLA Conference in November 2019.
The Arizon Library Association Annual Conference
Tucson Convention Center.
Tucson Arizona.
November 7 8 9, 2019. Stop by our booth for some free stuff, a storytelling game, and more information!
WORKSHOP! THURSDAY 11AM GILA ROOM: MARC SEVERSON TEACHES STORYTELLING
WORKSHOP: SO YOU WANT TO PUBLISH A CHILDREN’S BOOK? (Panel!) 245PM Thursday. November 7, 2019! GREENLEE Room
Independent Bookstores! See Us in the Latest Catalog!
Bookstores and Buyers. Look for us in the latest FALL 2019 Indie Catalog hitting Independent Bookstores Now! You’ll find us on page 21, featuring some of our great books! Buyers: Order direct from us when you open a trade account (we’re easy) with your store’s Email address. Please contact us directly for POS swag as needed. We’re here to help.
Find Our Books Here or via Ingram.
From Audience to Zeal: The ABCs of Finding, Crafting, and Telling a Great Story.
Don’t Throw Me in the Cholla Patch: A Woodrat and Coyote Adventure.
The Fox and the Crow: Art and Stories Inspired by Aesop.
Kids’ Ultimate Guide to Creating Great Stories for Writing and Telling.
“Don’t Throw Me in the Cholla Patch” featured on Publishers Weekly Cover
(Press Release) An Arizona-based book from The Small-Tooth-Dog Publishing Group is one of only a handful of titles from Independent Publishers to appear on the September 2, 2019, cover of “Publishers Weekly” magazine. “Don’t Throw Me in the Cholla Patch,” written by Tucson’s Marc Severson and illustrated by Francesco Orazzini, was chosen as one of just 17 books from a curated field of 40 books. The book, an original folktale designed for older children features the plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert as two desert-dwelling tricksters face off in a battle of wits over who gets dinner and who is dinner. Learn more at chollapatch.com
Sean Buvala, the publisher at The Small-Tooth-Dog Publishing Group, says, “We’re honored to be on the ‘Publishers Weekly’ magazine featuring the works of independent publishers the world over. PW is considered the ‘bible of book publishing business’ and features the work of the publishing industry at all levels.”
“Don’t Throw Me in the Cholla Patch” features artwork by Italian illustrator Francesco Orazzini. The story is by Marc Severson of Tucson, Arizona. Featuring a battle of wits between hungry Coyote and the small-but-chatty Woodrat the Packrat, the two meet up under the moonlight in the Sonoran Desert. Will Woodrat be able to talk his way out of this or is he in for a thorny end? The book is intended for kids in the elementary middle grades.
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Welcome to Harriet Cole.
We’re happy to tell you that Harriet Cole will be releasing her new for-big-kids book of Norse tales in 2020. Learn more about her at her page with us.
We’re at the National Storytelling Summit!
Pleased to be a part of the National Storytelling Summit, presented by the National Storytelling Network. Held in Fremont, California this year, we’ve got a vendor-space with lots of great books. Come see us all weekend, #nsnstorycon! In addition, our publisher, Sean Buvala, is presenting an advanced marketing workshop on Friday and a performance late Friday night. See our Twitter and Instagram feeds for the latest updates!
“I want to publish a book.” 4.5 Things to Know.
Transcript.
The following is a transcript of the video. There might be some grammar errors in this transcript. It’s not a book, it’s a casual transcript. 🙂
Hey, look, there we are. Hey, folks.
This is Sean Buvala from the Small Tooth Dog Publishing Group LLC based in Arizona. We’re happy to have you on this really brief little presentation and overview, if you will, about contemporary publishing, what that looks like here in the late part of the 2010’s, coming into the 2020’s.
Five things about contemporary publishing.
You can learn more about us at smalltoothdog.com. I’m Sean Buvala. Let’s get started. I have to do my own stunts on these slides. I have to look over here and then change slides. Here we go.
From Audience to Zeal: The Workbook
Enhance Your Learning!
Coming along after the original textbook, Laura S. Packer has a new WORKBOOK (at 92 pages!) companion volume to go with the original A to Z book! It’s a journal, it’s a guidebook, it’s a way to move from idea to implementation.
Designed to be a companion volume to “From Audience to Zeal: The ABCs of Finding, Crafting, and Telling a Great Story,” this workbook contains deep reflections, focused advice, intriguing readings, and active projects that will take your experiences in storytelling and oral communication to the next level. This workbook contains additional materials not found in the book.
Praise for the Workbook!
Laura has created a working text, a highly practical and useful book that is personal, powerful, and poignant. She captures in words and exercises what we need to do and hear. Using it will only improve your work in story. -Kevin Cordi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ohio University Lancaster; International Storytelling SIG Chair, National Council of Teachers of English
Get the Workbook!
You can order the spiral-bound version at this link. You can order the Ebook verison (.pdf) at this link.
Don’t Have the Textbook Yet?
Learn more about this project at this link here.
Hear the Interviews!
Sean Buvala and Laura did a series of interviews about this project. Hear them or read the transcripts at this link now.
Great Deal for Cyber Shopping Weekend 2019
We’ve created a fantastic package of books and coaching to help you (or someone on your list) on the journey as a storyteller, public speaker, or spoken-word artist. We hope you’ll take a look at https://smalltoothdog.com/blackfriday for this incredible package.