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Latest Press about Rewriting the Rules
The Waquoit Congregational Church in partnership with Falmouth Jewish Congregation, No Place for Hate, and Eight Cousins Books will host an author talk with Danna Zeiger, on Sunday, November 2 at 3 p.m. The event is free and open to everyone. Click here for more information.
Danna was recently interviewed by the Lerner Blog about the inspiration behind Rewriting the Rules.
Danna Zeiger was a guest on Beth Anderson’s blog with her latest article Behind the Scenes: “The Evolution of a Picture Book Biography from Sub to Pub” by Danna Zeiger, Ph.D.
Rewriting the Rules was selected for Perfect Picture Book Friday #PPBF!
Read the Picture Book Buzz’s Interview with Danna Zeiger.
Danna Zeiger joined the New Books Network podcast to talk about Rewriting the Rules and all things children’s book writing!
Read “Writing About a Living Person: A Conversation with Author Danna Zeiger and Dr. Kathleen Friel” on the Writer’s Rumpus blog!
Read Rebecca Gardyn Levington’s interview with Danna Zeiger on Picture Book Builders about Rewriting the Rules.
Ellen Leventhal’s interview with Danna Zeiger is now live!
Read Carol Gordon Exster’s interview of Danna Zeiger on Writers’ Rumpus about Danna’s journey into writing.
Rewriting the Rules was recently featured in the Cape Cod Times and on WickedLocal.com.
Rewriting the Rules was recently named a TOP NEW RELEASE on Amazon.com.
“The choice to use mixed media art—collage, pastels, colored pencils, gouache, and digital montage—is the cherry on top of this well-executed biography of Dr. Kathleen Friel. Readers follow Friel from childhood to adulthood as “she rewrote the rules from even the smallest movements” helping her to navigate and excel in the world as a person with cerebral palsy. Friel found ways to do things her own way, from tying her shoes and blowing dandelions to researching brain cell connections and earning a black belt in karate. The visual representation of Friel and her life experiences is superbly rendered in fluid and bright images that highlight her accomplishments as a differently abled person rather than a singular focus on cerebral palsy. This engaging book also includes an excellent section of back matter on the author’s relationship to Friel and further information about cerebral palsy. Friel is a worthy subject of a biography and her ability to show that “hard work was normal” will attract a wider audience. VERDICT A must-purchase for all libraries as it reflects the best that modern biographies for young readers have to offer.”
–Danielle Schwessinger, School ibrary Journal
Praise for Rewriting the Rules
“This picture-book biography begins with a young Kathleen Friel trying to blow wisps off a dandelion to make a wish. When her muscles don’t listen due to her cerebral palsy, Friel tries another tactic and waves the wisps away. This solution-oriented attitude informs the rest of Friel’s story, from finding new ways of learning and making friends to convincing teachers and strangers that she’s capable of taking care of herself to becoming a world-leading cerebral palsy researcher, innovating ways of reprogramming brain cells. The action moves at a brisk clip, emphasizing how Friel had to win others over at every stage of her life, and how she persisted to show she was a friendly, funny, and intelligent person. The cheerful illustrations effectively express people’s initial wariness and Friel’s frustrations, and the rich back matter includes information on cerebral palsy and how the brain works. This stellar biography checks multiple positive role model boxes: a challenge-defying, determined, rule-breaking, problem-solving woman of STEM.”
-Kathleen McBroom, Booklist
What’s New?
Read Danna’s interview with husband and wife team, James and Lucy Catchpole.
Read her interview with Marcella Pixley about her middle grade novel-in-verse.
Read her interview with Charlotte Offsay about her picture book Matzah Day.