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January 2014 Newsletter
January 2014 Newsletter – To view the newsletter in its entirety, click here! Happy New Year! We hope you had a magical holiday season and look forward to a new year full of adventure, love and prosperity. 2013 was an exciting year and, as it has come to a close, we are reflecting on the […]
December 2013 Newsletter
Wonderful Things to Share! Have something you want to share? Let us know! On Thursday, December 12th, J.L. Kimmel will take her Art of Storytelling & Illustration workshop to Hollywood Schoolhouse and ra eading at Hollywood Schoolhouse Book Fair Friday December 13th @ 7PM in Los Angeles, CA. The Art of Storytelling in El Salvador was […]
Wonderful Article by J.L. Kimmel: A Doorway to Life in a Shopping Mall
It has been two and half years since I helped save a stranger’s life… It was wintertime and holiday season in New Jersey. In a beautiful holiday specialty market, in the midst of a bustling crowd, I was having a children’s book signing event for my book, The Magic Gown. Children could color their own […]
Interview with J.L. Kimmel
Interview with J.L. Kimmel, author of the work together with the Italian illustrator, David Ceccarelli. The story of a courageous rabbit thief, a vulnerable tortoise, of people “with” and “without” umbrellas that tells of life and the importance of forgiveness and tolerance. Read the Interview
The Art of Storytelling & Illustration is Heading to El Salvador!
J.L. Kimmel will be presenting her original workshop – The Art of Storytelling & Illustration – for grades 5th to 8th at several schools in El Salvador this month: The Escuela Americana, Academia Británica, Cuscatleca, Superate Raíces – San Salvador, Superate Hilasal – San Salvador, and Liceo Frances de San Salvador. The workshops are based on her experience writing the award […]
Book Signing with J.L. Kimmel
Saturday, November 23, 2013 5 pm book signing, reading, and discussion at Enigma Bookstore in Astoria, New York.
Barnes & Noble Event – Workshop with Janine
Educator Appreciation Workshop/Reception Join us for a workshop on children and the art of storytelling, with teen and children’s author Janine Kimmel. Janine, author of the award-winning The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicles, will lead the workshop, perfect for the Common Core Standards. Thursday October 17, 2013 6:00 PM The Commons at Holmdel, 2134 State Highway […]
Inspire Me Today
If I could share 500 words to inspire, this is the important wisdom I’d want to pass along to others… Now I think I know the answer; it’s simple really, you know? I think. . . well, I think we’re all here just to be good to one another. Just that. This is a passage […]
J.L. Kimmel Interview with BITERadio July 8th @ 12PM
BITEradio.me is a Network of shows that focus on “Bringing Inspiration To Earth” – Our hosts focus on positive self-help and uplifting spiritual topics. On July 8th @ 12PM tune in here for J.L. Kimmel’s interview as a part of BITEradio’s Children’s Corner. The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle by J. L. Kimmel & David Ceccarelli
TYRRC 2013 Book of the Year!
The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle has a book of the year award! The Creative Child Awards Program at Creative Child Magazine has awarded TYRRC the 2013 BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD in the Fiction Adventure Books category. Visit The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle’s new website!
Sharing the Magic and Adventure
Spring Tree Press Blossoms with books like flowers………….. Sharing the Magic and Adventure in May, J.L. Kimmel is delighted to say: “Happy Enchanted books are on their way”! Children’s hospital library recipients: City of Hope, Los Angeles CA New York Presbyterian Weill/Cornell Medical Center, New York City St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN Sloan-Kettering […]
2013 Nautilus Silver Award!
The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle is now a recipient of the 2013 Nautilus Silver Award for Young Adult Fiction! Nautilus Book Awards Silver and Gold Winners are carefully selected in a unique three-tier judging process by experienced teams of book reviewers, librarians, authors, editors, book store owners, and leaders in the publishing industry. ____________________________________________________________________________ The Nautilus Story Recognizing […]
Bank Street Bookstore Event!
We are so thankful for everyone who came out this past weekend for the Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle event! We had a great time reading and drawing with all of the participants. Hope to see you at another event soon!
J.L. Kimmel Interview on This Week In America
Ric Bratton, host of This Week In America, interviews J.L. Kimmel about The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle and the awards it has received. Listen here!
TYRRC Review by Caitlin S
The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle: Review by Caitlin S. age 13. The book “Yawning Rabbit River” was very well written and I liked the suspense in it. I also liked how the author would show the same area through many years and started it from the very beginning onto hundreds of years later, in the […]
The River Goddess Blues
THE RIVER GODDESS BLUES From the book The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle (2012) page 131 by J.L. Kimmel & David Ceccarelli Oh, the River, runs through all kinds of places, through the broken hearts, past the lonely sad faces. Man, the river, she is made of tears, of joy and pain carried in the […]
Janine And David Visit Schools and Bookshops In Ireland
Castlegregory National School Visit February 18, 2013 Several of the 7th and 8th graders at Castlegregory reviewed The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle. Thank you to Principal Muireann De Burca and all the students that shared their insight with us! Aughascasla National School Visit February 19, 2013 Aoife O’Mahony reviewed TYRRC and the entire 8th grade […]
Spring Tree Press February 2013 Newsletter
Check out the February 2013 newsletter for Spring Tree Press!
VOYA GIVES TYRRC A PERFECT 10!
The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle was awarded a spot on VOYA’s Perfect Ten list for 2012! With over 1,100 reviews of young adult books in VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) in print and online in 2012, our reviewers awarded only thirty-one titles the Perfect Ten: a 5Q for quality (hard to imagine it better written) […]
Book Launch In Ireland February 2013
Janine Kimmel and David Ceccarelli are very excited to be returning to Ireland next month to launch The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle! February 15-24, 2013. More details to come soon!
Shipping For The Holidays!
All ready to go out into the world and enchant!
West Kerry ‘Middle Earth’ Inspires Magic
In a week that will see the global cinema release of J.R.R Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit”, it is appropriate that a new book, of a similar genre but inspired by the amazing beauty of the Castle-gregory, celebrated its official launch in Dingle. ‘The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicles’ is an epic tale penned by american […]
TYRRC IN IRELAND! December 2012
On Saturday, December 8th Janine Kimmel and David Ceccarelli were at the Dingle Bookshop in County Kerry, Ireland introducing and signing thier new book “The Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle”. These fantastic December events are being followed by: – an interview in The Kerryman on Wednesday, December 12th – and a reading on Friday, […]
Dingle Bookshop Book Signing
SATURDAY December 8, 2pm Book Signing The Dingle Bookshop Green Street, Dingle, Co Kerry, Ireland +353 66 9152433 THE YAWNING RABBIT RIVER CHRONICLE For three consecutive years the American writer Janine Kimmel and Italian artist David Ceccarelli came to stay at John O’Connor’s house An Tigh Beag at Castlegregory. The majesty of […]
IRELAND BOOK LAUNCH December Events
“Sean the rabbit thief, our little hero, is going to be in Glanteenassig and the Glen!” December 8 – 15 SATURDAY 8 December 2pm Book Signing The Dingle Bookshop Green Street, Dingle, Co Kerry, Ireland +353 66 9152433 Events/Talks, December 9th – 15th 9 Branches of The County Kerry Library System and schools -Dingle […]
