The Book Nut’s 100 Top Middle Grade Books
Monday, July 27th, 2009 Posted in Around the Web, Six Innings | 1 Comment »This is nice. And more than a small surprise. Someone named Melissa from Wichita, Kansas, a stay-at-home mom with "an Avid Love of Reading," has put together a list of of 100 Top MG Books. You can keep up with Melissa's ...
Deleted Scenes 4: Six Innings
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 Posted in Six Innings, the writing process | 2 Comments »The Little League season has taken a turn. The regular season is gone. My team of 9-, 10- and 11-year olds finished with a strong record, 11-5, good enough for 2nd place. They were my cardiac kids; we lost five ...
Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Awards
Friday, June 12th, 2009 Posted in Six Innings | No Comments »Good news. I just stumbled across the fact that Six Innings was named to the Master List for the Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Awards. It's a great feeling to see my name on a list that includes Jon Scieszka, Gordon Korman, ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #49 (Tuesday Edition)
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Fan Mail, Six Innings, the writing process | 2 Comments »Get out your old Kool & The Gang records, people, and let's bust a move -- it's Fan Mail Wednesday! But first, let's just take a moment to be awed by the amazing fact that I receive any fan mail at ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #42
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 Posted in Fan Mail, Jigsaw Jones, Six Innings | 1 Comment »Here's an email that came over the wire . . . all the way from South Korea! Hi, James, how do you do? 안녕하세요? I'm a mom living in Korea (South) with a 4th grade son (Jisuk ) and a 6th grade ...
One Year of Bloggy Goodness
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations, Six Innings | 6 Comments »A year ago today, I made my first post on this blog. I've somehow managed 248 posts over that period, all of them a laugh riot. This site has had 23,272 visits, 57,560 pageviews at 2.47 pageviews per visit, and 16,111 ...
2009 Bank Street College Best Children’s Books
Monday, May 11th, 2009 Posted in Six Innings | No Comments »I learned on Friday that Six Innings was named to the 2009 Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year list. I have a huge amount of respect for the people at Bank Street, so even though this sounds ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #41
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Fan Mail, Six Innings | No Comments »Dear James Preller, Hi, my name is Gavin C., a 6th grader at Maple Ridge Elementary. I have just read your book Six Innings. I loved it because I am one of those crazy baseball players that just can't live without ...
Nice Review: Six Innings
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Six Innings | No Comments »I found a nice review of Six Innings at the Books For Kids Blog. Thank you! The blogger, GTC, a retired librarian, did an exceptional job, a thoughtful review complete with quotes from the book. Of course I'm partial, but the ...
James Preller Interviews . . . The Happy Nappy Bookseller
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations, Mighty Casey, Six Innings | 6 Comments »I first encountered Doret Canton and her singular blog when I read this post back in May, 2008. She was saying nice things about my book, Six Innings, so, naturally, I fell madly in love. In today's world, that means: ...