Social Networking /March 14, 2011 by Anne Ylvisaker

As the release date for The Luck of the Buttons draws near, I've started a Facebook author page where I will post book news. Please help me get my social networking launched by liking my page. Thanks!

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Coming May 2024! One Alley Summer. Stay tuned. I can’t wait to share this novel with you.

It's happening! A new picture book, coming in 2022. Let loose your romping, stomping, roaring inner dinosaur with IAMASAURUS. Illustrations by the amazing Mark Hoffman.

Surprised by Delight Art Opening

Poems and Sketches

Friday May 3, 2019 / 5-9 pm

CSUMB Salinas Center for Art and Culture

1 Main Street, Salinas, California

Ike's hometown newspaper in 1861 was the Keokuk Daily Gate City, so it's fun to have that same paper featuring an article about The Curse of the Buttons.

How setting inspires story, a Curse of the Buttons guest post on the blog of marvelous Elizabeth Dulemba.

Thanks to the Monterey County Weekly for this feature article, including an excerpt from Button Down.

I'm honored to be November's Star Author for Christchurch New Zealand Library's Kids Blog. Find writing tricks and treats, ideas for using pictures as story starters, small collections any writer can start, and Growing a Story: The art of doing nothing.

Bruce Black, author of Writing Yoga, interviewed me about process on his wonderful blog wordswimmer. Thanks, Bruce!

To celebrate The Luck of the Buttons release, there was a pie party on Amy Alessio's excellent Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts blog! Read and bake here: Memory Pie, It's All About the Crust, Pie Worthy, and Launch Day Pie. Then try Amy's excellent pie craft.