Dream Entry*
May 30, 2001
All my friends have gathered for a game of baseball. I’m pitching. Bigfoot’s at bat. I feel the ball in my paw, but when I throw it, it’s not a ball any more. It’s a book. Bigfoot swings and misses. I throw another ball that turns into a book, and another. Bigfoot strikes out. Morzant’s up. I strike him out. I strike out Penny and Norman and Beverly and three beagle puppies who can barely hold the bat. To celebrate pitching a perfect game, I go to the dugout to eat peanut butter cookies.
These are the books I pitched:
The books I pitched to BIGFOOT:
BACK WHEN YOU WERE EASIER TO LOVE by Emily Wing Smith
[YOUNG ADULT]
Dutton-Penguin
April 28, 2011
PAGE BY PAIGE by Laura Lee Gulledge
[YOUNG ADULT]
Amulet-Abrams
May 1, 2011
SIDEKICKS by Jack D. Ferraiolo
[YOUNG ADULT]
Amulet-Abrams
May 1, 2011
GIRL WONDER by Alexa Martin
[YOUNG ADULT]
Hyperion-Disney
May 3, 2011
THE LUCKY KIND by Alyssa Sheinmel
[YOUNG ADULT]
Knopf-Random House
May 10, 2011
MY LIFE, THE THEATER, AND OTHER TRAGEDIES by Allen Zadoff
[YOUNG ADULT]
Egmont USA
May 10, 2011
THE PULL OF GRAVITY by Gae Polisner
[YOUNG ADULT]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
May 10, 2011
YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME by Brian Meehl
[YOUNG ADULT]
Delacorte-Random House
May 10, 2011
The books I pitched to MORZANT:
ALIENS ON VACATION by Clete Smith,
with illustrations by Christian Slade
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Hyperion-Disney
May 3, 2011
The books I pitched to PENNY:
SHINE by Lauren Myracle
[YOUNG ADULT]
Amulet-Abrams
May 1, 2011
THE CELLAR by A. J. Whitten
[YOUNG ADULT]
Graphia-Houghton Mifflin
May 2, 2011
THE FRIENDSHIP DOLL by Kirby Larson
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Delacorte-Random House
May 10, 2011
RUBY RED by Kerstin Gier, translated by Anthea Bell
[YOUNG ADULT—FIRST IN TRILOGY]
Henry Holt
May 10, 2011
The books I pitched to NORMAN:
UNSINKABLE by GORDON KORMAN
[MIDDLE GRADE—FIRST IN THE TITANIC TRILOGY]
Scholastic
May 1, 2011
HAUNTINGS AND HEISTS by Dan Poblocki
[MIDDLE GRADE—FIRST IN THE MYSTERIOUS FOUR SERIES]
Scholastic
May 1, 2011
JEREMY BENDER VS. THE CUPCAKE CADETS by Eric Luper
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Balzer & Bray-HarperCollins
May 3, 2011
THE DAGGER QUICK by Brian Eames
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Paula Wiseman-Simon & Schuster
May 10, 2011
The books I pitched to BEVERLY:
MOONGLASS by Jessi Kirby
[YOUNG ADULT]
Simon & Schuster
May 3, 2011
WHERE THINGS COME BACK by John Corey Whaley
[YOUNG ADULT]
Atheneum-Simon & Schuster
May 3, 2011
PASSING THE MUSIC DOWN by Sarah Sullivan,
illustrated by Barry Root
[PICTURE BOOK]
Candlewick
May 10, 2011
THE PENDERWICKS AT POINT MOUETTE by Jeanne Birdsall
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Knopf-Random House
May 10, 2011
The books I pitched to OLIVER:
POINDEXTER MAKES A FRIEND by Mike Twohy
[PICTURE BOOK]
Paula Wiseman-Simon & Schuster
May 3, 2011
RRRALPH by Lois Ehlert
[PICTURE BOOK]
Beach Lane-Simon & Schuster
May 3, 2011
A BALL FOR DAISY by Chris Raschka
[PICTURE BOOK]
Schwartz & Wade-Random House
May 10, 2011
BEE & BIRD by Craig Frazier
[PICTURE BOOK]
Roaring Brook
May 10, 2011
The books I pitched to LENNY:
FUDDLES
[PICTURE BOOK]
Aladdin-Simon & Schuster
May 3, 2011
HIDE AND SHEEP by Andrea Beaty, with illustrations by Bill Mayer
[PICTURE BOOK]
Margaret K. McElderry-Simon & Schuster
May 3, 2011
BUGLETTE, THE MESSY SLEEPER by Bethanie Murguia
[PICTURE BOOK]
Tricycle Press-Random House
May 10, 2011
SQUISH #1: SUPER AMOEBA by Jennifer L. Holm,
illustrated by Matt Holm
[GRAPHIC NOVEL]
Random House
May 10, 2011
The books I pitched to VIOLET:
ITSY MITSY RUNS AWAY by Elanna Allen
[PICTURE BOOK]
Atheneum-Simon & Schuster
May 3, 2011
BETTY BUNNY LOVES CHOCOLATE CAKE by Michael Kaplan, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch
[PICTURE BOOK]
Dial-Penguin
May 5, 2011
BABYMOUSE #14: MAD SCIENTIST by Jennifer L. Holm, illustrated by Matt Holm
[GRAPHIC NOVEL]
Random House
May 10, 2011
* The dream entries from Briar’s journal contain premonitions of books that will be published in the future. Briar’s dream self foresees the books’ summaries and knows which will likely appeal to each of her friends. Briar always wakes up before she can see whether her friends will enjoy the books.
3 comments:
I love that you post lists like this. Thanks!
You’re welcome, Kelly. I’m happy you enjoy my dreams about upcoming books. I like my book dreams better than any of my other psychic dreams.
I'm not sure what it means to have my book pitched to (at?) Bigfoot, but I like it. Even if it means something bad. But more if it means something good. :)
Gae Polisner
The Pull of Gravity
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