#PleaseMrPanda Trending on Twitter & Instagram
Here are just some of the posts! Fantastic photos. Thanks to all for taking part! I'm sure that Mr Panda is secretly smiling.
#PleaseMrPanda We love pandas, donuts, making hats, and stickers...perfect storytime today at B&N. pic.twitter.com/oOIswrptfC
— Janine Eng (@JanineEB532) January 10, 2015Reading develops great minds! #pleasemrpanda pic.twitter.com/an3SWQ0MXT
— Tami kimbrell (@TamiKimbrell) January 10, 2015#pleasemrpanda pic.twitter.com/vNAYZvh7ME
— bhiggins (@bhiggins) January 10, 2015#pleasemrpanda pic.twitter.com/a339f8vu9D
— bhiggins (@bhiggins) January 10, 2015#pleasemrpanda pic.twitter.com/i2YMuutWJr
— something. (@smileforstxles) January 11, 2015#PleaseMrPanda pic.twitter.com/7LwZAQHyAj
— J.R. Quiles (@quilesmartin) January 12, 2015#PleaseMrPanda pic.twitter.com/JIEogqqajy
— Kari Peoples (@kari_peoples) January 11, 2015The cutest book about using your manners! #pleasemrpanda #mannersareagoodthing @ Barnes & Noble… http://t.co/uHRt0MVUi8
— Tennery Smith (@amusinimp96) January 10, 2015Check out this fantastic book #pleasemrpanda by the lovely thatsteveantony! Brilliantly illustrated… http://t.co/1SCMQFMrtN
— Natalie Pendell (@Naterpee) January 8, 2015My first ever podcast interview, ever.
Why is Mr Panda so hot on manners? Is he just a grumpy, old bear, or is he just misunderstood. And what's up with Betty's anger issues?
In this interview with The Busy Librarian I talk about all three of my published picture books - 'The Queen's Hat', 'Betty Goes Bananas' and 'Please Mr Panda'.
We chat about publishing and how I'm still learning about this complex industry, the real reason why I stick with limited colours, and lots of other stuff.
Thanks, Matthew Winner (AKA The Busy Librarian) for interviewing me!
You can check out the podcast, along with lots of others, here: http://www.busylibrarian.com/2015/01/steve-antony-lgbpodcast-ep-115.html
Please, Mr. Panda: Barnes & Noble Picture Book of the Month
I'm thrilled to announce that 'Please, Mr. Panda' is Barnes & Nobles' Picture Book of the Month of January!
On the 10th of January every Barnes & Noble in the States will be holding a 'Please, Mr. Panda' Storytime Event. To find one near you, press HERE.
I'll be at Barnes & Noble, 97 Warren St, NYC at 11AM on the 10th to hold one of the events.
You can find more info on Barnes & Nobles' press release: http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/press_releases/12_22_14_january_storytimes_release.html
Me & Mr Panda in NYC
Tomorrow I'm off to the Big Apple to hold a number of 'Please, Mr. Panda' events with Scholastic. On Thursday and Friday I'll be visiting schools. Saturday the 11th, I'll be at Barnes and Noble (97 Warren St) for their National Storytime event. The following day at 1PM, I'll be joining Jimbo Matison, Stephanie Ruble and Susan Verde for a Picture Book Panel Event at Books of Wonder.
I'll try my best to upload live blog updates of Mr Panda's NYC escapade!
Win a signed copy of Betty Goes Bananas!
All you have to do is RT the following tweet!
Win SIGNED US COPY OF BETTY GOES BANANAS! RT to ENTER draw! Winner 2 b announced 16Jan. @schwartzwade @OUPChildrens pic.twitter.com/ypnNmZ61WU
— Steve Antony (@MrSteveAntony) January 6, 2015
Please Mr Panda publishes in the UK!
Today, 'Please Mr Panda' publishes by Hodder Children's!
Here are some tweets about it. Several of these tweets link to reviews. Thank you, all!!!
I just read "Please Mr. Panda" by Steve Antony -- LOVE LOVE LOVE for storytime. Theme ideas: manners, lemurs, pandas, friends, doughnuts.
— Katie Salo (@storytimekatie) December 23, 2014It’s just SO GOOD! “Please Mr Panda” by Steve Antony is our second Book of the Week this week: http://t.co/NC8cukKKF5
— ReadItDaddy (@Readitdaddy) December 19, 2014First up if you please is Please Mr Panda @MrSteveAntony @hodderchildrens http://t.co/4y1KaIxAyp Thank you. pic.twitter.com/93kxQJ0Txz
— TheIllustratedForest (@theleafpickers) December 22, 2014Look who's just arrived @MrSteveAntony let's break out the doughnuts. pic.twitter.com/B4JRIuc0l6
— Wimbledon Books (@WimbledonBooks) December 22, 2014Please, Mr.Panda by Steve Antony http://t.co/bhXuUqD3Ru @MrSteveAntony pic.twitter.com/gcGk2Yo7jS
— James (@Magpie_That) December 20, 2014Please Mr Panda doesn't ask for much, just a few manners @MrSteveAntony @hodderchildrens http://t.co/odLyWG91GB pic.twitter.com/HsqqkxJnWk
— Picture Books Blog (@pbooksblogger) December 15, 2014It's good, @MrSteveAntony, It's very good. #PleaseMrPanda might be my favourite yet... pic.twitter.com/Tjrxyf1NRn
— Leilah Skelton (@Leilah_Makes) December 15, 2014A spectacular post day! Get your mitts on this immediately - Please Mr Panda by @MrSteveAntony c/o @hodderchildrens pic.twitter.com/UBcHtAL30n
— The Book Sniffer (@maybeswabey) December 6, 2014We are very pleased and happy and excited to have in this incredibly cute kid's book called "Please Mr Panda".... http://t.co/Cyf1Nw5vSt
— Cracked & Spineless (@Spinecrack) November 22, 2014
11 Inspiring Happy New Year Quotes
"Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one." - Brad Paisley
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs
"Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties". - Helen Keller
"The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals." - Melody Beattie
"For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice." - T.S. Eliot
"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." - Edith Lovejoy Pierce
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word." - Goran Persson
“We are the authors of our destinies. No one can see the vision any clearer, believe in and work any harder to make it a reality more than the visionary.”
- Nike Campbell-Fatoki
“What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year.”
- Vern McLellan
"Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress." - Charles Kettering
Please, Mr. Panda publishes the USA!
'Please, Mr. Panda' publishes by Scholastic today in the USA!
My Top Ten Panda Videos
To celebrate the US and UK launch of 'Please, Mr Panda' here are some of my favourite panda videos!
10. Gangnam Style Panda
9. Pandas on Tour
8. Cute pandas playing on the slide
7. Baby panda loves ball
6. Toronto Zoo Giant Panda Enjoys Epic Snow Fall
5. Panda cub meets mother in emotional first encounter since birth
4. The first 100 Days of Mei Lun and Mei Haun
3. Clingy pandas don't want to take their medicine
2. WWF Together - Giant Pandas
1. The Sneezing Baby Panda
Please, Mr, Panda across AMERICA & a visit to NYC!
On the 10th of January, Barnes & Noble will be holding a 'Please, Mr. Panda' story time event in all of their stores, and it's their very first Picture Book of the Month! It's incredible to think that lots of people will be introduced to Mr Panda at the same time!
I'll be flying over from the UK to hold a Mr Panda event at the Barnes & Noble store located at 97 Warren Street (Tribeca) in New York City on the 10th of January.
To read the full press release, go HERE.
'Please, Mr. Panda' publishes in the USA on the 30th of December. It will publish in the UK (by Hodder Children's) on New Years Day.
Betty published in the USA TODAY!
'Betty Goes Bananas' is published today in the States by Schwartz & Wade (Random House)!
To celebrate, here's a contest (accompanied by a Q&A about Betty) at the brilliant blog, Raising a Literate Human. Follow the link below to see how you can win a copy of 'Betty Goes Bananas'!
And I just have to share this tweet.
@RandomHouseKids We love this new book because it's funny! #harbinses #bettygoesbananas pic.twitter.com/KirX00slwU
— Poffy's Kinders (@mrsptigers) December 11, 2014
Please Mr Panda Trailer
Here is the trailer for the US edition of Please Mr Panda, published by the wonderful folks at Scholastic USA!
The Times Picture Book of the Week is Please Mr Panda!
Alex O'Connell has written a smashing review of 'Please Mr Panda' in The Times!
Please Mr Panda in Buzzfeed's 25 to read in '15
Yesterday, I was thrilled to discover that 'Please Mr Panda' is listed in Mallory McInnis's 25 Ridiculously Wonderful Books To Read With Kids In 2015. Thanks, Mallory!
The book is already out Down Under, and it's publishing by Hodder Children's in the UK on Jan 1st and Scholistic, for it's Stateside release, in a couple of weeks.
Check out the full list HERE!
Mr Schu's interview with me about Betty
The brilliant US kid lit blogger, tweeter, viner (you name it, he does it), has posted an interview with me about 'Betty Goes Bananas', which is soon to be published in the States by Schwartz & Wade. To read the article, press HERE.
Please Mr Panda Reviews
Reviews for my third picture book, Please Mr Panda, are coming through from the UK & the USA. It was only just reviewed by Publishers Weekly. Here are the reviews so far.
"The Queen's Hat highlighted Antony as a hot new talent, and this, his third book, will win him more fans." The Bookseller
"...defies the friendly panda stereotype...Smart design...novel perspectives..." Publishers Weekly
"A fun story time selection and a solid option for parents or teachers..." School Library Journal
"Households with toddlers may find a new family catchphrase as Mr. Panda demonstrates one approach to eliciting those elusive 'magic words'. Simple yet funny enough for multiple readings." Kirkus
I was given these by Scholastic, Panda's US publisher, yesterday.
Interview with POP - People of Publishing
I was interviewed by Fiz Osborne for the brilliant POP (People of Publishing) blog about my past year. You can read the interview by pressing HERE.
Betty Goes Bananas in The New York Times
Betty has arrived in the USA! Thanks, Maria Russo, for this review.
"...speaks to the foot-stamping, banana-gobbling toddler in all of us." Maria Russo, NY Times
You can also read the full review at NYTimes.com.
