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Blog postThese are poems that I wrote when I assembled my father's story of his journey as an immigrant after WWII, as well as poems written during the Russian-Ukrainian war. I wanted to use the theme of home because as an immigrant, the definition of home changes when you are driven out by war.
HOMELAND
This is where I live.
The place I work and give
to make this country
thrive.
Where I feel ALIVE
and connected,
and proud.
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Blog postWith Easter on its way, these bunnies wanted to recommend their favorite books.
Cinnamon recommends Hop!
A book filled with hopping and jumping with the baby bunnies.
Marshmallow recommends The ABC Bunny:
Follow a little bunny as it scampers through the alphabet.
Zuri recommends The Forgotten Rabbit (shown here in Chinese):
A baby rabbit is chosen as an Easter present, but is soon forgotten by the family’s children as they pursue other act -
Blog postWhen my father was almost 5 years old, the Germans invaded Kiev during WWII. His family escaped by foot and train, always heading west to get away from the war. This is the story of his 7-year journey from Kiev to work camps to his immigration to the United States. It includes photos and a family recipe. Profits will be used to help Ukrainian refugees. Here's where you can buy the e-book.
Lazutin family and friends they met in Displace Persons camp. My father, Alex, is first -
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Blog postI had been working with illustrator Brittany David for more than a year, maybe even two, before I met her in person. I wanted to celebrate the fact that this awesome team pulled off an awesome book! So she came up to Fort Collins and it was like meeting a long lost friend.
Brittany is a wonderful, kind, and generous person. It shows in her illustrations, and how easy it was to work with her. She also had a lop-eared rabbit. His name was Lil Zacky.
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Blog postThis is another installment of how I independently published The Legend of Lop-eared Larry. The book was released January 2. Plus book signing dates.
Freedom to choose
Self-publishing this story meant I could exercise more creative freedom in all aspects of the book. One piece is the author. I had already self-published two other children’s books. At the time, I was hoping my name and reputation in the children’s book field would help sales. Well, it didn’t. (Covid didn't -
Blog postI'm excited to finally release my new chapter book, The Legend of Lop-eared Larry, to the world on January 2nd. It was almost two years in the making, but the wait was worth it. I am both appreciative and humbled by the five star reviews. Here are a few:
To read more reviews, or to post one of your own, go here. Please consider purchasing a copy for a bunny lover or Easter gift.
Warmly,
Hester Applebee (aka Natasha Wing)
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Blog postI just mailed off more books to add to my collections. I am grateful that these two well-respected institutions are housing my books. Scholars, students, writers, librarians and others interested in the creative process of an author, can access Natasha Wing books at these locations:
The University of Minnesota
The Kerlan Children's Literature Research Collections
113 Elmer L. Andersen Library
222 - 21st Avenue South
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Blog postThe last time I was in New York City many years ago for an SCBWI conference, I was in search of carrot cake because the winter conference happened during my birthday. I typically ask for carrot cake for my birthday. Here I was in the land of awesome bakeries so I decided to treat myself. I walked downstairs in the hotel and lo-and-behold! There was a 3-layer carrot cake in the bakery display! I forked the moist cake and cream cheese frosting down my belly, and my-oh-my was I happy! With
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Blog postWith Thanksgiving coming up, I've been thinking a lot about food. Pies in particular. Apple pie. Pecan pie. Pumpkin pie. So it got me thinking about books that have talking food as characters. I put together this list of favorite talking food books. Feel free to suggest others.
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Blog postThis is another installment of the development of The Legend of Lop-eared Larry. I thought it would be fun to see the progression and decision making that went into an illustration via exerpts from emails between illustrator Brittany and me.
March 9, 2021
Brittany: Here is the first pdf mockup of Lop Eared Larry. I used Helvetica neue for the body text and an adobe font called Active for all the headings/our names/etc. The Headings are 18pt and the body text is 12pt -
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