Each activity can be public or private, as shown with the letter “m”: March. It starts with activities built around the letter “a”: Assemble. It’s also a way to look at protest through the lens of the letters of the alphabet. Rob Sanders’ picture book, Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights, provides a way to talk with young children about activism and how people can choose to peacefully make their voices heard to advocate for justice. Rob also coordinates the Rising Kite Writing Contest for SCBWI Florida, organizes meetings for SCBWI Florida members in the Tampa Bay area, and critiques picture book manuscripts for other writers. RUBY ROSE ON HER TOES (the first in a two-book deal with HarperCollins) releases in 2016, and Rob just sold RODZILLA to Justin Chanda at Simon & Schuster. OUTER SPACE BEDTIME RACE was released by Random House Children’s Books in January 2015. Rob’s first picture book, COWBOY CHRISTMAS, was released by Golden Books/Random House in 2012. These days he teaches elementary kids about books and words and reading and writing, and writes books for those same kids. He worked for fifteen years in religious educational publishing as a writer, editor, editorial manager, and product designer. Rob is a picture book author, a writing teacher, a blogger, and a great uncle. Rob is not a cowboy, a ballerina, an alien, or a temper-tantrum-throwing toddler. Rob Sanders does not work as a telephone sales rep, a loading dock worker, a trophy engraver, or an editor.
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