The latest news as of today about
Children's Book Author and Photo-Illustrator
Bruce McMillan
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Honors for Chickens
Alone on an Island
Low tide Photo/Poems
The Problem with Chickens, US & Iceland
Visit Salka
Going Fishing, US & Iceland
Photo Quote Postcards
Artist Residency in Iceland
UNH Class Dates 2005 and 2006
Jelly Beans for Sale softcover

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Chicken Honors

Of all the books published in the US in 2005, only four have been honored to be selected for both of these lists.
The Problem with Chickens is one of them.

The New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Books of 2005.

Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of 2005

To the Honors

To the Chickens...
More Details
To Be Posted Soon.


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Where Was Bruce?
Living in Iceland on the remote Bjarneyjar islands, near the Arctic Circle and 24-hour sun, alone with the wild birds for the entire month of June 2005,
photographing a new book.

Forget "Survivor";
This was the real thing.
And the birds
didn't vote me off.

Read about it.
To the Iceland islands


Come meet the birds...
In Iceland

To the Iceland islands
Photographing Birds

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Low Tide
Photos and Poems

What do you do
on cloudy days
while living alone
over a month
on the islands
in Iceland?
Low tide musings . . .

Read On. . .

Low tide reading...
Low Tide

Low Tide sights...
Photo/Poems

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The Problem
with Chickens

by Bruce
and illustrated by
Icelandic artist Gunnella
September 2005
in the US
and in Iceland
with Icelandic text.

Read all about it.


To the Chickens...
September 2005


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Visit Salka

Bruce's Icelandic Publisher

See their office in Iceland

To Salka
Salka Publishers
Reykjavík


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Going Fishing

March 2005 in the US
and
July 2005 in Iceland
with Icelandic text.

Read all about it.


Go Fishing...
March 2005

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Photo Quotes
Postcards

These are some
of the daily photos of mine
with thoughtful quotations
by notable people
that I emailed
to friends and family
during the first half of 2005.
May you enjoy them too.
They are grouped by subject.

On Amaryllis Flowers

On Art

On Birds

On Grandson Finn

On Flowers

On Snow

On Traveling



On Amaryllis Flowers

On Art

On Birds

On Grandson Finn

On Flowers

On Snow

On Travelling
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Artist
Residency

Honored with an
Artist Residency for 2005
by the Institute of Gunnar Gunnarsson
in Skriðuklausturi, Iceland
to work on more books
set in Iceland.

To Skriðuklaustur...
Skriðuklaustur, Iceland

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UNH Class

The two dates for the
2005/2006 school year's
UNH Class
that is open to the public
are
November 5, 2005
and
March 18, 2006
Read More About It

Writing, Illustrating
and Publishing
Children's
Picture Books
Find Out About Class...
See you there
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Jelly Beans For Sale
is going to be available again.

This just in from my editor.
February 16, 2005
"Jellybeans is now officially scheduled for SeeSaw Book Club in Spring ’06!"

The softcover is coming!
Still availble...
The hardcover is
out-of-print.

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Bruce McMillan
PO Box 85
Shapleigh, ME
04076
US

bruce@brucemcmillan.com