SCBWI SF North & East Bay

Apps for Children's Writers and Illustrators

July 14 / 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM /  Dominican University / $25

Online registration for this event has closed. Please register at the door. The event will be held at Dominican University in Meadowland Assembly Hall.

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The founders of app development company, See Here Studios, Wallace E. Keller and Valerie Mih, will speak.

See Here Studios is an independent publisher and creator of delightful interactive children’s books – Tickle Books. With extensive backgrounds in children’s book writing, illustration, animation, film, music and educational software, the Studio’s mission is to create the highest quality digital book experiences for children. Our over-arching goal is to help promote a lifelong love of reading and creativity.

Our Tickle Books are characterized by their intriguing stories – often involving a surprise twist! – and high-quality art production. Music plays an important role in engaging the young reader’s imagination.

Here’s what others have been saying:

“For readers still unconvinced that the features of the iPad can translate printed children’s books into full-blown multimedia experiences, this one will change your point of view.” – “The Wrong Side of the Bed,” recipient of a starred review for books of remarkable merit by KIrkus Reviews

“There are several qualities that make this book remarkably special. To start, the illustrations, narration, and soundtrack are masterfully created for the iPhone/iPad platform.” – “The Wrong Side of the Bed” review, GiggleApps

Wallace E. Keller, Co-founder and Creative Director

Author/illustrator Wallace E. Keller was raised in Louisiana, just outside of New Orleans. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Business Week, Ms. and Psychology Today. He is an author and illustrator of children’s books and educational textbooks (Scholastic, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin). He has also designed national ad campaigns (McDonald’s “What’s On Your Plate” stop-motion animated PSAs) and children’s television shows (Nickelodeon’s “Dora the Explorer”). He received a B.F.A in Illustration from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Valerie Mih, Co-founder and Creative Director

Valerie Mih has created animation for feature films (Toy Story II, A Bugs Life), television commercials (Hershey’s Kisses) and educational software (Star Wars Math, Posit Science Brain Fitness Program). An M.F.A. graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, she has directed and produced award-winning educational films, including shorts for PBS and an animated documentary about Albert Einstein (awarded Best Animation, Cinema and Technology Festival). Prior to co-founding See Here Studios, she served as the Art Director at Posit Science Corporation. Nurturing the next generation of animators, she is the faculty lead for the M.F.A. in Computer Animation program at The Art Institute of California-San Francisco. An avid musician, she composes music and performs jazz piano in the San Francisco Bay Area, and can be heard on independent albums in iTunes.

Questions? Contact Margaret Speaker Yuan  norcaconference@yahoo.com