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Aviva Gittle was born and raised on Long Island in New York. She earned a B.Sc. in General Studies at National University in La Jolla, CA. Now a grandmother, she writes and publishes children's books. Although Aviva has been owned by many cats through the years, today her only furry friend is an imaginary kitten named Kitten. He lives in Aviva's heart. Kitten is everything a friend should be: kind, patient, loving, understanding ... and fun! ...more

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Aviva Gittle This was my third year posting a picture of myself with one of my books on Twitter and promoting the event. Good stuff. :-)
Aviva Gittle Hi, Andrew! I'm glad that I was able to help. I do very few reviews while I'm running my contest, The Gittle List.

In its 3rd year, The Gittle List is…more
Hi, Andrew! I'm glad that I was able to help. I do very few reviews while I'm running my contest, The Gittle List.

In its 3rd year, The Gittle List is exclusively for indie authors of children's picture books. Learn more: http://goo.gl/BkgVQD

Good luck with your book! You should feel very proud that you published your own story. :-)

Warmly,

-Aviva(less)
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The Gittle List Contest is No More

After 5 years and 59 winning books, I decided to stop hosting The Gittle List contest for self-published children's picture books. Too much work and not enough bang for the buck.

You probably didn't know about the contest in the first place and are not likely to lament its passing. That was part of the problem. There were two other key issues:

1. Authors did not seem to understand the concept of "c Read more of this blog post »
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