Erzsi Deak

For Parents Who Dare: Urban crayon's City Guide For Parents Traveling With Children

Family-friendly and budget conscious, this city guide reveals how to have fun with young children in France's famed capital city. Conveniently organized in 12 sections, this sourcebook features fun things to do outdoors; activities geared for boys, girls, and the whole family; the locales of the best free playgrounds; the most kid-friendly sightseeing; hip inns that offer real value for the money; and great places to eat. A handy tips section provides a range of helpful tidbits such as embassy locations, seasonal temperature ranges, key phone numbers, listings of babysitting services, museum and store hours, which electrical adapters to use, and a conversion chart for children’s clothing sizes.

The City Guide to Paris -- with kids

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Erzsi Deak = writer. scout. editor. agent. for reasons that even escape her, she is somewhat obsessed with fowl play & urban farms. And cannoli in season.

non-fiction

Selected Articles from Children's Book Writer's & Illustrator's Market

non-fiction, travel

Urban Crayon Paris: The City Guide for Parents with Children
Urban Crayon Paris is a recommended "Read Before You Go" on the Family Travel Forum Web site. The first of an upcoming series of hip city guides from Urban Crayon

short stories

Fiction

"Wild Strawberries," a short story by Erzsi in the book, LINES IN THE SAND: NEW WRITING ABOUT WAR & PEACE (Frances Lincoln, 2003)
A short story in the collection of stories put together by Mary Hoffman and Rhiannon Lassiter to benefit UNICEF's Emergency Appeal for the Children of Iraq.

short stories about girls coming of age

"Hurry Up and Wait" from PERIOD PIECES: Stories for Girls
"Hurry Up and Wait": Zoe is desperate to grow up and 'get there,' but what's the hurry?

essays

THEY ONLY LAUGHED LATER -- includes Erzsi's essay, "Envelope Thief."
The life of an ex-pat. . . What's love of language got to do with it? And why is that woman screaming at me? I'm not an envelope saleswoman. Is there such a thing as an envelope saleswoman?