Authors & Illustrators Wild About Kidlit!
Things that definitely don’t stink: Today’s author, her debut book, and this interview. I’m so happy to have the opportunity to chat with Colleen Paeff about her debut, The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem.
Cathy Stefanec Ogren: Meet Janie Reinart. Whether she’s writing, teaching, puppeteering, performing interactive musical stories, clowning around, or presiding as a poet-in-residence at an elementary
Odd couple characters abound in children’s books. If you think for a moment, I bet you can rattle off a bunch. There’s Frog and Toad,
Fall is full of great opportunities, so this month’s list is long. You’re sure to find something to spark your fall creativity! To see what’s
Events, classes, contests for Middle Grade and Young Adult writers for September, 2021
I confess I expected dogs when I eagerly signed up to review THE PAWED PIPER, written by Michelle Robinson and illustrated by Chinlun Lee, but was utterly charmed by this cat-centric picture book.
You meant to write—you really did—but life got in the way. Things got busy, summer arrived, you took a vacation and never fell back into
The night before the attack, Leo’s other had introduced him to a new trick, seemingly passing a chain of colored scarves through her skull, in
Readers will fall in love with this story about the cutest little outsider, with a sweet and kind heart, who was never meant to blend in.
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: I met Lori Snyder at the virtual NY SCBWI conference. Her yoga class was beautiful and she mentioned her free Writers Happiness
“To every kid who’s ever been told, “You’d be so pretty or handsome, if…” You ARE beautiful. Now. Just as you are. You deserve to
Summer may be vacation time but there are still plenty of learning opportunities this month for picture book creators! Taking some time off? Check out
