Authors & Illustrators Wild About Kidlit!
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: I met Melissa Iwai at Kindling Words East. She’s a fabulous #kidlit creative, gifted with beautiful writing and illustration talents. I’m so
Guest Post by Illustrator Luciana Navarro Powell When I was around 11, I became fascinated by the French braids that some of my friends would
René Bartos: I am so excited to be able to chat with author Jen Anyong today! Welcome to Writers’ Rumpus, Jen! Your new picture book,
Happy Book Birthday to QUILT OF STARS: Astronaut Karen Nyberg Stitches a Dream! This inspiring and beautiful written picture book, published by Familius, is co-authored by the impressibly accomplished and talented duo of Dr. Karen Nyberg and Ann McCallum Staats and gorgeously illustrated by Alida Massari.
I dove into Miriam Chernick’s The Zuzu Secret with great excitement and anticipation–and was not disappointed. As a molecular biologist and geneticist who has taught
Meg Medina’s GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS (Candlewick Press, 2025) is an absolutely delightful dual POV story that alternates between the perspectives of a spirit girl named Graciela and a young mortal boy named Jorge.
