Schools visits are magical…most of the time. My very first school visit started with technology issues. After struggling for half an hour, I decided to give
Author: Kirsti Call
Kirsti Call co-hosts the PICTURE BOOK LOOK podcast and co-runs ReFoReMo. She reads, reviews, revises and critiques every day as a 12x12 elf, a blogger for Writers' Rumpus, and a member of critique groups. She's judged the CYBILS award for fiction picture books since 2015. Kirsti is a therapist trained life coach for creatives. Her picture book, MOOTILDA'S BAD MOOD (Little Bee) released last fall. COW SAYS MEOW (HMH) and COLD TURKEY (Little Brown) release in 2021, THE BIG SCREAM (Little Simon) 2022, and SMARTY ANTS (Capstone, 2023) Kirsti is represented by Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency.
Talented Author, Corey Rosen Schwartz
Corey Rosen Schwartz writes action-packed picture books that appeal to girls and boys and parents! Her rhyming meter is fun to read and reread and
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
Post #2: Morris Award Finalist Blog Tour Week YALSA’s Morris Award honors the year’s best young adult novel by a debut author. The Morris Award
Marcie Colleen, Talented Author and Educator
Kirsti Call: You’ve been a teacher, a theater educator and a nanny. What is it about writing picture books that has you hooked? Marcie Colleen:
Tara Lazar, founder of PiBoIdMo and talented author!
Kirsti Call: I first became aware of Tara Lazar when I joined her Picture Book Idea Month (PiBoIdMo) challenge. What a wonderful way to connect
Colors of the Wind, an Extraordinary Picture Book
Book Review by Kirsti Call When I opened the package containing Colors of the Wind, by J. L. Powers and George Mendoza, I instantly knew
WRITERS' RUMPUS 