While seeming to have little in common, the urge to escape can unite those who otherwise live separate lives. That unity benefits all. How might
Category: Book Reviews – Picture Books
Interview With Joana Pastro, Author of Bisa’s Carnaval
Get those preorders in! Due out Dec. 7, Bisa’s Carnaval is full of heart and happiness, and bursting with color!
A Book About Generosity? A challenge.
Allow me to propose a writing challenge. That thought was inspired by two books that have missed their mark. See if you agree that the
Interview with Author, Speaker, and Entrepreneur Julie Hedlund
Julie Hedlund is a wearer of many hats, and a woman of many talents. Her new picture book OVER, BEAR! UNDER, WHERE? is full of
Interview with Colleen Paeff, Debut Author of The Great Stink
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.
An Interview with Author Janie Reinart
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
A tale of cats (not rats): The Pawed Piper by Michelle Robinson
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.
Sloth & Squirrel In a Pickle, by Cathy Ballou Mealey
The pickles were slippery. The jars were slippery. The floors were slippery. Delightfully heartwarming and hilarious, Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle by Cathy Ballou
Book Review: Jacob’s School Play: Starring He, She and They
It’s not often that you see a picture book on the banned book list but Ian and Sarah Hoffman, authors of the Jacob books, are
The Power of No Words at All: Henry Cole’s “One Little Bag”
In April of 2020 a remarkable picture book was released into the world. Inspired by the author’s childhood experience, the story follows the life cycle
¡Oye, niños! Lucky Diaz’s Paletero Man
Latin Grammy award winner Lucky Diaz’s Paletero Man has boogied from a finger-snapping song into a delectable picture book with a dramatic twist. Just as in the
Interview of Author Dawn Prochovnic
Dawn Prochovnic and I are in a 2021 marketing group and we’re also Rate Your Story Judges together. I’m thrilled to learn about her writing
Mary Seacole Bound for the Battlefield by Susan Goldman Rubin
As someone who wrote a high school term paper on the Crimean War, I was thrilled when Candlewick offered the opportunity to review Mary Seacole
Five Page Layout Tips
All picture book author-illustrators need to consider how your story and images fit together. Even when the narrative is not told in actual words, it
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