Authors & Illustrators Wild About Kidlit!
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: I met Jamie at the NESCBWI ’18 conference. We were both attendees at one of Jane Yolen’s boot camps and so we
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Amy Courage: Today on Writers’ Rumpus, we’re joined by Ame Dyckman, the author of numerous funny and sweet picture books, including WOLFIE THE BUNNY, YOU
By Dana Nuenighoff It’s the end of November, and with it goes another YA’LL Fest. This was my third YA’LL Fest, and each year I
With December holidays right around the corner, I thought it would be fun to share some children’s books I’ve recently read and reviewed. Hope you
Zed awoke early the next morning, still groggy from the night’s celebrations. His teeth ached from too much ambrosia. Zed’s mother would pop a kettle
I participated in NaNoWriMo this year, knowing full well that I was not going to make the 50,000 word goal. I write on average, according
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YALLFest is an annual November event in Charleston, South Carolina, celebrating young adult literature and its authors. Essentially, it’s a book festival that brings together
By Dianna Sanchez Released October 2018 by Dreaming Robot Press Petunia may only be a six-inch pixie but she gets into a dragon’s size
One day a package arrived here containing three review copies of picturebooks from Candlewick Press. Each is fully different from the others and together they
Post by Dianna Sanchez When I was a child, oh, nine or ten years old, I desperately wanted to believe that I was adopted. It
By Sarah Lynne Reul When I first got into this industry, I didn’t even realize that author/illustrator school visits were a thing! I had so
I first met Hannah Holt in the 12×12 forum and then later in person at an SCBWI conference. She is a light in the kidlit
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