Authors & Illustrators Wild About Kidlit!
What types of books do you read on sultry summer days and nights? I’ll admit that sometimes I enjoy a fluffy romantic fantasy. But creepy
“The writer has to take the most used, most familiar objects — nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs — ball them together and make them bounce.” —
By Sarah Lynne Reul Recently, my book PET THE PETS (my third book … and very first novelty/lift –the-flap book) was released into the world!
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: When I first started my own writing career, it seemed every #kidlit event I went to I’d bump into Anne Broyles. And
5 Fabulous Things about Elise Parsley’s Neck & Neck
By Sarah Lynne Reul Today’s the day that my second picture book, ALLIE ALL ALONG, becomes available wherever books are sold! On the surface, the
By Carrie Charley Brown The school year is upon us, folks! As some of us gear up to get our kids ready again, let’s sharpen
What is your vision for the perfect summer day? Wakeboarding with your Weimaraner? Cuddling with your Calico? Cooking chewy, gooey Chocolate Chip cookies? Sipping spiked lemonade
That Inevitable Victorian Thing, a YA novel by E.K. Johnson is delightfully historically mind-bending. The premise: What if Queen Victoria I persevered and grew the British
Emma started her career with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, where she worked in the marketing department before joining the Aladdin editorial team. After leaving
Get to know Charlotte Wenger, associate editor at Page Street Kids!
Yes, writers and illustrators in other countries produce wonderful children’s books, as we do. And why shouldn’t we consider those too? A number of years
When the first book in the TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE series came out, I interviewed Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie A. Thompson on Writers’ Rumpus.
By Dana Nuenighoff One aspect to world building which is crucial in any speculative fiction is deciding on the magic system of the world. This
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