Authors & Illustrators Wild About Kidlit!
I was reading a YA romance novel set on the coast of Maine. The teen girl woke up at 5am on July 4 to sneak
The American Library Association (ALA) annual conference, a ginormous offering for ALA’s 68,000 member librarians, was held this past weekend in Orlando at the
Sometimes a book leaves an impression so deep that I internalize the emotions. It prompts me to find a new audience of eager children to
By Dianna Sanchez Reading about children who are different increases a child’s comfort levels. I watched the news coverage of the Orlando mass shooting with
Ben Clanton’s newest book, IT CAME IN THE MAIL, is out today! When the book came in the mail at our house, Sammy and I
By Sarah Lynne Reul I just got back from another amazing conference – this time, it was the 21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference, held this
By Paul Czajak Okay I might be exaggerating a tiny bit with the title of this blog, but it is an intimidating transition nonetheless. I
Confused by what Mama, wist je dat? means? Well, it’s the title of my new picture book, YA KNOW WHAT?, but in Dutch. Let me
This week is our Third Blogiversary! That’s three years of “butt in chair” commitment to writing, illustrating, blogging, and all the other activities that keep
If someone from a school overseas invited you to do an author or artist residency in connection with your picture book what would you do?
By Wendy Leiserson Josh Funk, author of Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast, knows more about being an author than how to cook up a
By Dana Nuenighoff Since you are already reading this blog, you obviously want to be a writer. There’s no doubt about it and I applaud
By Carrie Charley Brown While watching The Peanuts Movie the other day, I was reminded of how much I empathize with Charlie Brown. This kid
This pantser has gone plotter, and for one particular reason: Speed. My first attempt at a novel took me two years. I wrote it by
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