CAROL GORDON EKSTER: I met Jenny Lacika in my picture book critique group in Cambridge, MA, where we met in person pre-Covid. I’ve watched Jenny’s
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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.
Interview with Debut Picture Book Author/Illustrator, Shelley Johannes
This is the book I didn’t know I needed right now. A story of siblings, seasons, and seeing the bright side of any day, More
Interview With Debut Author, Melanie Ellsworth
For Melanie Ellsworth, the plan was to celebrate her debut picture book, Clarinet and Trumpet, in August of 2020 but COVID reared its ugly head and said, “hip, hip, no way!” A bummer to be bumped but now she gets to celebrate TWO book birthdays in two months and I’m so excited to chat with her about them both in today’s interview.
INTERVIEW WITH DEBUT AUTHOR, NONIEQA RAMOS
Interview with debut picture book author, NoNieqa Ramos.
Interview with debut author, mindy yuksel
In My Mosque is equal parts stunning art and beautiful, important text. It shares with the reader the joys and traditions found in mosques around the world and showcases the friendship and community found inside.
There Goes Patti McGee! Interview with Tootie Nienow, Debut Author, and Erika Medina, Illustrator
As a fourth grade teacher, I am always on the hunt for new picture book biographies that my students will love. When I heard about
Interview with Susan Kusel, Debut PB Author of The Passover Guest
I’m so excited to interview Susan Kusel about her debut picture book, The Passover Guest.
Hannah Salyer, Talented Debut #Kidlit Author/Illustrator
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: At a family event, my cousin and his daughter approached me wanting to connect me with the daughter’s friend who was having
Plotting and Pantsing Their Way to a Debut
I told the authors and illustrators of the Soaring ’20s debut group that it was time to come clean…about their writing process that is. So I asked them, are you a plotter or a pantser?
Story of the Migrating Bird
Guest Post by Kataneh Vahdani, author of Kat and Juju, out this month from Two Lions Press. I remember when I was a little girl
Interview with Debut Author, Cristina Lalli
I am so happy to interview fellow Page Street Kids author, Cristina Lalli on her debut picture book, Nola’s Scribbles Save the Day, about a
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