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Interview with Valerie Bolling: Together We Ride

April 1, 2022 Joyce Audy Zarins

Joyce: Valerie, you certainly have been busy since I interviewed you for your first book Let’s Dance! Congratulations on your newest–Together We Ride from Chronicle

Interview with Debut Picture Book Author Debbie Murphy

March 22, 2022 Marcia Strykowski

Marcia Strykowski: Hi Debbie, your debut picture book, Jackie and the Mona Lisa is delightful! Let’s get right to some questions as I’m sure everyone

Author Spotlight: Drew Daywalt

March 18, 2022 Keri Demers

To say Drew Daywalt is an accomplished author is an understatement. He has received 65 awards for his children’s writing, including the coveted E.B. White Read-Aloud Award and the Time Magazine Top 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time.

WILD ABOUT SAM USHER

March 11, 2022 Hilary Elizabeth Margitich

Are you a fan of gouache, like me? No, not goulash (though I am a fan of that, too, particularly on a cold day). I

The Twists and Turns of Publishing with an Overseas Press

March 8, 2022 Alumni & Guests

Guest Post by Susan Lendroth, author of Piper and Purpa Forever! This year’s Super Tues(2)day – 2/22/22 – was indeed a super day for me

Interview with Author Doe Boyle

March 4, 2022 René Bartos

René Bartos: I am so excited to be able to chat with author Doe Boyle today! Welcome to Writers’ Rumpus, Doe! Can you tell me

Grace Lin on Diversity & Inclusion

January 25, 2022 Amy Amberg

Part 2 of 2: Grace Lin on Diversity and Inclusion Grace Lin, a NY Times bestselling author/ illustrator and winner of the Children’s Literature Legacy

Grace Lin on the Craft of Storytelling

January 11, 2022 Amy Amberg

Part 1 of 2: Grace Lin on the Craft of Storytelling Grace Lin, a New York Times bestselling author/ illustrator, won the Newbery Honor for

AN INTERVIEW WITH LEAH H. ROGERS, AUTHOR OF THE BARN

January 7, 2022 René Bartos

THE BARN is a beautifully written lyrical picture book with lovely illustrations that takes us on a journey from morning through evening from the perspective

Top 10 Books Picture Books for 2021

December 21, 2021 Kirsti Call

I just finished reading several hundred picture books for my Cybils Award judging. Here are ten of my very favorites–perfect for gift giving and reading

Meet debut #kidlit author, Adria Karlsson

December 14, 2021 Carol Gordon Ekster

Carol Gordon Ekster: Adria, welcome to Writers’ Rumpus! Your debut picture book My Sister, Daisy, illustrated by Linus Curci, Capstone, 2021 came out in September.