Happy Holidays to you and yours…

If you are here, then we must have Picture Book Love in common. Somehow PBL was genetically passed down through my family and every Christmas from the time I was tiny, until present day, included the gifting of beautiful books.  Instead of writing about a particular book today I want …

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Thank you!

Hard to believe how 2018 has flown by. I didn’t want it to end without thanking YOU, loyal readers, for dropping in on us again and again, keeping up with us as we talk all things picture books. Thanks, too, for your occasional comments. Not much fun writing if nobody’s …

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Imagine that.

I have a love/hate relationship with wordless picture books. Well, not really “love/hate,” more like a “love/um?” relationship.  As an illustrator, my love for them is obvious. A whole story told in pictures! How cool is that?  As a parent, “reading” wordless picture books to kids, for me, was occasionally …

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Why the Face?

Are you looking for a board book that offers humor, invites little listeners to make predictions, and provides opportunities for these aforementioned little listeners to engage in some empathy? Are you wanting a board book that appeals to both kids and grownups? Are you hoping to find a board book …

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