Caring for Your Lion, written by yours truly and illustrated by Troy Cummings, is the 2025 Read Across Oklahoma Book. In honor of this, I wanted to share a post I wrote about this book for Nerdy Book Club. Enjoy! For me, the hardest part about writing a picture book …
Thank you, to book seller and owner of Sidekick Coffee and Books, for recommending this extraordinary picture book. Our Lake, is gorgeously written and illustrated by Angie Kang, and (in my humble opinion) should be in everyone’s library. Two brothers embark on a journey to the lake where their father …
One of my favorite things to do is listen to picture book authors talk about how they create their stories. I love the sneak peek into their heads to see how they do what they do. So I’m thrilled to welcome poet and author Eileen Rajala Meyer to share her …
Hello, friends! The third in a baby animal series I’m doing with Paw Prints hit the shelves in late April. You can read about the first two titles here. In this one, a baby lion cub struggles to find its roar. These books are designed by the talented creators at …
The title of the book I’m sharing today couldn’t be more true: I LOVE blueberries! I eat them every morning on top of my oatmeal, and who can resist a blueberry muffin or pancake? (Um, not me!) I LOVE BLUEBERRIES, written by Shannon Anderson and illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett, released …
A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Friday Tradition is the not-to-be-missed debut of author Pamela Courtney, a lovingly told tale complete with vibrant illustrations by Toni D. Chambers. It’s the first Fish Fry Friday of the year, and Chér can’t wait to join her papere for the first time to …
I’m thrilled to reveal the cover of my next picture book, WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE, illustrated by Youa Vang! It’s a nonfiction biography of a Chinese boy who was sold to an American ship captain in 1855 and raised by the captain’s family in Connecticut. …
Oh, people. I so enjoy a picture book that makes a good read aloud. POP! Goes the Nursery Rhyme, written by Betsy Bird and illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi, is one such book. Librarians and teachers are going to love sharing this one with their crowds. This is what Publishers Weekly …
Hello fellow children’s book lovers. Today’s post is a collection of things I’ve stumbled across recently in the picture book world that I’ve really, really liked. Let’s begin. A BOOK If you’d asked me to name Australian picture book authors, I would have started and ended with Mem Fox, the …
Look at this baby, would ya? SO APPEALING. Even if you weren’t a fan of spiders, I think you’d want to open this book and read about this woman who seems so confident with all. those. spiders she’s clearly keeping for some reason. Penny mentioned this story to me a …