The Flamingo

The Flamingo, by Guojing, a Chinese artist and writer now living in Vancouver, is not really a picture book. More a graphic novel. But it is a book and it’s full of pictures and it is for picture book-age readers (and the rest of the world) so forgive me stepping …

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Celebrate Summer with Rajani LaRocca and SUMMER IS FOR COUSINS!

We are absolutely thrilled to have Rajani LaRocca on Picture Book Builders today to talk about her newest picture book, Summer Is for Cousins!! If you didn’t already know, Rajani is the Newbery Honor-winning author of Red, White, and Whole, a middle grade novel in verse. She also writes fiction …

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Introducing STINKBIRD HAS A SUPERPOWER, and a chat with Bob Shea (+ a giveaway x 3!)

I’m especially excited today because it’s PUBLICATION DAY for my newest book, Stinkbird Has a Superpower (Putnam), book #1 of a new series featuring animals with superpowers. As you can see, this one’s illustrated by Bob Shea … still hard not to call him The Bob Shea, because that’s how …

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How Keisha Morris built the art for A GIRL CAN BUILD ANYTHING — and a giveaway!

I’m happy to welcome illustrator Keisha Morris to the blog today. Keisha created the art for A GIRL CAN BUILD ANYTHING, written by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo and me, which joined the world on April 18. When e.E. and I were writing the book, we thought it would be super-cool if the …

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Happy Book Birthday to CAN YOU HUG A FOREST? and an Interview with Frances Gilbert!

Andrea: It’s my favorite kind of birthday–a book birthday! Today on PBB we’re celebrating Frances Gilbert and her latest wonderful picture book, Can You Hug a Forest? Hi and happy book birthday, Frances! It’s great to have you back on Picture Book Builders! Can you tell us about Can You Hug …

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