Hello Picture Book Builders! For my post this month, I’m doing something a little different. Instead of just ONE creator interview, what do you think about having THREE? (Did I hear a “Yes, please!” I thought so!) Lesléa Newman, Alison Goldberg, and Richard Ho are all phenomenal award-winning authors and …
Note from Jill: Kate Hannigan is filling in for Barb Rosenstock today, and boy, are you in for a treat. Take it away, Kate! Even though I’m a grown woman, I spend a lot of time thinking about the nine-year-old I once was. Reading and writing didn’t come easy to …
I’ve loved Cynthia Harmony’s books since her lyrical debut, Mi Ciudad Sings, released in 2022. I’m thrilled that Cynthia has two new books out this year: Apapacho Love (illustrated by Erika Meza, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan) and Forest en Familia (illustrated by Renata Galindo, published by Yosemite …
I can’t tell a lie… I was expecting I TOLD A LITTLE LIE, by Judith Henderson to be predictable. I mean how many books about lying— you shouldn’t do it— always tell the truth— can there be? But I was reeled in by the first page, “It all started with …