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 …
I’m diverting from the usual ‘recommending a picture book’ topic and thought I’d share a bit of travel inspiration with you today. I know many of our PBB readers are also authors and illustrators, so I hope this post gives you some motivation to keep going, keep trying, keep creating, …
This title immediately grabbed me. Don’t Eat the Cleaners! sounds like a Poison Control PSA. But the eye-catching cover tells a different story. Have you ever considered how ocean animals get clean? Or how they get dirty in the first place? Susan Stockdale provides an engrossing primer on all things …
From the flap copy: An old blue van may not look like much, but it holds everything one girl’s family needs. There’s an outdoor kitchen, a hammock-closet above the family bed, and a cozy library full of favorite books. But sometimes living in Old Blue makes her feel like she’s …
Hello, Picture Book Builders people. I have a new name and that name is Gam-Gam. Back in February, my daughter had TWO babies. (She has always been an overachiever.) Of course, I have been giving those adorable baby boys lots of books. This is the latest one–The Baby Who Stayed …
Hello Picture Book Builders Family! What a treat it is to be able to celebrate the book birthday (TODAY!) of my latest picture book, I WILL ALWAYS BE…! It is especially sweet because I get to celebrate it with my fabulous creator-in-crime, illustrator Rahele Jomepour Bell! Before I get into the interview …
I bought piles of picture books before I ever had children. And well before I wrote my own books. I read those books myself, of course, reveling in each word. And, when my two daughters — who are now 27 and 23 — arrived, I read to them. When Gwen …
Cuteness alert! I asked my friend Charlotte for a peek at her new book, Hard Hat Hank and the Sky-High Solution, and was I ever glad I did! This is one of those books that, while scrolling down the pages of the PDF, I kept thinking, “Ooh, the boyos are …
Quiet books don’t always need the same structure that other picture books have. Quiet stories are often told without true arcs or without wild swings in the action. Or without any action at all. Sometimes they are just vehicles to explain the way things are, or to express a feeling. …