MR. POSTMOUSE TAKES A TRIP by Marianne Dubuc
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAB by Sue Fliess
HOW TO GIVE YOUR CAT A BATH by Nicola Winstanley & John Martz
It’s Only Stanley by Jon Agee
Meet Baabwaa & Wooliam
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Introducing characters can be tricky. What do we want readers to know about them? And how do we reveal these traits? In Baabwaa & Wooliam, author David Elliott takes the direct approach. He begins the book by introducing each character in turn, accompanied by Melissa Sweet‘s dignified portraits (click on …
WILLIAM WAKES UP Interview + Giveaway!
A ROUND OF ROBINS and Katie Hesterman Interview (plus Giveaway!)
In Praise of Louise DeSalvo—and Slow Writing (plus Giveaway)
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise
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Back in September, I led a workshop called “Writing the Rollicking Read-Aloud” at the Carolinas SCBWI conference. To prepare for it, I brought home stacks of recent-ish picture books, trying to figure out which ones to feature in my presentation. Although half the two-hour session focused on writing in rhyme, …