Hello, all— I’m very excited to share two things today: (1) I have a new book out (stay tuned for the giveaway at the bottom!), and (2) the illustrator of that book, Simona Mulazzani, is visiting us here at PBB—all the way from Pesaro, Italy. Here’s Simona in her studio, and …
We see a lot of picture books, don’t we? Sometimes it’s a little mind-boggling. So many books! What should I read next? And then a book leaps off the shelf, grabs you by the collar, and says, “Read ME!” Which is exactly how I discovered Zachariah OHora a few years ago …
Some of you might know Debbie Ridpath Ohi from her illustrations in Michael Ian Black’s picture books NAKED! (2014) and I’M BORED (2012), or from her artwork donning the 2014 reissued collection of Judy Blume books. Or you might know her from, well, just about ANYWHERE online. I first met Debbie at the …
As Jennifer Black Reinhardt put it so well in this post, books take so darn long to make that you’ve got to celebrate them when they’re finally finished. So to celebrate the publication of Little Baby Buttercup (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin), I asked the book’s oh-so-talented illustrator, You Byun, to answer …