The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess is a fun and fabulous fairytale written and illustrated by Tom Gauld. What an intriguing cover— it feels like a magical seek and find right from the start. Then we move to the incredible end pages and I now have very high …
My librarian friend ran up to me a few weeks ago and excitedly said that she had a book on order that she thinks I would really like. Noah’s Seal, written and captivatingly illustrated by Layn Marlow. I trusted my librarian friend, so I ordered it. I’m going to be …
With a title like that I think I could just stop here? ❤️ This wonderful picture book written by Josh Crute and illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen is sensational indeed. In London, back in the way back days in the mid 1700’s, men did not carry umbrellas. And therefore, London …
This is one of those random, doesn’t-quite-fit-the-usual-PBB-blog-mold, posts. Full disclosure, I have been on vacation. And I am so darn excited to get to say that— especially after this past year and however many months, that we have all endured and suffered through. I called our trip, “The Great Reinhardt …
Woodpecker Girl, written by Chingyen Liu and I-Tsun Chiang, is gloriously illustrated by Heidi Doll. This is the true story of Yipei Huang. A girl born with cerebral palsy and destined to life in a wheel chair. The dream-like illustrations are magical. They portray Yipei often as quite small on …
There is a new picture book swimming about in the world— And it’s called Fishtastic!! The subtitle is, “A Tale of Magic and Friendship” which is extremely apropos. Because, you see, this book is written by my very dear friend, Tess Weaver, and I had the privilege to illustrate it. …
“Maria Gianferrari has climbed fig trees in Italy, stood under stately coastal redwoods and twisted Torrey pines, marveled at mitten-shaped sassafras leaves, colorful coral trees and sawtooth oak acorn nests. She lives with her family, including dog, Maple, in a house encircled by trees.” Jennifer: Maria, your book, Be a …
Always by My Side, A Stuffie Story is out in the world today ?. If any of you follow me on Social Media (thank you) you might be aware that my once-upon-a-time-little boy, Will, and his beloved stuffed dinosaur, Dina, were the inspiration for my story and the character of …
I’m taking a little break from talking about book-making in this post. I’m busy making heads. My studio is a bright and sunny upstairs bedroom. The walls are covered with eclectic art by friends, family, and people whose work I love. Antique furniture holds up my printer and scanner. Two large …
What a stunning and uplifting picture book by Apryl Stott. It’s her author and illustrator debut. Bear is sad. Because of his size the forest animals are afraid of him and think he must be mean. The front end pages echo this message and the second page of the book …