It’s that time again! I hereby give you my list of 25 of the MANY Picture Books I’m Looking Forward to in ’25! Annnnnnd I’m extra excited about Mary Had a Little Jam, illustrated by the amazing Vanessa Brantley-Newton, which debuts in March. This is the third book in our …
Hello, Picture Book Builders people. I wrote a book called Truck, Truck, Goose! which was illustrated by Zoe Waring. I also very much enjoyed a book called Duck, Duck, Moose! which was written by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and illustrated by Noah Z. Jones. Today, though, I want to highlight another book …
So I have the privilege of hanging out with some pretty amazing folks on a fairly regular basis via Skype. There’s a few of us who having been doing it for nearly 10 years now, and it’s sort of like a virtual office of (mostly) illustrators. We talk off on …
Endpapers are the first pages and the final pages of a picture book. They work much like the curtains at the open and close of a play. While many books’ endpapers are a solid color, others give the reader so much more. For instance, endpapers can create a mood. Number One …