Welcome, Picture Book Builders people! Today, I invited award-winning author/illustrator Janee Trasler to share a post about one of her creative pursuits–The 100 Day Project. Perhaps it may inspire you to take on a project of your own. Here’s Janee….. Have you heard of The 100 Day Project? It’s an …
Every once in a while, my editors will come to me with ideas for new books. It happened with Mostly Monsterly. An editor wanted a cute, young, funny Valentine’s Day story about friendship. Right away, I went to the library, read every Valentine’s Day picture book I could find, and …
Howdy, Picture Book Builder people. This November, Cowboy Camp, my very first book, turned 20! The idea for this book literally knocked on my door. One night, years and years ago, my husband and I tucked our kids into bed for the night. We were getting ready to sit down …
No tricks! Just treats! This Halloween, the only thing better than full-size candy bars are these 10 books! Some are classics. Some are favorites. Some are new. All are SPOOKTACULAR.
Hello, Picture Book Builder people. Many of you know that I have been dealing with a really big loss. Last November, my high school sweetheart/college boyfriend/husband of nearly 30 years/father of my two kids/grandpa of two baby boys he never had a chance to meet had a heart attack and …
Hello, Picture Book Builders people! Today’s post is brought to you by my friend Janee Trasler. 🙂 I’ve always wondered what it would be like to collaborate with another author on a book. How would that work? Who would do what? How would you divide the work? Ben Clanton, Corey …
Hello, Picture Book Builder people. Are you wanting to read and/or write a great read aloud? Well, I have the book for you. Please get your paws on Cats in Construction Hats by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Leeza Hernandez. This book had me sold on the dedication: “To our agent, Rachel: …
Caring for Your Lion, written by yours truly and illustrated by Troy Cummings, is the 2025 Read Across Oklahoma Book. In honor of this, I wanted to share a post I wrote about this book for Nerdy Book Club. Enjoy! For me, the hardest part about writing a picture book …
Oh, people. I so enjoy a picture book that makes a good read aloud. POP! Goes the Nursery Rhyme, written by Betsy Bird and illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi, is one such book. Librarians and teachers are going to love sharing this one with their crowds. This is what Publishers Weekly …
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 …