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MORE 'COVER-REVEAL' POSTS

    Cover Reveal and Q&A: A Place to Dance by Eric Rosswood with Richard Lamberty, and illustrated by Vincent Chen

    Betsy Bird, January 8, 2026 | Cover Reveal, Interviews

    "How do I acknowledge the harm without letting it dominate the story or overshadow the light? How can I stay truthful about the past while keeping the focus on queer joy?" Learn the answers to these questions in this glorious cover reveal and Q&A.

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    Bob Rossify Your Life: A YOU CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS Cover Reveal and Talk with Richard Ho and Daniel Miyares

    Betsy Bird, November 28, 2025 | Cover Reveal, Interviews

    "Risk is so much easier when you're not fretting the outcome." Today we talk mistakes, art, and the life of an influential man with the creators of a new picture book bio.

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    Cover Repackage Reveal: Laurie Halse Anderson Talks Abigail Adams, Disease, and FEVER 1793

    Betsy Bird, October 28, 2025 | Cover Reveal, Guest Posts

    Would you like to hear a story? A true one? One told by Laurie Halse Anderson? Discover the tale of how Abigail Adams inoculated her family against smallpox, and see the repackage of Anderson's Fever 1793.

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    Awe (and) Inspiring. A Cover Reveal and Q&A with Chana Stiefel and Susan Gal

    Betsy Bird, October 9, 2025 | Cover Reveal, Interviews

    "I was gobsmacked by the new research of awe—how it can change the way you think and feel, lessening our anxieties and making us more generous and kind. And I knew I had to write a book for kids..."

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    “Trying times like these require good music and dancing.” A Blues Boy Cover Reveal and Q&A with Alice Faye Duncan

    Betsy Bird, September 30, 2025 | Cover Reveal, Interviews

    An icon gets his picture book bio day in the sun. Alice Faye Duncan joins us today to talk about her latest creation and to reveal its cover too.

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    “That momentous moment: the turning of the page.” A Cover Reveal and Q&A with Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad for A Door Is to Open

    Betsy Bird, September 25, 2025 | Cover Reveal, Interviews

    Open doors and hospitality is the name of the game today as we talk about the agency of turning the page in a book with two renowned picture book creators.

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    Tackling Topics with Integrity and Heart: A Cover Reveal and Q&A with Kao Kalia Yang and Seo Kim

    Betsy Bird, September 16, 2025 | Cover Reveal, Interviews

    Seems to me the more books we can devise that confront racism, the better. But how do you confront a hate crime in a picture book? Today's title does precisely that.

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    Life on the Moon: A Cover Reveal AND Conversation with Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr

    Betsy Bird, August 5, 2025 | Best Books, Best Books of 2026, Cover Reveal, Interviews, Uncategorized

    Is there life on Mars? Who cares! It's the Moon we're focusing on today, in this ribald conversation about one of my (already) favorite middle grades of 2026.

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    Dan Santat Has a New Graphic Novel Series! We Have the Cover Here Today! And a Q&A! Can You Tell I’m Excited?!?!

    Betsy Bird, July 24, 2025 | Best Books, Best Books of 2026, Cover Reveal, Interviews

    "After publishing A First Time for Everything I’ll admit I was a little burned out and wanted to shift back into doing something silly and appealing to kids." Dan Santat discusses his latest (very silly) graphic novel series.

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    Book Ban Bounty: A Cover Reveal and Q&A for Wake Now in the Fire by Jarrett Dapier

    Betsy Bird, June 26, 2025 | Cover Reveal, Interviews

    A graphic novel focusing on book bans and discussions of Iran? Can you think of more timely topics? I reveal the cover of Jarrett Dapier's latest and he tells an honestly gripping story of its origins.

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