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Visual Storytelling Meets the Wet Side of Pet Ownership: A Walkies Interview with Estrela Lourenço
|Meet the charmer of the season. A picture book influenced by both animation and silent films, and that puts those wet, miserable walks in context.
A pediatric cardiologist in the Bronx writes three young adult novels then pens a thoroughly touching tale of a girl and her grandfather. Learn more about this story and its origins.
Tender and Subtle, with a Wild Fancifulness: A Q&A About Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow’s SISTER FRIEND
|In first grade, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow was the only non-white kid in her first grade class. Her response? Write a truly stunning and lovely picture book about it as an adult. We discuss all.
Talking today about what it takes to make a great food-related picture book readaloud. We discuss pasta, Bee-bim Bop, and more! Warning: This Q&A may make you hungry.
Today we talk with a man who slowly, methodically, carefully, and with great love, churns out some of the smartest books for kids today.
"Ryan is a young alligator, not the buddha." Bob Shea is our guest today and he's talking up the sequel to his highly beloved Chez Bob.
Iran's first superstar, Googoosh, at last gets her first picture book biography and I'm on hand to interview author/artist Azadeh Westergaard about what writing such a book entails.
What do Rashomon, knitting, and Richard Scarry's boat hooks have in common? You'll find them all in Tao Nyeu's incredibly clever, reversible latest.
A deep dive into a paean to mangos and all they can mean to folks. Bonus: Three mango facts I guarantee you've never heard before.
Called "a lyrical gem", "touching", "beautiful", and more by its three starred reviews, we discuss a new historical fiction picture book set during the Korean War.