April 29, 2025

Let's Talk Illustrators #321: Adriana Garcia

I am so happy to share my interview here with Adriana Garcia, the illustrator of US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's picture book For a Girl Becoming. Adriana was incredibly gracious with her peek behind the curtain for this book, and I'm so pleased to share that peek with you all today. Enjoy!!


April 28, 2025

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

We've got a case(wrap) of the Mondays!


April 26, 2025

Crushes of the Week: April 20-26, 2025

This week's crushes:
  1. Yay! by Jessica Kulekjian and Zara González Hoang (Bloomsbury Children's Books, April 2025)
  2. Mrs. Nobody by Y. S. Lee and Marie Lafrance (Groundwood Books, April 2025)
  3. Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson and Dan Santat (Dial Books, April 2025)
  4. Little Robin's Book of Birds by Yuval Zommer (Thames & Hudson, April 2025)
  5. The Mystery of the Thinking Rabbit by Clarice Lispector and Kammal João, translated by Benjamin Moser (NYRB Kids, April 2025)
  6. Prisons Must Fall by Mariame Kaba, Jane Ball, and Olly Costello (Haymarket Books, April 2025)
  7. I'm Like a Tree and a Tree's Like Me by Sylvaine Jaoui and Anne Crahay (Enchanted Lion Books)
      


April 23, 2025

Down to the Last Detail: LILY THE POND MERMAID

I mean . . . do I even need to say why I'm featuring the foil stamping of this book?!


April 21, 2025

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

We've got a case(wrap) of the Mondays!