Let's Talk Illustrators #305: Sara Lundberg

Meow, meow [clears throat] today we're doing it the cat way with The Cat Way by Swedish author-illustrator Sara Lundberg and translated by B.J. Woodstein. My entire life has pretty much been done the cat way, so this interview felt quite natural to me! I hope you enjoy a peek at how this book and our main character came together.

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

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

Crushes of the Week: September 29-October 5, 2024

This week's crushes:

1. Genius Ears: A Curious Animal Compendium by Lena Anlauf and Vitali Konstantinov and translated by Marshall Yarbrough (NorthSouth Books, September 2024)
2. Doña Fela's Dream: The Story of Puerto Rico's First Female Mayor by Monica Brown and Rosa Ibarra (Little, Brown Young Readers, September 2024)
3. Challah for Shabbat Tonight by Sara Holly Ackerman and Alona Millgram (Algonquin Young Readers, September 2024)
4. Brown Bears by Nick Crumpton and Colleen Larmour (Candlewick Press, September 2024)
5. Popi's All Souls Song by C. K. Malone and Shelly Swann (Beaming Books, September 2024)
6. The Smell of Wet Dog: And Other Dog Poems and Drawings by Barney Saltzberg (Neal Porter Books, September 2024
7. Emilia's Corte by Juleesa Espinoza and Veronica Castillo (Soaring Kite Books, August 2024)

      

Endpapers for the end of your week!

Down to the Last Detail: D IS FOR DOG

This book is So. Much. Fun. How inviting is the die-cut cover, with three pups peeking out from behind a spot-glossed D? And the barcode is designed and integrated into the book's design, too?! Dream book!

Let's Talk Illustrators #304: Melissa Sweet

Today's interview is a little unconventional because normally I try to time interviews with book publication dates (give or take a few months). This time, though, we're turning back the clock to celebrate a book that turned ten this month. I'm talking to Melissa Sweet about the highly-praised, award-winning 2014 picture book The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, written by Jen Bryant, and it's such a blast from the past that I'll let Melissa take it from here!