Let's Talk Illustrators #229: Kailin Duan

I am hugely grateful that I had a chance to chat with Kailin Duan about her picture book Nine Color Deer, translated by Jeremy Tiang. The story in Nine Color Deer was adapted from a thousands-year-old Buddhist tale found on the walls of the Mogao caves in China. Kailin's narrative stays true to these paintings, highlighting the importance of being kind and gracious and even going so far as to having artwork that evokes the same style as the original cave images. Come check out Kailin's process for interpreting this old with a modern look!

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

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Crushes of the Week: October 23-29, 2022

This week's crushes:

1. Namaste Is a Greeting by Suma Subramaniam and Sandhya Prabhat (Candlewick Press, October 2022)
2. My Neighborhood by María José Ferrada and Ana Penyas and translated by Kit Maude (Tapioca Stories, October 2022)
3. Pebbles to the Sea by Marie-Andrée Arsenault and Dominique LeRoux and translated by Shelley Tanaka (Groundwood Books, October 2022)
4. Little Wild Animal Hugs by Hans Wilhelm and Kirwan Wednesday (Chronicle Books, October 2022)
5. Herbert on the Slide by Rilla Alexander (Hippo Park, October 2022)
6. Lost by Sam Usher (Templar Books, October 2022)
7. We Would Pretend by André Marois and Gérard DuBois (Milky Way Picture Books, October 2022)
8. Mr. Bear's World of Food by Virginie Aracil (Twirl, September 2022)
9. Fonchito and the Moon by Mario Vargas Llosa and Marta Chicote Juiz (Kales Press, October 2022)
10. Beautiful You, Beautiful Me by Tasha Spillett-Sumner and Salini Perera (Owlkids, October 2022)

         

Endpapers for the end of your week!

STILL THIS LOVE GOES ON

Still This Love Goes on, based on the song by Buffy Sainte-Marie and illustrated by Julie Flett, celebrates community and hopeful promise of seeing loved ones again soon.

Let's Talk Illustrators #228: Gökçe İrten

Turkish author-illustrator Gökçe İrten recently gave me some insight into her process for her latest picture book All of Us, and I'm excited to share those pearls of wisdom here today! I hope you love taking a deeper look at this sweet and uniquely-illustrated book with me!

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

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