Crushes of the Week: August 25-31, 2024

This week's crushes:

1. On the Small Hill Where the Girls Take Off Their Shoes by Jairo Buitrago and Linda Wolfsgruber and translated by Elisa Amado (Greystone Kids, August 2024)
2. The Boy and the Elephant by Freya Blackwood (Random House Studio, August 2024)
3. It Is Okay by Ye Guo (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, August 2024)
4. Show Up and Vote by Ani Difranco and Rachelle Baker (Rise X Penguin Workshop, August 2024)
5. Waiting for the Dawn: A Tale of Forest Fires and Renewal by Fabiola Anchorena (Tra Publishing, August 2024)
6. How to Draw a Brave Chicken by Ethan T. Berlin and Jimbo Matison (Hippo Park, August 2024)
7. One Small Spark: A Tikkun Olam Story by Ruth Spiro and Victoria Tentler-Krylov (Dial Books, August 2024)

      

Endpapers for the end of your week!

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Crushes of the Week: August 18-24, 2024

This week's crushes:

1. The Ship in the Window by Travis Jonker and Matthew Cordell (Viking Books for Young Readers, August 2024)
2. Clouds in Space: Nebulae, Stardust, and Us by Teresa Robeson and Diana Renzina (MIT Kids Press, August 2024)
3. A Star Shines Through by Anna Desnitskaya (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, August 2024)
4. We Are a Class by Rob Sanders and Hannah Abbo (Beaming Books, July 2024)
5. I Really, Really Don't Like Parties by Angie Morgan (Crocodile Books, April 2024)
6. The Sun Never Hurries by Roxane Turcotte and Lucie Crovatto (Pajama Press, July 2024)
7. Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kerry Aradhya and Kara Kramer (Peachtree Publishers, June 2024)

      

Endpapers for the end of your week!

Let's Talk Illustrators #299: Veronika Kotyk

As we get closer to the spooky season, it seems apt that we begin to spice in some of the spookier books! Today I'm pleased to share my chat with Veronika Kotyk, illustrator of  Spooky Celebrations Around the World, who reveals her process for creating the stunningly vibrant illustrations. Don't be spooked, dive into this celebratory book with me!

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

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