March 10, 2022

GIBBERISH

Gibberish by Young Vo is a visually breathtaking look at a young boy's journey to fit in at his new school.



March 8, 2022

Let's Talk Illustrators #206: Yas Imamura

Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall's grandparents' story, Love in the Library, is the true story of two interred Japanese Americans falling in love in Minidoka, and Yas Imamura's illustrations certainly do the book's inspirational story justice. I talked to Yas about bringing the Tokuda-Hall love story to life, enjoy our chat below!


March 7, 2022

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

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


March 5, 2022

Crushes of the Week: February 27-March 5, 2022

This week's crushes:
  1. The Gift by Alain Serge Dzotap and Delphine Renon (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, February 2022)
  2. Covered in Adventures by Gillian Hibbs (Child's Play International, September 2021)
  3. Smile with African Style by Mylo Freeman (Cassava Republic Press, February 2022)
  4. Red Hat, Pink Boots by Nelleke Verhoeff (Barefoot Books, November 2022)
  5. Ablaze with Color by Jeanne Walker Harvey and Loveis Wise (HarperCollins, February 2022)
  6. When the Sakura Bloom by Narisa Togo (Berbay Publishing, February 2022)
  7. Shapes and Patterns in Nature by Štěpánka Sekaninová, Jana Sedlackova, and Magdalena Konečná (Albatros Media, November 2021)
  8. Masha Munching by Amalia Hoffman (Yeehoo Press, March 2022)
       

March 4, 2022

March 3, 2022

POWWOW DAY

Powwow Day by Traci Sorell and Madelyn Goodnight is the uplifting story of a girl renewing her faith in life and future possibilities.