March 31, 2022

HOW TO SAY HELLO TO A WORM

How to Say Hello to a Worm: A First Guide to Outside by Kari Percival is a gorgeous guide to exploring the garden in a respectful and gentle way.



March 29, 2022

Let's Talk Illustrators #208: Guilherme Karsten

Aaahhh! by Guilherme Karsten and translated by Eric M. B. Becker is a funny picture book with a surprise ending that you will both see and not see coming! I got to talk to in-demand author-illustrator Guilherme about the book and his process over the years. Enjoy a (spoiler-free!) peek inside the book!
 

March 28, 2022

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

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


March 26, 2022

Crushes of the Week: March 20-26, 2022

This week's crushes:
  1. My Dad, My Rock by Victor Dias de Oliveira Santos and Anna Forlati (Linguacious, March 2022)
  2. Imagine!: Rhymes of Hope to Shout Together by Bruno Tognolini and Giulia Orecchia and translated by Denise Muir (Red Comet Press, March 2022)
  3. The Hiking Viking by Laura Gehl and Timothy Banks (Capstone Editions, February 2022)
  4. Sand Between My Toes by Caroline Cross and Jenny Duke (Child's Play International, August 2021)
  5. The Happiest Kid by Sarah Bagley Steele, Elsa Pui Si Lo, and Clarice Yunyi Cai (Yeehoo Press, March 2022)
  6. Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd and Christian Robinson (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, September 2021)
     

March 24, 2022

189 CANARIES

189 Canaries by Dieter Böge and Elsa Klever and translated by Laura Watkinson is a third-person narration of a Harz Mountain canary's journey to the United States.



March 22, 2022

Let's Talk Illustrators #207: Zahra Marwan

I feel so lucky that I caught debut creator Zahra Marwan at the very beginning of her picture book career, because it's clear she's going to be very successful at it. Her first book Where Butterflies Fill the Sky is an extremely personal tale about her own immigration from Kuwait to the United States with her family. There's so much love and heart in her words and her images, and I'm proud to share my conversation with Zahra here today about her process. Enjoy!


March 21, 2022

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

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


March 19, 2022

Crushes of the Week: March 13-19, 2022

This week's crushes:
  1. The Lady and the Unicorn by Béatrice Fontanel and Vanessa Hié (Princeton Architectural Press, March 2022)
  2. Climb On! by Baptiste Paul and Jacqueline Alcántara (Northsouth Books, March 2022)
  3. Chirp! by Mary Murphy (Candlewick Press, March 2022)
  4. Big Dance by Aoife Greenham (Child's Play International, July 2021)
  5. It's So Difficult by Guridi and translated by Lawrence Schimel (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, March 2022)
  6. Imagine!: Rhymes of Hope to Shout Together by Bruno Tognolin and Giulia Orecchia and translated by Denise Muir (Red Comet Press, March 2022
  7. Cedric's Tail by Amani Uduman and Agnès Ernoult (Yeehoo Press, March 2022)
  8. 1 Smile, 10 Toes by Nelleke Verhoeff (Barefoot Books, November 2021)
        

March 14, 2022

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

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


March 12, 2022

Crushes of the Week: March 6-12, 2022

This week's crushes:
  1. Miguel's Community Garden by Janay Brown-Wood and Samara Hardy (Peachtree Publishing Company, March 2022)
  2. Five Little Ducks by Annie Kubler and Sarah Dellow (Child's Play International, August 2022)
  3. Crack-Crack! Who Is That? by Tristan Mory (Twirl, March 2022)
  4. Firsts & Lasts: The Changing Seasons by Leda Schubert and Clover Robin (Candlewick Press, March 2022)
  5. When I'm With You by Pat Zietlow Miller and Eliza Wheeler (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, March 2022)
  6. The Katha Chest by Radhiah Chowdhury and Lavanya Naidu (Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for You, March 2022)
  7. The Heart of the Storm: A Biography of Sue Bird by Sharon Mentyka and Ellen Rooney (Little Bigfoot, March 2022)
  8. The Stack by Vanessa Roeder (Dial Books, March 2022)
       

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.



March 1, 2022

Let's Talk Illustrators #205: Erin K Robinson

I got a chance to talk to Erin K Robinson, the illustrator of Adrea Theodore's A History of Me, about her illustration process. We discussed her visual research and the challenges she encountered as she created the images in the book, and I'm pleased to share that conversation with you today. Enjoy this peek behind the curtain!