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October 14, 2024
October 12, 2024
Crushes of the Week: October 6-12, 2024
This week's crushes:
- Red Pop: A Pop-Up Board Book by Aurore Petit (Abrams Appleseed, September 2024)
- Pascal the Very Hungry Penguin by Nishani Reed and Junissa Bianda (Nosy Crow, September 2024)
- Is This a Tiger? by Elina Ellis (Kids Can Press, September 2024)
- Wacky Witches and Their Peculiar Familiars by April Suddendorf (NorthSouth Books, September 2024)
- The Language of Flowers by Shyala Smith and Aaron Asis (Lantana Publishing, September 2024)
- Dad, I Miss You: A Residential School Story by Nadia Sammurtok and Simji Park (Inhabit Media, September 2024)
- Eighteen Flowers for Grandma: A Gift of Chai by Alison Goldberg and Jesse White (Red Comet Press, September 2024)
- Miro / I Look by Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press, August 2024)
October 11, 2024
October 8, 2024
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.
In this post we talk about
-Let's Talk Illustrators-,
collage,
gouache,
watercolor paints
October 7, 2024
October 5, 2024
Crushes of the Week: September 29-October 5, 2024
This week's crushes:
- Genius Ears: A Curious Animal Compendium by Lena Anlauf and Vitali Konstantinov and translated by Marshall Yarbrough (NorthSouth Books, September 2024)
- 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)
- Challah for Shabbat Tonight by Sara Holly Ackerman and Alona Millgram (Algonquin Young Readers, September 2024)
- Brown Bears by Nick Crumpton and Colleen Larmour (Candlewick Press, September 2024)
- Popi's All Souls Song by C. K. Malone and Shelly Swann (Beaming Books, September 2024)
- The Smell of Wet Dog: And Other Dog Poems and Drawings by Barney Saltzberg (Neal Porter Books, September 2024
- Emilia's Corte by Juleesa Espinoza and Veronica Castillo (Soaring Kite Books, August 2024)
October 4, 2024
October 2, 2024
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!
October 1, 2024
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!
In this post we talk about
-Let's Talk Illustrators-,
collage,
gouache,
graphite pencils,
upcycled books,
watercolor paints
September 30, 2024
September 28, 2024
Crushes of the Week: September 22-28, 2024
This week's crushes:
- Number Train by Jonathan Emmett and Ingela P. Arrhenius (Nosy Crow, September 2024)
- Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes (Candlewick Press, September 2024)
- Pirate & Penguin 2 Few Crew by Mike Allegra and Jenn Harney (Page Street Kids, September 2024)
- Veena and the Red Roti: A Story of Hope During Partition by Namita Moolani Mehra and Beena Mistry (Kids Can Press, September 2024)
- Once Upon a Diwali by Anita Mishra and Diah Chakraborty (Soaring Kite Books, August 2024)
- A Rainy Dragon Day by Julie Völk (Gecko Press, August 2024)
- What about an Octopus?: A Fact-Filled Underwater Adventure by Deborah Kerbel and Dawn Lo (Owlkids, August 2024)
September 27, 2024
September 25, 2024
Down to the Last Detail: BOOKIE & COOKIE
You know I adore a clever barcode design, and this is one well-incorporated barcode!
PS: If you haven't already, check out some of my other favorite barcode designs here, the creativity will astound and delight!
September 24, 2024
Let's Talk Illustrators #303: Joaquín Camp
I was lucky enough to get a chance to chat with famed Argentinian author-illustrator Joaquín Camp about Aldo: Ghost Dog. Chances are you've encountered one of Joaquín's books this year (I've covered several on this site!) so it's fun timing that our chat about his process surrounds a ghostly furry friend! Enjoy!!
September 23, 2024
September 21, 2024
Crushes of the Week: September 15-21, 2024
This week's crushes:
- World of Rot: Learn All about the Wriggly, Slimy, Super-Cool Decomposers We Couldn't Live Without by Britt Crow-Miller and Bruno Valasse (Storey Publishing, September 2024)
- A World of Dogs: A Celebration of Fascinating Facts and Amazing Real-Life Stories for Dog Lovers by Carlie Sorosiak and Luisa Uribe (Nosy Crow, September 2024)
- Finnegan Fox by Katie Gilstrap and Lori Nichols (Nancy Paulsen, September 2024)
- Are Wolves Afraid of the Dark? by Huw Lewis Jones and Sam Caldwell (Thames & Hudson, September 2024)
- Autumn (Petite Poems): A Picture Book by Alexander Posey and Paige Pettibon (Abrams Appleseed, August 2024)
- The Weedflower by Elizabeth Davaze and Marianne Ferrer (Owlkids, August 2024)
September 20, 2024
September 18, 2024
Down to the Last Detail: WHEN YOU FIND THE RIGHT ROCK
You can practically feel how slippery the rocks are on the cover of this book before you touch them! A top-tier use of spot gloss, for sure!
September 17, 2024
Let's Talk Illustrators #302: Elenia Beretta
It was such a pleasure talking to Elenia Beretta about Yours, Befana: A Letter from the Winter Witch, written by Barbara Cuoghi and translated by Genni Gunn. Far from spooky this quiet, beautiful book lets readers in on the secrets of the folklore surrounding Befana, the winter witch. So without further ado, let's check out Befana's and Elenia's secrets!
In this post we talk about
-Let's Talk Illustrators-,
acrylic paints,
fifth color,
gouache,
specialty papers
September 16, 2024
September 14, 2024
Crushes of the Week: September 8-14, 2024
This week's crushes:
- Hiro, Winter, and Marshmallows by Marine Schneider and translated by Vineet Lal (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, September 2024)
- Aldo: Ghost Dog by Joaquín Camp and translated by Kit Maude (Tapioca Stories, September 2024)
- I Am a Courageous Cub by Shoshana Chaim and Lori Joy Smith (Greystone Kids, September 2024)
- This Is My Treehouse by Guillaume Gueraud and Alfred (Floris Books, September 2024)
- All about the Brain by Gabriel Dabscheck and Kim Siew (Berbay Publishing, September 2024)
- Baby's First Cloth Book: Cuddly Bear by Ingela P. Arrhenius (Nosy Crow, September 2024)
September 10, 2024
Let's Talk Illustrators #301: Eliza Kinkz
I am very excited to share my interview with author-illustrator Eliza Kinkz today about her illustration process for Mamá’s Magnificent Dancing Plantitas, written by Jesús Trejo. Mamá’s Magnificent Dancing Plantitas is the much-anticipated follow-up to the award-winning 2023 picture book Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock by the same duo, so there was lots to talk about! Let's dive in!
In this post we talk about
-Let's Talk Illustrators-,
colored pencils,
crayons,
gouache,
inks,
watercolor paints
September 9, 2024
September 7, 2024
Crushes of the Week: September 1-7, 2024
This week's crushes:
- Cat Chat: How Cats Tell Us How They Feel by Jess French and Penelope Dullaghan (Nosy Crow, September 2024)
- Cookie Time by Jessie Sima (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, September 2024)
- Trains & Trainers by Sarah Musa and Rania Hasan (Kube Publishing Ltd, September 2024)
- On a Chariot of Fire: The Story of India's Bene Israel by Erica Lyons and Siona Benjamin (Levine Querido, September 2024)
- Jelly-Boy by Nicole Godwin and Christopher Nielsen (Walker Books Australia, August 2024)
- The Iliad: A Babylit(r) Greek Mythology Primer by Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver (BabyLit, July 2024)
- The Violin by Mary Auld and Elisa Paganelli (Crocodile Books, March 2024)