Endpapers for the end of your week!

Let's Talk Illustrators #313: Aly McKnight

I am so excited to share my interview with Aly McKnight here with you all day! I can tell that Aly is an illustrator on the rise from her book The Gift of the Great Buffalo––lots of great things to come from Aly soon! Check out her process for The Gift of the Great Buffalo, written by Carole Lindstrom, below.

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

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

Crushes of the Week: February 16-22, 2025

This week's crushes:

1. Greatness by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, January 2025)
2. Thread by Thread by Alice Brière-Haquet and Michela Eccli and translated by Sarah Ardizzone (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, February 2025)
3. Duckie & Snaps: We Cannot Be Friends by Ame Dyckman and Tim Miller (Orchard Books, February 2025)
4. Moví La Mano / I Moved My Hand by Jorge Luján and Mandana Sadat and translated by Elisa Amado (Groundwood Books, January 2025)
5. Happy Holi!: Celebrating the Festival of Colors by Chitra Soundar and Amberin Huq (Bloomsbury Children's Books, February 2025)
6. Ada, Are You Ready? by Daishu Ma (Candlewick Press, January 2025)

 

    

Endpapers for the end of your week!

Down to the Last Detail: WEE UNICORN

This book is a three-fer! We have spot gloss on the front PLUS a subtle, white sparkle treatment for the wee unicorn and book title, AND there's a cute barcode design on the back! Chef's kiss!!

Favorite Dual-Functioning Books

 

DUAL-FUNCTIONING BOOKS

There are some really cool books out there that go beyond being brick-and-mortar "text and illustration" books. They take things to the next level in that the physical book becomes a key part of the experience and incites its own separate experience. I have dubbed these dual-functioning books because––as the name would suggest––these books serve two functions: To be a book and to be something beyond a book. Check out some examples below!

                        

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