Join me today on #PictureBookPlaces as we chat with author Elayne Crain about her newest picture book There’s Something Odd About the Babysitter!

Mommy's New Friend is a heartfelt, lyrical story about …

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5/5: Last year got away from me, and one elusivity was a lot of outstanding reading I wasn't organized enough to share. Thankfully, as one might expect, "World of Rot: Learn All About the Wriggly, Sli...

Check out The King of Books - <p><b>A laugh-out-loud story about an enthusiastic king who learns the power of books!</b><br><br>It’s Book Day, everyone!<br><br>And the King of Books cannot wait to sho...

How-to-draw THE KING OF BOOKS drawing sheet, Switzerland vacation recap, Upcoming bookstore and library events, Book and Podcast recommendations.

5/5: I bought "Where the Deer Slip Through" by Katey Howes and Beth Krommes on the Friday morning of ALA, read it in a hotel room, and have been thinking about its writing, on and off, ever since--its...

How-to-draw THE KING OF BOOKS drawing sheet, Switzerland vacation recap, Upcoming bookstore and library events, Book and Podcast recommendations.

5/5: During my late 90s college years, there were two versions of songs about (but not really about) Yoko Ono on the non-Beatles/JohnLennon/PlasticOnoBand CDs I owned. One was the Barenaked Ladies' "B...

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Fantasy fiction isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. I know this because I write fantasy novels for children. Lots of people will tell me (very kindly!) that they liked my books even though they don’t real…

5/5: While I didn't know much about illustrators as a kid, there were a handful whose work I could recognize from 50 paces. In Little Elayne's mind, Shel Silverstein was the freaky one, Quentin Blake ...

How do you write a picture book about a man who made picture books? A deep dive into the creation of the one and only JIM! (a.k.a. James Marshall).

5/5: I think of signs and omens as mirrors of subconscious yearnings--we see them when our brain thinks we need to, like little lunch bag reminders from it. So, when I began my deep-dive into Alphabet...

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