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Sima is the author-illustrator of 11 picture books, including Not Quite Narwhal; Love, Z; and Weather Together. Their new book, The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever (S&S, out now), tells the darkly humorous...

From the New York Times bestselling creator of Not Quite Narwhal Jessie Sima comes a fantastical tale of an elf facing a dangerous dragon was inspi...

Alt: Leonardo DiCaprio on the bow of the Titanic yelling, "I'm the king of the world"

Moths to a flame. Two possibly doomed insects flutter dangerously close to a candle on this unstructured, 6 panel baseball hat (AKA "dad hat") in pigment dyed vintage black. Adjustable strap back with...

An online library and meronomy of visual-narrative devices that are used in the medium of comics and other sequential art.

Highlights from our conversation with Founder and Publisher of Kokila, Namrata Tripathi:   The power of celebrating not just our communal work, but also ourselves Voice as an essential point of view with no illusion of neutrality How cheap workarounds subvert the hard work of uncovering our own voice  The power of words like “intuition” (despite how it may come off as fluffy or weak) Supporting writers in identifying who they are actually in conversation with on the page The lifelong work of knowing how to be more honest with ourselves and the world The priceless bit of pub...

Publishers Send Letter to Congress Advocating for Libraries & IMLS Funding #TeamPRH