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Today's  Perfect Picture Book Friday  pick The Wednesday Surprise Written by  Eve Bunting Illustrated by  Donald Carrick Houghto...

Today's pick The award winning A Visitor for Bear , by Bonny Becker and Kady MacDonald Denton A Visitor for Bear Written by ...

Paula Yoo's National Picture Book Writing Week challenge  is just eight days away.  I'm going to prepare by prepping an idea a day f...

2013 badge design by Lisa Thompson Grab your Unofficial badge at Lisa Thompson's blog .  While you're there, read through the l...

Fans of Kidlitart and picture book creators, arise!  All is not lost. Bonnie Adamson and Wendy Martin are taking a well-deserved working ...

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, by Eric Kimmel and Trina Schart Hyman

A BIG thank-you to all who could make PiBoIdMo such a smashing success in 2012. I made my goal of 30 ideas in 30 days,  more than doubling t...

Lucky's 24 Hour Garage Hyperion Books for Children On our last trip to the library, our youngest brought home Lucky's 24 hour G...

Stars by Mary Lyn Ray and Marla Frazee Thank you Tara Lazar for getting Emma Ledbetter as a guest on your PiBoIdMo blog. ". ....

"We learn great things by little experiences."   So wrote  Bram Stoker  in his book,  The Jewel of the Seven Stars .  Today i...

November has been declared  Picture Book Month .    Dianne de Las Casas , along with  Elizabeth Dulemba ,  Katie Davis ,  Tara Lazar , an...

Call me crazy, but I've signed up for another November challenge: SkADaMo! SkADaMo and its logo are copyright Linda Silvestri. Li...

Picture Book Idea Month starts tomorrow.  Don't forget to sign-up at Tara's blog, Writing for Kids (While Raising Them). Kudo...

Today  That's What I'd Do is released nationwide.  The song lyrics by Jewel provide the text while the illustrations are painted by...

I love a good story, especially one which demands to be read aloud.  And of course, great illustrations will make me loyal to a book I'v...

Vinnie and Abraham was written by Dawn FitzGerald  and illustrated by Catherine Stock .  It details the true story of sculptor Vinnie Ream...

Wonderstruck , by Brian Selznick Scholastic , 2011 Congratulations to CBC Illustrator of the Year, Brian Selznick for Wonderstruck ! ...

From Chicken Soup With Rice ,  by Maurice Sendak Courtesy HarperCollins In May I truly think it best  to be a robin  lightly dresse...

What Do You Say, Dear? Written by Sesyle Joslin Illustrated by Maurice Sendak This was my first and favorite encounter with  Maurice S...

Illustration copyright 2012 by Charles Santoso Author, illustrator, legend Maurice Sendak passed into eternity on Tuesday, May 8. ...