Imagine, if you will for a moment, that you were to create your own book publishing company. Would that be a nightmare for you, or a dream? For David Kirk, it’s neither: It’s a reality.
Interview – Making the Leap: Author/Artist David Kirk Creates His Own Publishing Company
August 20, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Cover Reveal and Interviews: Talking with Nina Crews and Angela Johnson
August 13, 2019 by 1 Comment
Angela Johnson has more than forty books to her name and she can write the gamut from board books to YA. This year, she’s giving us a poem-turned-book called A Girl Like Me, with illustrated photography by Nina Crews. Naturally I’d like to show you the cover, but first I had some questions for the creators.
Cover Reveal + Interview: Amphibian Acrobats with Leslie Bulion and Robert Meganck
July 26, 2019 by
The starry-eyed montane tree frog. The mutable rain frog that goes from smooth to spiny. The pebble toad that has a unique method of escaping predators. All this and more I discuss with my special guests, even as I reveal their latest book jacket.
Cover Reveal – Fred’s Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers
June 28, 2019 by
I’ve become very curious about the release of another Mister Rogers picture book biography. In fact, I had lots of questions for both the author and the illustrator. So before we get to the business of the cover reveal, let’s ask those two some questions about what really is going on here
Cover Reveal: Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry, ill. by Juana Martinez-Neal
June 13, 2019 by
It is my supreme pleasure to introduce you to a charming picture book slated for 2020. Too early, you say? Nonsense. It is never too early to get excited by a book. Particularly when it’s coming from a recent Caldecott Honor winner . . . .
Phantom Twin Cover Reveal and an Interview with the Incomparable Lisa Brown
June 7, 2019 by
I don’t truck with YA. Not my bag, baby. But, of course, it’s so difficult to determine where a book falls on the Middle Grade/Young Adult spectrum. That’s why, when I hear that Lisa Brown, one of my favorite people, is doing a graphic novel, I drop everything and pepper her with questions. I’d hold back but darned if her answers aren’t so good . . .
Book Chat: LeUyen Pham on Bear Came Along
May 23, 2019 by
“It’s almost as if he grew a tree in a garden and didn’t allow any of the leaves to grow on it at all, it’s just the bare bones of a tree, and asked me to come in and decorate the tree. But without that strength of that tree, nothing would hold up on it.” LeUyen Pham and Victoria Stapleton talk about the fabulous picture book Bear Came Along.
Happy National High Five Day! An Interview with Adam Rubin, author of High Five
April 18, 2019 by
“Picture books are especially great in that way because they can be as funny for a toddler as they are for an older sister and the parents and the grandparents, too. If the whole family can share a good laugh, that’s pretty life affirming, no matter what’s going on in the news that day.” We talk with Adam Rubin about his latest book and why humor is key.
When Kyle wrote Aidan: Process and the Trans Child Narrative
April 16, 2019 by
Kyle Lukoff discusses his trans boy picture book When Aidan Became a Brother and explains why, to make use of a Rudolph metaphor, “we’re all jerk reindeers AND misfit toys at the same time.”
Who Wet This Interview? Bob Shea and Zachariah OHora Fess Up
April 15, 2019 by
“The pee is simply the warm, wet catalyst that exposes the characters personalities.” Zach and Bob discuss unicorn pee, the difficulties of painting wet pants, and how kindness is king.
Cover Reveal and Interview: This is a Sea Cow by Cassandra Federman
March 22, 2019 by
Ms. Cassandra Federman is on hand to answer a question or ten about the creature in question and her own book. Along the way she clarifies for me the difference between a manatee and a beluga whale, the trend of 4th wall busting characters, and her own history of rescuing manatees.
Book Chat: Eliza Wheeler on When You Are Brave
February 26, 2019 by
Victoria Stapleton (of Little, Brown & Co.) interviews the illustrious artist Eliza Wheeler in a casual “Book Chat” about her upcoming book, WHEN YOU ARE BRAVE.
The Birth of Les Maîtres de l’Imaginaire and the Vast Importance of International Children’s Book Art
February 21, 2019 by
“A country needs ideas from everywhere, just like mushroom rhizomes help the forest to grow. Below the surface.” I speak with artist Étienne Delessert about his show of international children’s illustrators.
Did You Like Wolf in the Snow? A Cover Reveal for Matthew Cordell’s Next Wordless Book: Explorers
February 19, 2019 by
when the very nice people at Macmillan asked me if I wanted to do a bit of a cover reveal for Matthew Cordell’s newest book, do you know what I said? I said yes, please, and thank you, because I am a polite soul. And heck, why not throw in a little interview with Mr. Cordell for spice?
Not Your Nest: The Andrea Tsurumi/Gideon Sterer Comic Interview
February 15, 2019 by
Interviews? They’re cool. But interviews between authors and illustrators in the form of a comic? Much much cooler. To that end, I bring you the marvelous Andrea Tsurumi (of my beloved Accident) and her partner-in-crime Gideon Sterer as they discuss their book NOT YOUR NEST.
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