I am so excited to present my chat with Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award winner Kristen Balouch about her picture book Mystery Bottle. Kristen’s book is sweet and evergreen in message: love has no borders! Enjoy our conversation. About the book: A […]

From So Not Ghoul by Karen Yin and Bonnie Lui (Page Street Kids, August 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. August 19, 2022 at 10:41AM noreply@blogger.com (Mel Schuit)

I have absolutely fallen in love with author-illustrator Nina Laden‘s newest project The Trainbow! This book is on two of my favorites lists––board books and leporellos––so you know when I had the chance to chat with Nina about it, I took it […]

We’ve got a case(wrap) of the Mondays! From I Caught a Rainbow by Danielle Chaperon and Nathalie Dion (Milky Way Picture Books, August 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. August 15, 2022 at 10:57AM noreply@blogger.com […]

This week’s crushes: Tomatoes in My Lunchbox by Costantia Manoli and Magdalena Mora (Roaring Brook Press, June 2022) I Caught a Rainbow by Danielle Chaperon and Nathalie Dion (Milky Way Picture Books, August 2022) Hattie Hates Hugs by Sarah Hovorka and Heather Brockman Lee (Beaming Books, […]

From A Little Ferry Tale by Chad Otis (Atheneum Books, August 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. August 12, 2022 at 10:59AM noreply@blogger.com (Mel Schuit)

I was so excited to catch up with author-illustrator Tania de Regil to learn about her newest picture book Something about Grandma, also publishing simultaneously in Spanish as Un Verano Especial Con La Abuela. This is such a heart-warming book, and I’m […]

We’ve got a case(wrap) of the Mondays! From Covered in Color: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Fabrics of Freedom by Elisa Boxer and Susanna Chapman (Abrams Books for Young Readers, August 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures […]

This week’s crushes: Do You Want a Hug? by Olivia Cosneau and Bernard Duisit (Thames & Hudson, August 2022) Skater Cielo by Rachel Katstaller (Orchard Books, August 2022) God’s Holy Darkness by Sharei Green, Beckah Selnick, and Nikki Faison (Beaming Books, August 2022) Nana, […]

From Pina by Elif Yemenici (Tilbury House Publishers, June 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. August 5, 2022 at 10:46AM noreply@blogger.com (Mel Schuit)