MOWMT March 8: Christy Mihaly Shines It
A Picture Book Biography: How to Make It Shine by Christy Mihaly I love reading picture book biographies, and there are so many great...
MOWMT March 7: Betsy Ellor Pairs STEM and SEL
STEM Stories With An SEL Heart By Betsy Ellor If you’ve been writing picture books long you know there’s a strong market for STEM...
MOWMT March 6: Cumulative Stories with Sue Heavenrich
Cumulative Stories: The House that Jack Built and More By Sue Heavenrich My newest picture book begins with the line: This is the seed...
MOWMT March 5: Lauren H. Kerstein Explores Space
Taking A Look at White Space by Lauren H. Kerstein I absolutely love the concept of white space. White space is: A pacing tool. A way to...
MOWMT March 4: Jill Dana Speaks
To Speak or Not to Speak: Dialogue in Picture Books By Jill Dana The picture book world has the full range of dialogue: from all dialogue...
MOWMT March 2: Andrew Hacket Ups the Absurdity
UPPING THE ABSURDITY WITH ANDREW HACKET Part of the magic of writing books is that there are no boundaries. It is easy to question if we...
MOWMT March 1: Fiction-y Nonfiction with Mary Boone
by Mary Boone I love a good nonfiction picture book. But there are times when the straight nonfiction-telling of a story isn’t the best...
