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Sharing Tradition and Culture Through Picture Books by Mariana Ríos Ramírez As an author of children’s books, some of my favorite topics...

Laura Renauld Embarks on a Journey If you enjoy reading novels, you’ll notice that authors of longer-form fiction frequently use journeys...

Picture Books Showing Fear as the Central Emotion by Cynthia Mackey After submitting my manuscript for IF A BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR...

Mining for Gold: Exploring Little Golden Books by Danna Smith Most of us can remember growing up reading Little Golden Books with their...

Using Second-Person POV Narrative in Picture Books by Kristi Mahoney We often see books written in first- or third-person point-of-view...

The “A” in STEAM: Art in Picture Books by Judy M. Cooper Inspiring and nurturing creativity in young children has been a passion of mine...

by Lynne Marie When I originally got the spark for an idea that became BROOMMATES: A Brewing Boundary Battle (before I transposed it to...

Anthropomorphism in Children’s Books: From Animals to Vegetables to Vehicles In January 2020 the world seemed focused on the tragedy...

The More the Merrier: Managing Many Characters By Bonnie Kelso Many might say, the more the merrier! But does that apply to writing a...

To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme You’ve heard the old saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” But words do more than create pictures in...

A Picture Book Biography: How to Make It Shine by Christy Mihaly I love reading picture book biographies, and there are so many great...

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...

Cumulative Stories: The House that Jack Built and More By Sue Heavenrich My newest picture book begins with the line: This is the seed...

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...

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...

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...