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KidLit411
6d ago
© Nicole Monahan
April 12, 2024 vol. 15
The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations and camaraderie. This week's illustration is by Nicole Monahan.
Kid Lit News
Sourcebooks Hires Two Editors from HarperCollins
Picture Book Giveaway
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, Ladybug Launch: Inspired by a True Story of Chinitas in Space, by Melissa Trempe and Natalia Ojeda ..read more
KidLit411
2w ago
© Nicola Scofield
April 1, 2024
We are pleased to feature Nicole Schofield and her April banner design for Kidlit411 in our Illustrator Spotlight.
© Nicola Scofield
Tell us about yourself and how you came to illustrate for children.
I spent huge amounts of time reading and drawing as a kid and I always wanted to be an artist when I grew up. Not realising illustration was an actual career, I studied physics and made art alongside whatever job I had. After selling watercolours for a few years, then completing various freelance illustration projects I wanted ..read more
KidLit411
2w ago
© Emma Graham
March 29, 2024 vol. 13
The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations and camaraderie. This week's illustration is by Emma Graham.
Kid Lit News
The Middle Grade Slump
'Authors Against Book Bans' Mobilizes
Middle Grade Giveaway
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade novel, Sing It Like Celia, by Mónica Mancillas (Penguin Workshop) coming out on April 2. Enter to ..read more
KidLit411
3w ago
© Sheree Tomba
March 22, 2024 vol. 12
The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations and camaraderie. This week's illustration is by Sheree Tomba.
A Kidlit411-Hosted FREE Webinar on Author Goals & Promotion
April 11 8 - 9 pm ET (FREE) Creating an Author Success Map: Identifying, Personalizing, and Working Toward Success Benchmarks in Your Writing Career You've written a book, but no ..read more
KidLit411
1M ago
© Sophie Furman
March 15, 2024 vol. 11
The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations and camaraderie. This week's illustration is by Sophie Furman.
Kid Lit News
'Authors Against Book Bans' Mobilize
ALA Reports Record Spike in Book Titles Challenged in 2023
Picture Book Giveaway
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, Wake Up, Woodlands, by Karen Jameson, illustra ..read more
KidLit411
1M ago
© Maru Vargas
March 8, 2024 vol. 10
The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations and camaraderie. This week's illustration is by Maru Vargas.
Picture Book Giveaway
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, Small Things Mended, by Casey W. Robinson, illustrated by Nancy Whitesides (Rocky Pond Books), out on March 19. Enter to win a copy via the Rafflecopter below.
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KidLit411
1M ago
© Sarah Kurpiel
March 1, 2024 vol. 9
The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations and camaraderie. This week's illustration is by Sarah Kurpiel.
Kid Lit News
Booksellers Assess a Changing Tween Scene
Illustrator Spotlight
We are pleased to feature illustrator Moira Ratchford and her banner design for Kidlit411. Check out her amazing work!
© Moira Ratchford
Middle Gr ..read more
KidLit411
1M ago
© Moira Ratchford
Mar. 1, 2024
We are pleased to feature illustrator Moira Ratchford and her banner design for Kidlit411. Check out her amazing work!
© Moira Ratchford
Tell us about yourself and how you came to illustrate for children.
I've loved drawing since I got my first box of Crayolas as a kid, which felt like I'd been given a rainbow-hued magic wand. Being able to create whatever I wanted on a blank sheet of paper was endlessly engaging. Soon I had a comic strip that I sold to classmates, and later on, greeting cards that were ..read more
KidLit411
1M ago
© Leila Nabih
Feb. 23, 2024 vol. 8
The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations and camaraderie. This week's illustration is by Leila Nabih.
Middle Grade Giveaway
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade novel, Lost Kites and Other Treasures, by Cathy Carr (Amulet Books), out now. Enter to win a copy via the Rafflecopter below!
art by Maeve Norton, cover design by De ..read more
KidLit411
2M ago
© Tamara Piper
Feb. 16, 2024 vol. 7
The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations and camaraderie. This week's illustration is by Tamara Piper.
Picture Book Giveaway
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, What's New, Daniel? written and illustrated by Micha Archer (Penguin Young Readers Group) out on Feb. 20. Enter to win a copy via the Rafflecopter below ..read more