BOOK WINNERS: Susan Uhlig won IT’S BOBA TIME FOR PEARL LI! by Nicole Chen Laurie L. Warchol won OPAL’S SPRINGTIME BIRDHOUSE by Emily Matheis Danielle Hammelef won WHEN SUNLIGHT TIPTOES by Gillian Sze Winners please send in your address to receive your book. ******* KUDOS: CONGRATULATIONS TO KRISTEN TERRETTE. HER NEW BOOK SAFE HARBOR strong>is coming out on April 18, 2023 by Elk Lake Publishing. Eva Elliott uprooted her young daughter, Willow, to move to Moanna, a small Georgia coastal island. She hopes the scenery change and new job will help her deal with the guilt from a tragic deat ..read more

Brooke Hartman has a new picture book, WATCH OUT FOR THE LION, illustrated by Anna Süßbauer and published by Page Street Kids. They have agreed to send a copy to the one lucky winner in the US. Just leave a comment. Reblog, tweet, or talk about it on Facebook with a link and you will get additional chances to win. Let me know other things you did to share the good news, so I can put the right amount of tickets in my basket for you. Sharing on Facebook, Twitter or reblogging really helps spread the word for a new book. So, thanks for helping Brooke and Anna. If you have signed up to follow ..read more

Nania Ali has written a new picture book, HUMPHREY THE EGG-SPLORER, illustrated by Valenti Gubianas being published by Yeehoo Press on April 4th. They have agreed to send a copy to the one lucky winner in the US. Just leave a comment. Reblog, tweet, or talk about it on Facebook with a link and you will get additional chances to win. Let me know other things you did to share the good news, so I can put the right amount of tickets in my basket for you. Sharing on Facebook, Twitter or reblogging really helps spread the word for a new book. So, thanks for helping Farren. If you have signed up to f ..read more

Lavanya Naidu is an animator, designer and award-winning children’s book illustrator, born and raised in Kolkata, India. She has illustrated for numerous children’s books. Her work has most recently been featured at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content as a selection for their Digital Gallery 2020. Lavanya now lives in Melbourne, Australia. Lavanya Naidu is a children’s book illustrator and animator, born and raised in Kolkata, India. Over the last decade she has worked on numerous kids’ books, animation projects and animation production. She now lives in Melbourne, Australia and re ..read more

I look for books that delight readers, that help readers escape, that make readers feel seen, that help inspire wonder and imagination, that cultivate empathy and compassion, that comfort readers and make them feel safe, that take the reader on an adventure, that uncover fascinating stories from history’s footnotes, that make people laugh or cry or jump from fright, that ask nitty gritty questions and don’t settle for easy answers, that inspire reflection and conversation, that make people disappointed when they have to close the book and go to bed, and books that add a touch of magic to read ..read more

EVERY ONE WHO WON A BOOK BEFORE MARCH SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THEIR BOOK. Please let me know if you didn’t. BOOK WINNERS Laurie Calkhoven won MIRROR TO MIRROR by Rajani LaRocca Ellen Leventhal won HIDDEN HOPE: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust by Elisa Boxer Rosi Hollinbeck won PEW! THE STINKY AND LEGEN-DAIRY GIFT FROM COLONEL THOMAS S. MEACHAM by Cathy Orgen Winners please send me your mailing addresses. COVER REVEAL: Lynne Marie shared the cover of her new picture book coming out this September from Yeehoo Press. Everyone will have a chance to win a copy on Au ..read more

Amanda Graham has written a new picture book, THE HATS OF MARVELLO illustrated by Lavanya Naidu and published by HarperCollins, which came out on Tuesday March 8th. Amanda has agreed to share a copy with one lucky winner living in the United States or Australia. All you have to do to get in the running is leave a comment. Reblog, tweet, or talk about it on Facebook with a link and you will get additional chances to win. Just let me know other things you do to share the good news, so I can put the right amount of tickets in my basket for you. Sharing on Facebook, Twitter or reblogging really he ..read more

LITTLE PRESS PUBLISHING PICTURE BOOKS We are OPEN for environmental/nature picture book submissions ONLY through March 31, 2023.  Thank you for your interest in sharing your work with us.   We consider picture book manuscripts for readers, ages 4-8. We are accepting manuscripts from writers everywhere and are particularly interested in writers who are members of SCBWI. We accept both agented and unagented submissions.  We do not require exclusive submissions.  Please be sure that your manuscript has been critiqued by other writers familiar with picture books.  If you ..read more

Howard Pearlstein has written a new picture book, CONNOR CROWE CAN’T LET GO illustrated by Stefani and published by Clavis Publishing. It will hit bookstores on March 28th. Howard has agreed to share a copy with one lucky winner living in the United States. All you have to do to get in the running is leave a comment. Reblog, tweet, or talk about it on Facebook with a link and you will get additional chances to win. Just let me know other things you do to share the good news, so I can put the right amount of tickets in my basket for you. Sharing on Facebook, Twitter or reblogging really he ..read more

Abigail Rajanov is an illustrator from Dallas, Texas. She loves to illustrate cute and quirky subjects with a strong focus on storytelling. She is incredibly passionate about KidLit, comic, and picture book illustration. Her favorite tool to create with is Procreate, but she also loves experimenting with traditional media as well – lately she has been loving colored pencil, gouache, and even riso printing! Abigail graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design with a B.F.A in Illustration. She has created graphic novel work for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Ringling College’s an ..read more