I am so happy I had a chance to talk to Uma Krishnaswamy, illustrator of Look! Look!, written by Uma Krishnaswami. We talk about creating a companion to a book twelve years later, including the challenges and rewards that come with the process. Enjoy! About the book: When a girl discovers a slab of stone on a weedy patch of land, she calls to her friends, "Look! Look!" The children clear away the weeds and garbage and find more stones. They call their families to come and see and begin to dig around the stones. Word travels to villages nearby, and more and more people join in, until ..read more

We've got a case(wrap) of the Mondays! From Too Many Golems by Jane Yolen and Maya Shleifer (Chronicle Books, April 2024) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page ..read more

This week's crushes: Umbrella by Elena Arevalo Melville (Scallywag Press, April 2024) The Elephant Detectives by Ged Adamson (Nosy Crow, April 2024) Taro Gomi's Big Book of Words by Taro Gomi (Chronicle Books, March 2024) Sometimes I Feel Like an Oak by Danielle Daniel and Jackie Traverse (Groundwood Books, April 2024) Lionel Is Just Like Dad by Éric Veillé (Gecko Press, April 2024) A Big Juicy Earthworm by Katarina Macurova (Albatros Media, April 2024) A Hat Full of Sea by Maudie Smith and Jen Khatun (Lantana Publishing, April 2024) I Am a Rock ..read more

From The Prickletrims Go Wild by Marie Dorléans and translated by Polly Lawson (Floris Books, March 2024) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page ..read more

Earlier this month Caitlin Dale Nicholson published Ninitohtênân / We Listen,  translated by Leona Morin-Neilso and the third book in her Nôhkom series. Ninitohtênân / We Listen is the follow-up to niwîcihâw / I Help (2008) and Nipêhon / I Wait (2017), and getting a chance to talk to Caitlin about the full series––which is almost two decades in the making––was an honor. Enjoy our conversation! About the book: A child, her family and her friend have arrived at their favorite picnic spot by the lake, but before they eat lunch Nôhkom suggests ..read more

We've got a case(wrap) of the Mondays! From A Sundae with Everything on It by Kyle Scheele and Andy J. Pizza (Chronicle Books, April 2024) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page ..read more

This week's crushes: Out of the Blue by Rebecca Bach-Lauritsen and Anna Margrethe Kjærgaard and translated by Michael Favala Goldman (Enchanted Lion Books, March 2024) Not Perfect by Maya Myers and Hyewon Yum (Neal Porter Books, April 2024) Forest by Christie Matheson (Princeton Architectural Press, April 2024) The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker (Candlewick Press, March 2024) Do You Know?: Farm Animals, Work, and Life by Camille Babeau, Charlotte Ameling, Hélène Convert, Ilaria Falorsi, and Camille Roy (Twirl, March 2024) How to Help a Hare and Protect a Polar Bear ..read more

From The House Before Falling into the Sea by Ann Suk Wang and Hanna Cha (Dial Books, March 2024) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page ..read more

I already showed off the case cover/dust jacket combo earlier this week, but it's absolutely worth showing off the endpaper/copyright combo for this book, too! I'm telling you, design teams are stepping up their copyright game, and I am loving it! From The Shadow and the Ghost by Cat Min (Levine Querido, April 2024) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page ..read more

We've got a case(wrap) of the Mondays! From The Shadow and the Ghost by Cat Min (Levine Querido, April 2024) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page ..read more