© Santhya Shenbagam   May 3, 2024 vol 18 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 Santhya Shenbagam. Illustrator Spotlight & Giveaway We are pleased to feature illustrator Deana Sobel Lederman and her website banner design and new book, Morgan (TBR Books) out now. Enter to win a copy in the Rafflecopter below! © Dea ..read more

  © Deana Sobel Lederman  May 1, 2024 We are pleased to feature illustrator Deana Sibel Lederman and her website banner design for Kidlit411 and her upcoming book, Morgan (KBH Books). Enter to win a copy in the Rafflecopter below!   Tell us about yourself and how you came to illustrate for children.   My grandmother was an artist and taught me to paint when I was very young. For as long as I can remember, I have viewed creating children’s books as my life’s work. I love the world of classic children’s books such as Madeline, Frances, Babar, Frederick ..read more

© Hollie Michaels  April 26, 2024 vol. 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 Hollie Michaels. Kid Lit News New PEN America Report Finds School Book Bans at Record Levels What's Ahead for Kids' Books in 2024? No One Buy Books Picture Book Giveaway We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, There are No Dragons in This Book, by Donna ..read more

  © Joana Félix April 19, 2024 vol. 16 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 Joana Félix. Middle Grade Giveaway   We are pleased tohost a giveaway of the middle grade novel, Summer at Squee, by Andrea Wang (Kokila), out now. Enter to win a copy via the Rafflecopter below.   art by Karyn Lee, design by Kristie Radwilowicz ..read more

  © 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

© 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

© 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

  © 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

© 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

  © 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.   &nb ..read more