Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.
by Ebony Lynn Mudd and Kailei Pew Year TWO of this picture book mentorship program is here, and it’s time to announce the 2023 Mentors! The PB Rising Stars Mentorship program started with a tweet, a huge response from the KidLit community, and two picture book authors looking for ways . . .
From time to time, I post a thread in Twitter inviting kidlit illustrators seeking representation to post an art sample. I’m always thrilled to hear when agents and illustrators find each other this way! Lori Steel of Red Fox Literary signed Christopher Thornock as a client as a result of . . .
Teresa Robeson is the APALA Picture Book Award-winning author of QUEEN OF PHYSICS (also ILA Nonfiction PB Honor and NCTE Orbis Pictus Nonfiction Recommended Book). Other publications include TWO BICYCLES IN BEIJING and an essay in NONFICTION WRITERS DIG DEEP, edited by Melissa Stewart. More about Teresa at TeresaRobeson.com, Twitter, Instagram . . .
I met Molly Ruttan through the SCBWI Illustrator Mentee Program years ago, and I am excited about her upcoming new picture book, SOMETHING WILD, which launches soon from Nancy Paulsen Books/PRH. Molly’s story explores the butterflies of anxiety that come with stage fright, and the joy and magic of facing . . .
Heather Camlot is an award-winning children’s author, journalist, editor and translator. Her two middle-grade novels, Clutch and The Other Side, received Skipping Stones Honor Awards and nominations for Forest of Reading, among other honors. Clutch was also named a 2017 Best Book from Kirkus Reviews and a finalist for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical . . .
I am bursting with auntly pride: Jeff and I were watching the miniseries Fleischman Is In Trouble, and we spotted our niece, Olivia Ridpath, in Episode 4! Olivia has wanted to be an actor for as long as I can remember. She has always loved to sing and act. She’s . . .
Competitive snowball throwing? Tuna tossing? Elephant polo? Ostrich racing? Young readers can find out about these and many more fascinating and fun sports from different cultures in AMAZING SPORTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD by Douglas McLaughlin and Michelle Griffis (Language Lizard). This book is not only a fun way to . . .
(Last updated January 1, 2023) [EDIT: I am no longer active on Post.news. Ongoing tech issues and a changing user profile format (you’ll notice that none of my Post profile links in this article work anymore) discouraged me, but it was mainly the negativity that turned me off – the . . .
