The latest in our series of author/illustrator guest posts features George Ancona sharing how he came to write for children. His curious nature and interest in exploring has led to an interesting [...]
Hervé Tullet is the author of many innovative picture books. You probably know him for the best-selling book Press Here, an interactive concept book that is about the power of imagination, or [...]
We are very excited to share this heartwarming story from Matt Tavares in the second installment of the author/illustrator guest post series on Books in Bloom. We think you’ll really like this [...]
“When I was a kid, I met Tomie dePaola, the creator of some of my favorite books,” reminisces Stephanie Watson. “He drew a picture of Strega Nona with a marker on a big pad of paper, right in [...]
Outliers. For those familiar with statistics, it is a common term used to describe pieces of data that fall outside the boundaries of a main grouping. But for Pete Hautman, author of the National [...]
If you speak with Ashley Bryan, it is difficult to believe he has seen more than nine decades of life. Though his age suggests an elderly man in his golden years, Bryan’s passion for art and [...]
“I have to admit, I wasn’t a huge reader growing up,” says Mike Wohnoutka, an award-winning illustrator and soon-to-be author. Though he may not have been turned on to reading as a youngster, he [...]
As the youngest of five daughters, life was never boring at Megan McDonald’s house. There were pranks, and antics, and moods galore—all of which inspired the story lines in many of McDonald’s [...]
