Picturebooking

How to think about the tension between fitting in and being different?

Vanessa Roeder is a self-made artist turned author-illustrator, who finds inspiration and so much more in her Girllustrators, a close group of fellow children's book creators.

Featured book: The Box Turtle by Vanessa Roeder

A story about self-acceptance filled with heart and humor as a little turtle searches for his perfect shell.

Learn more at picturebooking.com/vanessa-roeder

Learn about writing a picture book biography from an award-winning author.

Barb Rosenstock is an author of nonfiction and historical fiction children's books, including THE NOISY PAINT BOX, a 2015 Caldecott Honor book. Her goal is to create stories that bring to life history's heroes for today's kids.

Featured book: LEAVE IT TO ABIGAIL! THE REVOLUTIONARY LIFE OF ABIGAIL ADAMS by Barb Rosenstockillustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley

Bring this powerful, bold founding mother into your children's lives through this picture book. And learn why there would be no President John Adams without Abigail.

Learn more at picturebooking.com/barb-rosenstock

You can't separate today's book IN A JAR with the life experiences of its author-illustrator, Deborah Marcero. It's fascinating to see art that comes from finding a universal experience in the specific personal stories of its creator.

Learn more at picturebooking.com/deborah-marcero

Jessica Hische is a renowned lettering artist and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator. Her latest picture book TOMORROW I'LL BE KIND is a follow-up to her 2018 hit TOMORROW I'LL BE BRAVE.

TOMORROW I'LL BE KIND: Hische brings to life another series of inspirational words and scenes with her hand-lettering and illustrations. This uplifting book encourages kids to promise that tomorrow, they will be grateful, helpful, and kind.

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Author, illustrator and cartoonist Rob Polivka talks about his non-fiction picture book A Dream of Flight: Alberto Santos-Dumont's Race Around the Eiffel Tower.

A Dream of Flight is a dynamic biography of Alberto Santos-Dumont, an inventor who risked everything to reach the skies.

Polivka is the illustrator of Good Bless America: The Story of an Immigrant Named Irving Berlin and co-author A Dream of Flight with his brother Jef.

Author, illustrator, cartoonist and orthodontist Grant Snider returns to the podcast to talk about his first picture book What Color Is Night?.

This is a beautiful debut picture book that explores the wonders—and colors—of nighttime.

Grant Snider's work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Kansas City Star, The Best American Comics 2013, and all across the internet.

Listen to Grant's first picturebooking interview about illustrating Quiet Power.

Four-year-old Parker Curry had a moment that went viral. Today's featured book, PARKER LOOKS UP, is the story of that moment and that day.

We love this book for its here-and-now reality. And how you can truly have a life-altering moment in the middle of an ordinary day.

A visit to Washington, DC's National Portrait Gallery forever alters Parker's young life when she views First Lady's Michelle Obama's portrait.

Are you familiar with the universal tendency of young children to always ask WHY? This laugh-out-loud picture book features a small child taking on a big loud bully with one simple question.

Adam Rex is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator. His books include The True Meaning of Smekday, which was made into the hit animated movie Home; Moonday; School's First Day of School, illustrated by Christian Robinson; Nothing Rhymes with Orange; and Chu's Day, written by Neil Gaiman.

Renowned artist, storyteller and writer Ashley Bryan introduces his new book: INFINITE HOPE: A BLACK ARTIST'S JOURNEY FROM WORLD WAR II TO PEACE.

Ashley Bryan is the first African-American creator ever to both write and illustrate a book for children. He's a Newberry Medal honoree and has received countless Coretta Scott King awards and honors.

INFINITE HOPE is an autobiography filled with sketches and letters of Ashley's time in the war. His belief in the power of art and the lengths he went to keep making art during the war are inspiring.

A powerful new fable from the world-renowned artist and picture book phenomenon Oliver Jeffers

THE FATE OF FAUSTO is a poignant tale about a man who acts upon his self-proclaimed domination of all he can see.

OLIVER JEFFERS is an artist, storyteller, father, cartographer and part-time explorer. His work encompasses many forms, from picture books to portraiture, using a variety of media. In THE FATE OF FAUSTO, he has worked with traditional lithographic printmaking techniques for the first time. Originally from Northern Ireland, Oliver lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.