Picturebooking

Guest host Nadia Salomon chats with author Anne Wynter about her debut picture book, Everybody in the Red Brick Building, illustrated by Oge Mora. Salomon and Wynter compare their experiences of being debut picture book authors. And in the spirit of today's featured book, Nick Patton edited this show in the middle of the night, holding his month-old baby.

Guest host Nadia Salomon chats with New York Times bestselling creator Rafael López about his collaboration with Jacqueline Woodson. Woodson and López remind us how strong we can be in this breathtaking picture book, The Year We Learned to Fly. López also talks about the importance of illustrating emotions over a more literal interpretation. This episode will inspire you to look up and fly!

Go inside the pages of the picture book I'll Love You Till The Cows Come Home by Kathryn Cristaldi and illustrated by Kristyna Litten. How can you use a page turn to make an object dramatically bigger? And how do you create motion in the art when everyone is standing still?

Go inside the pages of the 2022 Caldecott Honor picture book Have You Ever Seen A Flower? by Shawn Harris. Why do you think Shawn illustrates rows of flowers and then asks us if we've ever seen one? How does he use the white paper and the medium of color pencils to help tell this story?

Author Nadia Salomon shares why rhyming is complex and why you need to write from the heart. We also discuss her debut picture book Goodnight Ganesha. This story, illustrated by Poonam Mistry, celebrates the nighttime rituals of two young children visiting their grandparents in India.

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Author Paul Hoffman shares the first time he met Nick and how, together, they turned words written on a placemat into the picture book Sam and the Seven-Pound Perch.

After this episode originally aired A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR was named a Caldecott Honor book.

Rebroadcast from Sept. 12, 2018: Grace Lin, a NY Times bestselling author/illustrator, won the Newbery Honor for "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" and the Theodor Geisel Honor for "Ling and Ting."

This episode's featured book, "A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR" is a picture book that celebrates the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival and Grace's American roots.

This talk dives deep into Grace's journey to become an artist. Along with what it means to be an American during this time. In this talk, you'll find topics like immigration, politics and an ugly side of culture next to the celebration of thankfulness, joy and beauty.

Rebroadcast from Sept. 12, 2016: Rafael López is the illustrator and inspiration for the picture book MAYBE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL: HOW ART TRANSFORMED A NEIGHBORHOOD. There is so much to love about Rafael's true story and the picture book that captured the spirit of this neighborhood art project.

Rebroadcast from Jan. 27, 2016: Antoinette Portis stops by to chat about her amazing picture books, including WAIT, NOT A BOX and BEST FRINTS.