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Created as an exercise from Molly Bang's Picture This, this picture takes the word 'shark' and breaks it down to its simpliest colours and shapes. This image was created using only construction paper, glue and scissors. It has a focus on darker…

An exercise in following Molly Bang's principles of visual design. The exercise involved using only cut paper to create a scary picture of a bird. The first image was created in a short timeframe, whereas the second was revised to capture more…

Example of Molly Bang's visual language exercise.

An exercise created by following Molly Bang's principles of visual design outlined in Picture This: How Pictures Work. The images attempt to depict a bird attacking a victim using simple shapes cut from construction paper. The first image is of the…

An interview with booksellers Laura and Sam at Singing Pebble Books in Ottawa, Ontario, lead by Ashley Tenn. This interview is a discussion about bookselling at an independent bookstore and what roadblocks they encounter. Singing Pebble Books is a…

For this interview, I spoke with author Uma Krishnaswami. Uma has been publishing for 37 years but she has been a lifelong writer. Growing up in India and then moving first to the United States and then Canada, Uma noticed the lack of multicultural…

An interview with author, play director, and calligrapher Amanda West Lewis, lead by interviewer Brooklyn Wilkins. The interview covers Lewis's creative process in regards to her works with children. As someone who works so closely with youth in…

Josiane Polidori is the 2nd vice-president of IBBY Canada, the Canadian chapter of the International Board on Books for Young People, and Scientific Committee Co-Chair for the 2026 IBBY Congress, to be held in Ottawa in August 2026. With over 40…

A screenshot from the Facebook live stream of Robert Durr burning This Day In June

Pages 20-21 of This Day in June

Author/Illustrator Jessica Love describes her Stonewall Book Award-winning Julián is a Mermaid as "a story about a boy and his Abuela. It is a story about being seen for who we are by someone who loves us"…

According to her "About" page on her website, "Jessica Love is the author and illustrator of Julián is a Mermaid and Julián at the Wedding, published by Candlewick Press, and the illustrator of "I Love You Because I Love You" by Mượn Thị Văn,…