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Julián is a Mermaid
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"…
This Day In June pages 20-21
Pages 20-21 of This Day in June
This Day In June Book Burning
A screenshot from the Facebook live stream of Robert Durr burning This Day In June
Interview with Amanda West Lewis
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…
Interview with Uma Krishnaswami
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…
Singing Pebble Books Interview
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…
Molly Bang 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…
Molly Bang Exercise
Example of Molly Bang's visual language exercise.
Molly Bang Exercise
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…
Molly Bang Exercise
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…
Litten, Kristyna
Kristyna Litten is an illustrator with a degree from the Edinburgh College of Art who is known for her colours and texture in her work. She currently resides in Yorkshire.
Pitman, Gayle E.
Gayle E. Pitman, PhD, is a professor of psychology and women and gender studies at Sacramento City College, as well as a children's book author. Her written work primarily focuses on 2SLGBTQIA+ and feministic topics and histories.
Lindstrom, Carole
Carole Lindstrom is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of literature for young people. Her book We Are Water Protectors, inspired by the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, won the Caldecott Medal in 2021. Lindstrom is…
Outside Over There
When her baby sister is abducted by goblins, Ida must enter a strange and bizarre world to rescue her. As noted on the Harper Collins website, this book has been the recipient of multiple awards, including the National Book Award, New York Times Best…
This Day In June
This Day In June is a children's picture book made to introduce children to Pride Parades, and all things that happen during them. It carries a simple rhyming scheme with few words that allow the pictures to shine and show the beauty of pride. The…
We Are Water Protectors
In this Caldecott Medal-winning picturebook, a young Indigenous girl must rally her community to defend the Earth's water, the most sacred medicine of all, against a black snake that threatens to destroy the land.