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(reposted from Huffington Post) Dan Wilbur, creator of the blogย Better Book Titles, has a special type of laser vision: he looks at popular books and sees straight through to the (sometimes rather blunt) bottom line. Then, he shares his executive summary with the world. As theย How Not To Readย author hasย written on HuffPost, his goal is…
Jannie Ho makes some great children’s books. Her illustrations are so much fun – I love her characters and color palettes, and her compositions are always integral to the story. With 11 books under her belt, it’s a unique pleasure to get a peek at her process for creating the “dummy” (or rough draft) for…
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Children’s Book Weekย is the “longest-running literacy initiative in the country. Each year, books for young people and the joy of reading are feted for a full week with author and illustrator appearances, storytelling, parties, and other book-related events at schools, libraries, bookstores, museums, and homes from coast to coast!” My own Provo City Library was…