Getting To Know: Kidlit Authors

  Hey, kids, what if you could have a robot teacher? No, wait, don’t answer that! First read this prescient new book by Sam Hepburn. Sam is a Scottish-Malaysian writer and cartoonist who lives in England, but I used a fancy new-fangled machine called a computer to contact her all the way across the pond… Read more »

  In 2023 I was excited to meet author Vicki Johnson around the release of her debut picture book MOLLY’S TUXEDO. Molly earned much well-deserved praise, and with a follow-up due to release in just a month, I caught up with Vicki to learn more: Me: Congratulations on your joyful new picture book, MAC WEARS… Read more »

  Light is one of those things: everywhere and immeasurably important. Yet also kind of hard to understand. As I’m ever on the lookout for good creative non-fiction books for kids, I was excited to learn that author Henry Herz was tackling just this subject. I caught up with Henry to learn more: Me: Congratulations… Read more »

    Sometime in 2019, I noticed a new graphic novel in the library that focused on ghosts and…laundry. I was drawn at once into Brenna Thummler‘s enchanting story of loss and friendship, which expanded into a nearly 1,000 page trilogy. When I learned Brenna was following Sheets up with a new tale about mail… Read more »

  Many of my earliest memories are musical, though I never really tried to make music or perform. But I love when kids are musical, and David McMullin certainly captures that boisterous spirit in his fun new board book. I caught up with David to learn more: Me: Congratulations on your rockin’ new book, ROCK… Read more »