Quintessential truth from Jessica Whipple

My #50PreciousWords prize-giver Cathy Stenquist #amquerying & I toast writing, her generous critique, & her beautiful book Forever Home, illustrated by Erica Leigh, all thanks to the fab Vivian Kirkfield and her judges. The writing community at its best! #PictureBooks , #WritingCommunity .

The wait-on-line tree for the kitchen feeder is in bloom. #birds #spring

Amazing 12 x 12 Challenge book chat by Yewande Daniel-Ayoade about The Little Regent. Great tips on generating ideas and the making of this gorgeous book. #PictureBooks , #ChildrensBooks , , #WritingCommunity .

PB’s I’m loving: my copy of Fire Flight, A Wildfire Escape, Cedar Pruitt - Available NOW: FIRE FLIGHT, Chiara Fedele, Capstone Editions arrived, and boy did it deliver! A little owl finds sanctuary with a fellow flyer of human making. #PictureBooks , #ChildrensBooks , #ChewyReviewy , #WritingCommunity .

PB’s I’m loving right now: A woman, a bet, and a bicycle: Pedal, Balance, Steer, Annie Londonderry, the First Woman to Cycle Around the World, Vivian Kirkfield, Alison Jay, Calkins Creek, Astra Books for Young Readers, #PictureBooks , #ChildrensBooks , #ChewyReviewy , #WritingCommunity .

My favorite part of May Day!

Check out this brilliant cover to a timely PB: Rollin’ on Down the Line, Lady Bird Johnson’s 1964 Whistle Stop Tour for Civil Rights. Congratulations Helen Kampion, Reneé Critcher Lyons, and Erin McGuire Olson. Thank you, Vivian Kirkfield, for bringing it to us. #PictureBooks .

Once again, a misinformed sparrow has decided to build a nest in my bird feeder. Should I nip it in the bud?

Whoa! My story made the #50PreciousWords Winner’s Circle! Thank you judges for supporting the #kitlit community and Vivian Kirkfield for your commitment to literacy and all you do for writers. Pinching myself as I re-post my story. #PictureBooks , #WritingCommunity .

PB’s I’m loving right now: Garden and generational osmosis: My Baba’s Garden, Jordan Scott, Sydney Smith, Neal Porter, Holiday House Publishing, Inc., #PictureBooks , #ChildrensBooks , #ChewyReviewy , #WritingCommunity .

April showers? #spring

What do you get when you mix a 'proper' badger and a birthday party? A sweet story of innocent mayhem! Love Rob Sayegh's art!! Simply 7 with Lauren Glattly & #Giveaway : PROPER BADGER WOULD NEVER! jenabenton.com/2024/04/02/sim… via 🫖Jena Benton🧜🏻‍♀️ #kidlit #picturebooks Rob Sayegh Jr.- #kidlitartist

PB’s I’m loving right now: “But the day isn’t over—”: The Last Stand, Antwan Eady, Jarrett Pumphrey, Jerome Pumphrey, Alfred A. Knopf, Random House Children's Books, #PictureBooks , #ChildrensBooks , #ChewyReviewy , #WritingCommunity .

PB’s I’m loving right now: when we’re brave for our friends and true to ourselves: Mole Is Not Alone, Maya Tatsukawa, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Publishers, #PictureBooks , #ChildrensBooks , #ChewyReviewy , #WritingCommunity .

A dear friend and CP gave me this Sophie Blackall painting and I just got it framed and I’m too excited to remove the styrofoam corners and plastic. Deep breaths. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

PB’s I’m loving right now: “we all feel spiky sometimes”: Dear Stray, Kirsten Hubbard, Susan Gal, Nancy Paulsen Books, Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚, #PictureBooks , #ChildrensBooks , #ChewyReviewy , #WritingCommunity .

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And what a presentation it was! Everything you want to know about backmatter. Thank you 12 x 12 Challenge and ✨M.O. Yuksel✨ !