children's picturebooks: the art of visual storytelling

In Children's Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling, Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles take us into the world of the picture book, discussing its history, art, visual literacy, how children respond to picture books, the interplay between word and image, various types of printing processes and the publishing industry.  It features quite a collection of picture book covers, page spreads and rough sketches.  Much more than a reference—and a thoroughly researched one at that—Children’s Picturebooks is immersive, insightful and inspiring.  If you’ve fallen in love with #kidlit, this book is requisite reading and deserves a place on your shelves.

Written by Martin Salisbury, Morag Styles with cover art by Beatrice Alemagna.  Published by Laurence King.

a child's christmas in wales

“One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of the voices I sometimes hear a moment before sleep, that I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six.”

Reading A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas this week.  This edition was illustrated by Chris Raschka and published by Candlewick Press.

women in science giveaway

Giveaway of this incredible book, Women in Science, going on at @littlelitbookseries on Instagram.  The giveaay ends Tuesday, December 13, at 11:59 PST.  Enter here.

frankenstein's fright before christmas

A frightfully lovely night before Christmas—and you’ll never guess what Santa brings for this group of little rapscallions!

Frankenstein’s Fright Before Christmas was written by Rick Walton,  illustrated by Nathan Hale and published by Feiwel and Friends.

mister pip

Napping during the day is one of the things that cats do best but poor Mister Pip's attempts to get in an afternoon snooze are thwarted by one noise after another.  He can't seem to catch a break between the whirring of the vacuum monster and the rumbling of the washing machine.  And forget finding a quiet spot outside!  Little ones will appreciate the variety of sounds in Mister Pip's urban environs and will love imitating them.  Thereza Rowe's shapes and colors are bright, modern and welcoming and Mister Pip is exactly the kind of good-natured cat that we'd let curl up and nap at our house any day. #kidlitcaturday

Mister Pip was written and illustrated by Thereza Rowe and published by Tate.