Join us for this delightful conversation with Ellen Tarlow and Julien Chung and get the behind the scenes details about their engaging and important book, Becoming Blue.

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Website: https://www.ellentarlow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarlowellen/

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Website: https://www.julienchung.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julienchungdesigns/

We're back with more Picture Book Picks! We have more great mentor texts for you around this month's theme: Mental Health Awareness. Listen to the episode to see why we made our picks!

Kim's Picks:

Unique Structure: A Whale of a Mistake by Ioana Hobai

Illustrations: Out of a Jar by Deborah Marcero

Silly: I am STUCK by Julia Mills

Rhyme: Even Superheroes Make Mistakes by Shelly Becker and Eda Kaban

Non-Fiction: The Girl Who Figured it Out: The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming and Ironman World Champion by Minda Dentler and illustrated by Stephanie Dehennin

Kirsti's Picks:

Silly: Out of a Jar by Deborah Marcero

Rhyme: Like a Girl by Lori Degman & Mara Penny

Non-fiction: A Walk in the Words by Hudson Talbott

Unique structure: The Whatifs by Emily Kilgore & Zoe Persico

Illustrations: After the Fall by Dan Santat

We can't wait for you to hear our conversation with Lydia Lukidis, Sawyer Cloud, and Josh Gregory about this star of a biography that shines a light on the first Black woman in space! Don't miss Dancing Through Space: Dr. Mae Jemison Soars to New Heights!

***Find out more about Lydia here:

Website: http://www.lydialukidis.com/

Instagram: @cosmiclydia7

***Find out more about Sawyer here:

Website: https://www.sawyer.cloud/

Instagram:@sawyercloud01

We're back with more Picture Book Picks! We have more great mentor texts for you all around the theme of poetry! Listen to the episode to see why we made our picks!

Kim's Picks:

Nonfiction: A Stone is a Story by Leslie Barnard Booth, illustrated by Marc Martin

Silly: Animals in Pants: A Poetry Picture Book by Suzy Levinson, illustrated by Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell

Structure: Body Music: Poems About the Noises Your Body Makes by Jane Yolk & Ryan G. Van Cleave illustrated by Luis San Vicente

Illustrations: Harlem at Four by Dr. Michael Datcher, illustrated by Frank Morrison

Rhyme: Cool Off and Ride: A Trolley Trip to Beat the Heat by Claudia Friddell, illustrated by Jenn Harney

Kirsti's Picks:

Silly: Animals in Pants: A Poetry Picture Book Hardcover by Suzy Levinson and Kevin Howdeshell & Kristen Howdeshell

Rhyme: Yuck, You Suck!: Poems about Animals That Sip, Slurp, Suck Heidi E. Y. Stemple and Jane Yolen, Eugenia Nobati

Non-fiction: There Was a Party for Langston:King O Letters by Jason Reynolds , Jerome Pumphrey (Illustrator)

Unique Structure: Poetree Shauna LaVoy Reynolds, illos by Shahrzad Maydani

Illustrations: Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, art Vivian Mineker

You won't want to miss this conversation! We loved chatting with Casey W. Robinson, Nancy Whitesides, and editor Lauri Hornik about the special project that became this beautiful book, Small Things Mended.

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Website: https://www.caseywrobinson.com/

Instagram: @cwrobinson https://www.instagram.com/cwrobinson/

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Website: https://www.nancywhitesides.com/

Instagram: @nancyillustrator

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We're excited to bring you a new monthly feature on the Picture Book Look podcast- Picture Book Picks! Each month, Kim and Kirsti will each choose 5 books within a theme and share what they love about them and why they make great mentor texts. This month is Women's History Month so the theme is Women- women authors, women illustrators, or both!

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We hope you love listening to this episode as much as we did recording it! Enjoy this special conversation with Marc Colagiovanni and Peter H. Reynolds about their beautiful new book, The Reflection in Me.

***Find out more about Marc here:

Website: https://www.marccolagiovanni.com/

Instagram: @marccolagiovanni

***Find out more about Peter here:

Website: https://www.peterhreynolds.com/

Instagram: @peterhreynolds

Animated version of The Reflection in Me: https://youtu.be/7KMM387HNQk?feature=shared

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Today we are talking all things agenting! We hope you find this episode helpful as you follow your writing journey!