We hosted half a dozen folks who create children’s books during ALA Annual 2019. If you couldn’t visit with them during the book signings, you can catch them here in the video interviews we made as each one settled behind the signing desk.
First up: Tilbury House’s Rebecca Evans who created the fun and colorful illustrations for Is 2 a Lot?
Another visiting creator from Tilbury House was author Megan Down Lambert, signing her picture book Real Sisters Pretend:
Middle grade author Michelle Kadarusman, from Pajama Press, talked with us before signing Junior Library Guild selection Girl of the Southern Sea:
Toon Books creator Ben Nadler shared his process for adapting one of the Grimm Brothers lesser known tales, The White Snake, to a comics format:
Teen activist, and author of Zuiker Press’s Activist, shared some thoughts before signing copies of the book:
Children’s librarian and author Martha Simpson introduced us to her picture book, Esther’s Gragger, from Wisdom Tales: