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The Perfect Picture Book
 
Authors and illustrators share what their picture books are perfect for and how parents and educators can best use them
 

Nancy Bess Had a Dress

 
 

⬇️ Author Claire Annette Noland shares about their picture book NANCY BESS HAD A DRESS.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for creative makers."


📚 "This book can also be used in schools for recycling enthusiasts, young historians, making do, reusing what you have, quilts, sewing, and flour sacks."


Author: Claire Annette Noland

Illustrator: Angela C. Hawkins

Publisher: Gnome Road Publishing

Publication Date: March 19, 2024


Follow:

📌 website: claireannettenoland.com 

📌 instagram: @claireannettenolandbooks

📌 facebook: Claire Annette Noland

📌 Bluesky: claireannette.bsky.social

📌 x/twitter: claire_noland

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A Book for Bear

 
 

⬇️ Author Ellen Ramsey shares about their picture book A BOOK FOR BEAR.


"This is the perfect picture book for 

✨ love of reading, 

✨ fun & friendship, 

✨ and creativity."


📚 "This book can also be used as a perfect fun-filled picture book to encourage kids to love reading—and to create books of their very own! Activity handouts (drawing activities, word searches and scrambles, puzzles and mazes, and instructions for making a book) available on Ellen's website (see Author Visit tab)."


Author: Ellen L. Ramsey

Illustrator: MacKenzie Haley

Publisher: Flamingo Books/Penguin Random House

Publication Date: July 18, 2023


Follow:

📌 www.EllenLRamsey.com

📌 IG: @ellenlramseybooks

📌 Facebook: @ellen.l.ramsey.5

📌 X/Twitter: @ellenlramsey1

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Beautiful Noise: The Music of John Cage

 
 

⬇️ Author Lisa Rogers shares about their picture book BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for inspiring creativity, thinking differently, and staying true to yourself."


📚 "This book can also be used to inspire readers to create their own images of sounds, to notice the sounds around them, and to compose music with those everyday sounds."


Author: Lisa Rogers 

Illustrator: Il Sung Na 

Publisher: Random House/Anne Schwartz Books 

Publication date:  October 2023


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📌 @LisaLJRogers (Twitter and Instagram) 

📌 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lisaljrogers.bsky.social 

📌 Website: http://www.lisarogerswrites.com/

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Frankenstein's Matzah: A Passover Parody

 
 

⬇️ Author K. Marcus shares about their picture book FRANKENSTEIN'S MATZAH: A PASSOVER PARODY.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for future scientists, creative thinkers, and nonbinary representation that isn't plot driven."


📚 "This book can also be used for doing science experiments, exploring ethical questions about freedom and identity (questioning), and seeing a loving family during their Passover seder."


Author: K. Marcus

Illustrator: Sam Loman

Publisher: Intergalactic Afikoman

Pub. Date: 1/16/24


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📌 Website: www.kmarcuswrites.com

📌 Instagram: @kmarcuswrites or https://www.instagram.com/kmarcuswrites/

📌 Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/kmarcuswrites

📌 FB: https://www.facebook.com/kmarcuswrites/ 

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IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST

 
 

⬇️ Author/illustrator Meg Auchenbach shares about their picture book IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST.


✨ "This is the perfect picture book for children who daydream, doodle, and ask...what if?"


📚 "This book can also be used as a supplement to an elementary visual arts curriculum, homeschool art classes, or as a creative conversation starter for any artsy child!"


Author/Illustrator: Meg Auchenbach

Publisher: Peter Pauper Press

Publication Date: February 1, 2024


Follow:

📌 www.megauchenbach.com

📌 www.instagram.com/megauchenbachart

📌 www.twitter.com/megauchenbach

Paula's Patches

 
 

⬇️ Author Gabriella Aldeman shares about their picture book PAULA'S PATCHES:

 

✨ "This is the perfect picture book to celebrate mending and reusing."

 

This book can also be used:
📚 to illustrate the power of creative thinking, empathy, and kindness.
📚 as a starting point to discuss consumerism and throw away culture.

 

Author: Gabriella Aldeman
Illustrator: Rocio Arreola Mendoza
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Pub Date: July 2023

 

Follow Gabriella Aldeman:
📌 website: https://www.writebetween.com/
📌 IG and Twitter/X: @write_between

Gift & Box

 
 

⬇️ Author Ellen Mayer shares about their new picture book GIFT & BOX:

 

✨ "This is the perfect picture book for holiday and birthday gift-giving."

 

This book can also be used to:
📚 explore gift-giving as an expression of love
📚 talk about friendship and working together
📚 talk about grandparent-grandchild relationships
📚 spark creativity
📚 learn about the postal system
📚 discuss different modes of transportation
📚 get ready for a long voyage

 

Author: Ellen Mayer
Illustrator: Brizida Magro
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date: October 10, 2023

 

Follow Ellen Mayer:
📌 www.ellenmayerbooks.com
📌 @ellenmayerbooks