Tag: Art

An Interview with Marianna Coppo! – Author and Artist of Petra

March 16, 2018 by The Picture Book Review

Marianna Coppo was kind enough to let me interview her. I asked her everything from where the idea of Petra came from, to what it was like for her to write Petra, to questions about if she has any thing she does to cultivate her creativity. I love her responses. I hope you all enjoy the interview — it was a priviledge to get to chat with her. Hello Marianna! Thank you so much for taking the time to chat […]

Categories: 2018, Interview, Picture Books • Tags: Art, Author Interview, Books, Children's Books, Illustrator Interview, Interview, kidlit, Picture Book, Picture Books

Chee-Kee: A Panda in Bearland by Sujean Rim

September 6, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from Copy Courtesy of Little, Brown Young Readers] No matter who you are, now is a fantastic and important time to read Chee-Kee: A Panda in Bearland. It is a wonderful, disarming, and charming book for everyone who has ever felt like they didn’t belong and an even better book for those who have never moved, never felt on the outside, and do not often (or ever) interact with those who have. Those who have felt or still feel […]

Categories: Children's Books, Diverse Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Bears, Picture Books about Being Different, Picture Books about Belonging, Picture Books about Finding Friends, Picture books about Immigrating, Picture Books about Panda Bears, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Art, Bears, Chee-Kee: A Panda in Bearland, Children's literature, Immigration, Panda Bears, Picture Books, Picture Books about Immigration, Recommended Picture Books, Sujean Rim

Before & After by Jean Jullien

August 31, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

Before and After is excellent in every way. It playfully and creatively explores the concept of before and after while ingeniously utilizing the advantages of the board book format. Before and After is engaging, delightful, surprising, inclusive, and laugh out loud funny.

Categories: Before and After Picture Books, Board books, Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Art, Books, Children, Children's Books, Humor, Illustration, Jean Jullien, Phaidon Press, Picture Book, Picture Books, Recommended

Musnet: The Mouse of Monet by Kickliy

October 7, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

I received a review copy from the author. No other compensation was received. Musnet: The Mouse of Monet is a gorgeous and friendly story about a mouse discovering his calling in life and also what he wants to be called. Take a friendly and likable orphaned mouse, place him in a beautifully rendered watercolor and ink medium with miniature Monet masterpieces and you get a stunning and engaging story of a mouse learning to become an artist. He makes […]

Categories: Children's Books, Fine Art Picture Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture books about becoming an artist, Picture Books about Finding Friends, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books about Mice, Picture Books about Overcoming Obstacles, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Art, Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Graphic novel, Highly Recommended Books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, Kickliy, kidlit, monet, odod books, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Picture Books

Dogs Rule, Nonchalantly by Mark Ulriksen

February 1, 2015 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] Dogs Rule, Nonchalantly is an easy book to love. Over the course of 140 pages and 67 paintings of dogs, Mark Ulriksen, author and illustrator, tells us about the dogs in his life and dogs in general. It’s beautiful, it makes you laugh, and it makes you take a moment to be grateful for all of the wonderful dogs in the world that love […]

Categories: Fine Art Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Animals, Picture Books about Dogs, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Art, Book Review, Children's Books, Dogs, Dogs Rule Nonchalantly, Highly Recommended Picture Books, kidlit, Mark Ulriksen, Picture Books, Picture books about Dogs