by Tracy | Nov 12, 2019 | For Writers & Illustrators
This past spring, Fox and the Box by Yvonne Ivinson was published, and I could not be any more thrilled by what Yvonne and Greenwillow did with this book! It’s stunning, and I used it at conference critiques earlier this month to show just how much narrative you...
by Tracy | Sep 3, 2019 | For Writers & Illustrators
It’s pub week for Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie’s latest book, and in an effort to help other writers with their picture book pitches, I’m excited to share my pitch for Operation Photobomb.(One thing you’ll notice is that there’s no bio in...
by Tracy | Sep 1, 2019 | Agent News, For Readers
Happy publication day to Shubh Diwali!, illustrated by Charlene Chua and written by Chitra Soundar! Shubh Diwali! Diwali has arrived! Rangoli art decorates the floor and strings of flowers hang around the doors. Now it’s time to ring the bells, light the lamps,...
by Tracy | Sep 1, 2019 | Agent News, For Readers
Happy publication day to Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie’s Operation Photobomb, illustrated by Matthew Rivera!Operation PhotobombWhen Monkey finds a camera, Chameleon discovers that he loves to photobomb everyone! But Chameleon’s photobombing starts to drive the...
by Tracy | Aug 5, 2019 | For Writers & Illustrators
I feel like there comes a point in a lot of picture book author’s writing journeys where they’ve been writing picture books for a while, they understand picture book structure really well, they’re using picture book language, and they understand art notes – but...
