Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!
These author-illustrators died earlier this year and were not included in Cynsations spring/summer issue. We hope you find inspiration in their dedication to craft and lifelong commitment to create books for young readers.
Continue Reading In Memory: Author-Illustrators Derek Anderson & Nonny Hogrogian »
Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!
Author-Illustrator Faith Ringgold
From Publishers Weekly, “Award-winning visual artist, children’s book author-illustrator, and teacher Faith Ringgold,
Continue Reading In Memory: Author-Illustrators Faith Ringgold & Étienne Delessert »
Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!
Don Tate is a successful children’s-YA creator with a long, distinguished career.
In children’s-YA writing, maintaining an active publishing career is arguably an even bigger challenge than breaking into the field.
Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!
Author-illustrator Lynne Barasch
“Picture book author-illustrator Lynne Barasch, who created lively biographies and stories inspired by her family life,
Continue Reading In Memory: Author-Illustrators Lynne Barasch, Laurent de Brunhoff & Mike Thaler »
Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!
Author Kate Banks
“Prolific children’s book author Kate Banks, known for prose praised as lyrical, clever,
Continue Reading In Memory: Author Kate Banks & Author-Illustrator Leonard Everett Fisher »
Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!
We’re thrilled to have Author-Illustrator Ellie Peterson on Cynsations today.
Congratulations on winning the Washington State Book Award! How has winning the award changed or affected your creative life?
By AJ Eversole
I’m excited to share an interview with picture book author-illustrator, S.D. Nelson. He is the author of many picture books featuring his Native heritage, his newest release, Grandma’s Tipi (Abrams, 2023) released in early May.
What is at the heart of your new non-fiction picture book Grandma’s Tipi: A Present-Day Lakota Story?
Path to publication stories always intrigue me, especially those that feel very serendipitous. Take, for instance, Ian Falconer‘s Olivia (Atheneum, 2000), a story he originally wrote for his three-year-old niece (also named Olivia) as a Christmas gift in 1996.
“I thought I’d do a little book for her,
Cynsations Reporter Elisabeth Norton is at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair this week, where she caught up with Sylvia Vardell. See their 2021 Cynsations interview about the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), and watch for Elisabeth’s Bologna 2023 post later this spring.
Meanwhile,
Continue Reading Throwback Thursday: SCBWI Bologna Author-Illustrator Interview: Naomi Kojima »
When Tim Kleyn reached out to Cynsations with some proofs of his newest picture book, Set Sail for Pancakes (Viking Books for Young Readers 2022), we eagerly wanted to whip up a fantastic interview! Tim is a graphic designer from West Michigan with a penchant for silly sounds,
Continue Reading Author-Illustrator Interview: Tim Kleyn Shares His Inspiration & Creative Process »