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Guest Post: Melissa Stewart on Concept Picture Books

Guest Post: Melissa Stewart on Concept Picture Books

Posted on May 22, 2017January 4, 2019

By Melissa Stewart

Most people in the children’s literature community are familiar with picture book biographies, but did you know that there’s a second major category of nonfiction picture books?

It’s time to shine some light on concept picture books.

A concept picture book explores an abstract idea or process,

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Author-Illustrator Interview: Il Sung Na on The Opposite Zoo

Author-Illustrator Interview: Il Sung Na on The Opposite Zoo

Posted on March 31, 2016January 4, 2019

By Cynthia Leitich Smith

Congratulations on the release of The Opposite Zoo (Alfred A. Knopf, 2016). What was the initial spark for this picture book?

Thank you! I am so excited about this book.

Even though the concept of opposites has been on my wish list for a long time,

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About Cynsations


Cynthia Leitich Smith is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author for young readers. Her 2023 release is HARVEST HOUSE, an Indigenous YA ghost mystery. Her most recent previous books are ANCESTOR APPROVED: INTERTRIBAL STORIES FOR KIDS, which was an ALA Notable Children’s Book; SISTERS OF THE NEVERSEA, which received six starred reviews; and HEARTS UNBROKEN, which won an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award. She also is the author-curator of Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint, and a member of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA faculty.

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