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2018 Reading Resolutions

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books Just for fun, I took an informal poll of my colleagues to find out what books they’re excited to read in 2018. Here are our answers!Read more

When Mom Edits Children’s Books

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books For my final post of 2017, I decided to interview my two children to find out what they think about having a mom whose job is to help make books for kids.Read more

The Civil Rights Movement and the Power of Teen Girl Activists

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books I was fascinated from the moment author Heather E. Schwartz first mentioned a group of black teen girls protesting for their civil rights in Georgia in 1963. These teen girl activists were locked up in a Civil War-era stockade in Leesburg, Georgia. What stood […]Read more

A Ballet Teacher’s Advice for Authors and Illustrators

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books I’ve loved ballet since I was a child, and I still enjoy taking a ballet class whenever I can. My teacher, Lisa Erickson at Zenon Dance, is fantastic, and her tips for becoming a better dancer apply to far more than just ballet class. […]Read more

How Picture Book Pagination Keeps Readers Turning the Pages

Looking for Carol Hinz’s post on picture book pagination? You can find an updated version of it at the Picture Book Builders blog!Read more

5 Questions for Dazzle Ships Illustrator Victo Ngai

Recently back from Helsinki, Finland, where she attended the Hugo Awards ceremony as a finalist in the “Best Professional Artist” category, Victo Ngai found the time to answer a few questions about Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion, which comes out on September 1.Read more

The Element of Surprise in Nonfiction Picture Books

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press What makes a kid (or an adult) pick up a nonfiction picture book? What compels them to keep reading? I can think of a few different answers to these questions, but today I’d like to focus on the element of surprise. Why? Because surprises help make books fun!Read more

Greetings from PictureBookLand

I’ve been living in a place known as “PictureBookLand” recently. All the spring 2016 books need to get to illustrators—or are currently with illustrators—and of course said books need to be edited before they go to the illustrators. (Crazy, right?!) In addition, I’ve been giving out a lot of advice about picture books—to authors, to […]Read more

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