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Author Spotlight: Matt Forrest Esenwine
Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Thanks again for all the author and illustrator love for Beth Ferry and Tom...
Brian Gehrlein
Nov 30, 202112 min read
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Author & Illustrator Spotlight: Beth Ferry & Tom Lichtenheld
Happy Wednesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! What a WHIRLWIND of a week. Thank you all again for making the launch of The Book...
Brian Gehrlein
Nov 24, 20217 min read
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Meet The Book of Rules!
Happy Thursday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! I had every intention of getting this out on Tuesday...I had every intention. But...
Brian Gehrlein
Nov 18, 20219 min read
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Author-Illustrator Spotlight: Chris Haughton
Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! To begin...today marks ONE WEEK until The Book of Rules hits shelves. ONE WEEK! I'm...
Brian Gehrlein
Nov 9, 20219 min read
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#PBCritiqueFest 2021 Winners!
Happy Sunday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight. And just like that...another PBCritiqueFest was over. And what a festival it was! The...
Brian Gehrlein
Nov 7, 20213 min read
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#PBCritiqueFest 2021
Happy Sunday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! It's that time again... Exactly one week from today, our annual #PBCritiqueFest will...
Brian Gehrlein
Oct 10, 20218 min read
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Author Spotlight: Charlotte Offsay
Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! You know the times. And times is hard. Sometimes you write a book. Other times you...
Brian Gehrlein
Sep 7, 202112 min read
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Author-Illustrator Spotlight: Jonathan Mckee
Happy Thursday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! It's that time of year again. That wonderful time of year when I redefine the word...
Brian Gehrlein
Aug 27, 202111 min read
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Agent Spotlight: Kaitlyn Sanchez
Welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Ahhhhh...the end of July. Harry Potter's birthday. The death of summer fast approaching in the...
Brian Gehrlein
Jul 31, 20217 min read
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Agent Spotlight: Mary Cummings (New Agency Alert!)
Happy Monday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Today is July 19th. Unless you are reading this in the future. If you are reading...
Brian Gehrlein
Jul 20, 20216 min read
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Author & Illustrator Spotlight: Jon Klassen
Happy Saturday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Many congratulations to Gisela Luz and Meg Auchenbach for winning the Jemiscoe...
Brian Gehrlein
Jul 3, 202110 min read
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Agent Spotlight: Jemiscoe Chambers-Black
Happy Wednesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! UPDATE: For those of you who participated in Kidlit Zombie Week, I'm still going...
Brian Gehrlein
Jun 23, 20218 min read
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