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Zombies! Brains! Brainstorming! Oh my!
Happy Friday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Today marks the last day of #KidlitZombieWeek--an odd little happening I accidentally...
Brian Gehrlein
Jun 18, 20219 min read
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Agent Spotlight: Lisa Amstutz
Happy Thursday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Ah, Picture Book Spotlight. The serious picture book blog for serious kidlit...
Brian Gehrlein
Jun 10, 20217 min read
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PANDO Cover Reveal with Kate Allen Fox
Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! It's been a minute, friends. About that...life has been fairly crazy at the Gehrlein...
Brian Gehrlein
Apr 6, 20215 min read
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Agent Spotlight: Hilary Harwell
Happy Tuesday and welcome back to Picture Book Spotlight! Let's keep this little introduction short and sweet, shall we? Nothing more...
Brian Gehrlein
Feb 9, 20215 min read
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Author Spotlight: Amanda Davis
Happy Wednesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! I'm really jazzed about this Spotlight Interview. Not only is it a legitimate...
Brian Gehrlein
Jan 27, 202117 min read
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Agent Spotlight: Paige Terlip
Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Today is a pretty special day. It feels crazy to even type this but...my debut...
Brian Gehrlein
Jan 20, 20216 min read
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#PBCritiqueFest2020
Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Ahhhhhhh...can you smell it? The leaves are falling. The caldrons are bubbling. And...
Brian Gehrlein
Oct 7, 202010 min read
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Author-Illustrator Spotlight: DJ Corchin
Author-Illustrator Spotlight: DJ Corchin Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Quick plug for #PBCritiqueFest! PB...
Brian Gehrlein
Sep 15, 202017 min read
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Agent Spotlight: Emily Forney
Agent Spotlight: Emily Forney Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Hey there, kidlit fam. It's been a minute since I...
Brian Gehrlein
Aug 18, 20206 min read
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Agent Spotlight: Shari Maurer
​Agent Spotlight: Shari Maurer The words you are reading are not a figment of your imagination. They are not symptomatic of the...
Brian Gehrlein
Jun 23, 20206 min read
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Agent Spotlight: Andrea Morrison
Agent Spotlight: Andrea Morrison Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! I don't know about you but these past several weeks...
Brian Gehrlein
Apr 14, 202011 min read
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Author Spotlight: Ame Dyckman
Author Spotlight: Ame Dyckman Happy Tuesday and welcome to Picture Book Spotlight! Today we have very special Author Spotlight with one...
Brian Gehrlein
Mar 31, 20209 min read
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