Illustrator Mike Curato shares the sketches and character designs that ultimately became the lovable, squirmy inhabitants of WORM LOVES WORM.
WELCOME TO MY STUDIO with Linda Ashman
Linda Ashman, author of ROCK-A-BYE ROMP (Nancy Paulsen Books), takes us on a tour of her writing space in North Carolina to show us where she finds inspiration for her stories (and why illustrations of dogs make their way into so many of her books).
Love Is My Favorite Thing: The Best Book Ever [this week]
Five picture books reviewed, including a great big enormous pile of toys, a bit of nonsense from a favorite artist, and love… so much love. It’s the Best Book Ever (this week)!
Best of 2015: Picture Books
Camp All The Wonders has been abuzz with year-end favorites and if this list is at all a testament, 2015 was a very good year for picture books. Check out our favorites and let us know what we missed by leaving us a comment below.
Best of 2015: Nonfiction Picture Books
The nonfiction picture books published this year were some of the best we’ve seen and, with such a strong year for children’s publishing, there’s no doubt there are more great nonfiction books from 2015 we have read. Check out our favorites and let us know what we missed by leaving us a comment below.
Best of 2015: Chapter Books to YA
The amazing picture books of 2015 kept us quite busy at Camp All The Wonders, but that didn’t stop us from enjoying some exceptional novels. Here are the year’s chapter books, middle grade novels, and young adult novels that we cannot stop thinking about.
Steve Light: Creative Spaces, Episode 1
Some artists work in small spaces. Some artists work in large spaces. Author/illustrator, Steve Light’s New York studio is just right for an artist who collects fountain pens and very small toys.
The Pirate Reads At Sea
Celebrate all the wonders of reading while sailing the Seven Seas, or wherever you ARRRH! And don’t forget to celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 19th!