12 Nonfiction Picture Books with Emotional ResonanceMarch 22, 2023 | Nonfiction, Picture BooksA special thank you to Eileen Robinson for sharing this great list of books! Science Counting Birds: The Idea ...By: Eileen Robinson
Rediscovering Joy with Picture BooksMay 4, 2022 | Community Good News, Essential Conversations, LGBTQIA+ Voices, Picture BooksI never thought I could write picture books. I never thought I wanted to write picture books. But last year I felt ...By: C. Rowen MacCarald
These are your people, and this is your placeApril 16, 2022 | Community Good News, Picture Books, Scholarship StoriesWe just received a lovely email from Chelsea Tornetto, workshop attendee and scholarship recipient, and it was so ...
Writing Picture Books That Meet Kids Where They AreJanuary 20, 2022 | Black Voices, Picture BooksWhen I talked to a group of young readers recently, I asked them "What makes a story powerful to you?" Well, when ...By: Eileen Robinson
Picture Book Author/Illustrators: Serving the Youngest ReadersOctober 4, 2021 | Black Voices, Illustration, Picture BooksI have the honor of working with many writers at the Highlights Foundation, and beyond, who want to publish a ...By: Daria Peoples
That’s What Heart Does: the Emotional Center of Your Picture BookAugust 23, 2021 | Black Voices, Illustration, Picture Books“That’s what kindness does,” Ms. Albert said, “Each little thing we do goes out, like a ripple, into the ...By: Brittany J. Thurman
Celebrating Our Faculty on 2020’s Best ListsDecember 31, 2020 | Asian American Voices, Black Voices, Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices, LGBTQIA+ Voices, Nonfiction, Novels, Picture BooksWe thought that a great way to close out our 2020 blog would be to celebrate some of our faculty whose books have ...
#HFGather Illustrator Chat: The Legacy of Tomie dePaolaMay 22, 2020 | HFGather, Illustration, Picture BooksPat Cummings hosted our #HFGather chat today, talking with art directors Laurent Linn and Cecilia Yung about the ...
#HFGather: Illustrator Inspiration from Shadra Strickland & Kelly LightMarch 27, 2020 | HFGather, Illustration, Inspiration, Picture BooksOur first Illustrator Gather was fabulous! Host Shadra Strickland and made us laugh and talked about: ...By: Kelly Light
Congratulations to Our Faculty 2020 ALA Youth Media Award Winners!January 28, 2020 | Black Voices, Community Good News, Jewish Voices, Latinx Voices, Native Creatives, Nonfiction, Novels, Novels in Verse, Picture BooksThis year, some of the Highlights Foundation Team were able to be there in person when the ALA Youth Media Awards ...
What Makes a Picture Book Funny, Touching, Complex, Poignant, Memorable?January 19, 2020 | Picture BooksIn planning our workshop on writing picture books with humor and heart, we wanted to share three of our favorite ...By: Emily JenkinsElise BroachSunita Apte
Podcast: Jane Yolen On Process, Picture Books & PoetryJanuary 6, 2020 | Community Good News, Inspiration, Picture Books, Podcasts, PoetryJane Yolen talks about the writing community and her writing process. In this episode, hear George talk to Jane ...By: Jane Yolen