Read aloud picture books and look for simile examples and metaphor examples to learn how writers use figurative language to ...

If you're a parent to little ones, it's likely you spend some of your days reading picture books (over and over) to them. Have you ever wondered if you could write one of them? Acclaimed picture book ...

Using picture books as writing models -- Recognizing memorable language and other introductory lessons -- Planning and writing memoir -- Exploring mood, voice, and point of view -- Planning and ...

The author of more than 60 books for young readers and 2011’s “Picture Book Manifesto” that challenged creators and their publishers to energize the category, Barnett became the 2025–2026 national ...