The Character Sketch

interviews of your favorite picture book characters and the people who know them best

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

@Jensredwagon SAM AND JUMP interview is up! https://t.co/tumxXARXt9 meet four-year-old Sam and his best-bunny, Jump

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

Play Time for @WheelerStudio congratulations! https://t.co/3evLOVQiAi

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

Force Blue on Vimeo is about service veterans protecting coral reefs. This inspires me. https://t.co/Q1bFnqASkj

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

This Picture Book Life - Stack the Cats review and art. This is so cute! https://t.co/H4ZaO5nNJQ

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

@SCBWISOCALLA 2017 Writers & Illustrators Day contest winners | Kite Tales such an honor to win. Thank you! https://t.co/SxN2uTN759

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

Ten Refugee Stories by Jenny Siebring deGroot | Nerdy Book Club https://t.co/oa4ZQwFKcZ

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

@donalynbooks "giving them (kids) books and talking with them...may be the only act of rebellion or hope we have at our disposal." YES! Thx

[Chandler Arnold @Social_CHAN_ge]

Because every child should grow up with access to creative and artistic resources. #artsadvocacy

[Chris Robertson @chrisrbooks]

Presenting the 2017 Children's Book Week poster by #ChristianRobinson! #illustration #picturebook #ChildrensBooks #LibrariesR4Every1 #READ

[Sophie Blackall @SophieBlackall]

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press.

[Vivian Kirkfield @viviankirkfield]

Day One of #ReFoReMo
I'd better get my little butt over there and read @MarcieFAtkins post about #mentortexts! Her advice is always SPOT-ON https://t.co/8NAXEgHGT9

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

A page fr MY TWO BLANKETS @IrenaKoblar & @FreyaBlackwood art and text eloquently capture a Sudanese refugee's experience in a new country

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

Thnx Edwidge Danticat for your moving story & dedication to the children of the 70,000 parents who have been deported in recent years fr USA

[Lee Wind @leewind]

"Show up. Be there. Be kind. Make friends. Be you." @MatthewWinner rocks the #ny17scbwi Intensive

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

@mmanlove thank you for your interview "Every book is a candle in the hands of a child..." I totally agree.

[SCBWI CA-Los Angeles @SCBWISOCALLA]

Melissa Manlove: Editor’s Perspective, 2017 Writers and Illustrators Day Faculty https://t.co/nZ8DYBbkEh

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

"You're really good at telling stories," I told my 3 y.o. "I know," she said, carrying on. I aspire to that playfulness in my writing!

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

"Don't ever worry about writing "well"; just writing is heaven." WRITING DOWN THE BONES

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

On this day in 1938, Steinbeck made the first diary entry in what would become his greatest hedge against self-doubt https://t.co/Lh4LhIYVJE

[The Character Sketch @TC_Sketch]

#ATW #booksforbetter thank you @_AllTheWonders 4 the list of 20 books abt. refugees & immigrant experiences 4 kids. Going 2 read them all