Picture Book Playground

Welcome to Picture Book Playground! We are a group of picture book creators excited to share our stories with you! Releases are scheduled for 2021-2022.

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

Welcome to Picture Book Playground!

We are picture book creators excited to share our stories with you! Our books release 2021-22.

Swing by and hang out with us! While you’re here, follow, rt, and help us spread the joy.

#pbplayground #kidlit

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[Julie Rowan-Zoch 🔻 #Medicare4All @JulieRowanZoch]

Toadally awesome community! Thank you, friends!

[chelsea❄️lin❄️wallace @chelseaauthor]

I had an amazing time participating in the Westwood Charter Bedtime Story Jam event! I especially loved doing an I Am Poem with the kiddos and getting to be a part of their creativity! Plus! Look at all the author cool authors I got to hang with!

Special 💗 to @itsericarich

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

@beckyscharn @julia_patton @penguinkids @PenguinClass Lizard!!!!!

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

@JessicaTownes @JulieRowanZoch @AshleyBelote1 @Nadia_Salomon @beckyscharn @meganhoytwrites @JulieFHedlund @Kari_D_Allen @Derick_Wilder @KatieFrawley1 @SarafinaDesign @tootienienow @KariALavelle @mo_yuksel @jesskulekjian @KV_Writes @chelseaauthor

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

Hello pals!

We at the PB Playground have so enjoyed being a part of your lives for the last 2 years! Your support for our 2021/22 books meant so much to us & we loved making so many new pals! Please keep in touch with us on our personal accounts! We’re tagged! ❤️, The PB Pals

[Megan Hoyt @meganhoytwrites]

Wowza! It feels like I got a front page spread in The NY Times or something. Thank you, @EastWestLit for all you do for all of us!!! ❤️🎉❤️ @HarperStacks @HarperChildrens @QuillTreeBooks @CapChapReads @katiehickey195 #kidlitnews #kidlit @carnegiehall #BFF @PBPlayground

[Elizabeth Kalasinsky @Da_Liza]

A boy known as “the Mapmaker” makes maps of cities, countries, and continents. But the map a new friend asks him to draw is his biggest challenge yet.

Check out THE BOY WHO LOVED MAPS by @Kari_D_Allen + @gBrianKaras.

@anneschwartzbks #12x12PB #kidlit

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

This looks like a great conversation…cheers to writing friends!

[Pat Zietlow Miller @PatZMiller]

On Aug. 4, I'll be chatting with my former neighbor, @jessicavitalis -- who's also an author -- about my recent book, how we each found publishing success and the importance of having writing friends. It's free and online. Register here: https://t.co/E1gFpCSavq

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

Looks like a fun adventure!

[Becky Scharnhorst @beckyscharn]

THIS FIELD TRIP STINKS comes out in less than a month! To celebrate, each week Stuart will share some wild advice and I’ll share photos and stories of my own wild adventures. If you’d like to see more, join me on Instagram! @julia_patton @penguinkids @PenguinClass

[Megan Hoyt @meganhoytwrites]

I see #librarians trending, and my heart leaps! Hooray for hard-working librarians who stand strong and put up with a lot of fuss. <-- Understatement. #kidlit #Thankful #books #picturebooks #freedom #Reading

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

A great reminder! Thanks @kellyyanghk !

[Kelly Yang @kellyyanghk]

Did you know that FRONT DESK was rejected by 19 publishers? Here’s what they had to say! 😅🙈 In the end, it took one YES from @chavelaque at @Scholastic to bring this modern classic to the world. Keep writing, keep believing! #FrontDeskSeries

[Derick Wilder 🐕 🍑🐜 @Derick_Wilder]

Received the best review EVER when a friend sent a video of her granddaughter reading our @ChronicleKids book, Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?, illustrated by @kfaisteele. After cracking up (no pun intended) over various spreads, she declared: "I'm going butt crazy!" 😆🍑😆🍑😆🍑

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

We love when our books spark creativity and wonder for kids!! We can’t wait to see the map she drew inspired by @Kari_D_Allen THE BOY WHO LOVED MAPS!

[chelsea❄️lin❄️wallace @chelseaauthor]

It CAMMEEE! THE BOY WHO LOVED MAPS! By the oh-so-talented friend of mine @Kari_D_Allen!! After my daughter read it she said, “I loved it! I want to go draw a map now. Bye!” And she did! I’ll post that too when she’s finished! Yay Kari! 💗💗💗

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

@KelliPanique @Kari_D_Allen @anneschwartzbks @gBrianKaras We are so thrilled for our pal @Kari_D_Allen !!

[Julie Rowan-Zoch 🔻 #Medicare4All @JulieRowanZoch]

Sorry I am late to this party, but so very happy for the release of your wonderfilled book! From someone who dressed her own kid as “Compass Rose” for Halloween! @Kari_D_Allen @gBrianKaras @annschwartzbks @PBPlayground #childrensliterature #teachers #librarians #maps #drawing

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

We are NUTS over this book by @Kari_D_Allen and so happy to see it being reviewed glowingly around the map!!!

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

We love when folks review our books!! It’s 💗💗💗

[Julie Hedlund SONG AFTER SONG is out now! @JulieFHedlund]

I'm so honored by your review, Elayne! Thank you so much!

[Picture Book Playground @PBPlayground]

Check out our pal @Nadia_Salomon teaching Canva for SCBWI!! A few of us at the playground have learned from Nadia - she’s a total treasure! Sign up for this and improve your Canva game! 💗