Journal

Using a nom de plume or pen name has been a common practice among authors and artists for centuries. Over the years, I’ve used several names

Dr. Elesa Zehndorfer is an award-winning leadership and academic researcher, consultant, TEDx speaker, and writer.

Creating, designing and writing for reluctant readers requires creativity, empathy, and a few innovative techniques.

Travel back to the 1980’s to look at my approach to making non-fiction books for children from the initial concept to publication.

Imagine creating the blueprint for a book concept, compelling enough that the books become bestsellers - then your credit is removed.

We’ll explore the secrets to writing Christmas stories for children, with practical tips, a list of inspiring examples.

Once upon a time, a long time ago storytelling for children was dominated by magical kingdoms, brave knights, and fire-breathing dragons.

David Antram is the celebrated illustrator who works in an astonishing variety of styles, yet he is perhaps best known for his caricatures.

In this strange business of ours, where we live and die by names, what irony to find myself suddenly nameless. A refresh, they called it.

Muriel Rukeyser wrote, "that stories, not atoms, comprise the universe." In her 1968 poem "The Speed of Darkness".

The Fragility of Ideas At the heart of this metaphor ‘An Egg is a Dream’  is the whimsy of fragility. an idea starts small and grows.

In our world overflowing with distractions, the act of picking up and opening a book can feel revolutionary.

I look at the publishing career of Patricia Borlenghi, her career in foreign rights, and as the founder of Patrician Press.

Books, in all their forms, hold the power to reshape societies, challenge norms, and incite action. ..and kill.

Shirley Willis Salariya has worked in a variety of art styles and always embraced experimentation.

The importance of diversity in kid's books goes beyond political correctness. It's about giving every child the opportunity to see themselve

To research for accuracy in a historical children's book, use primary sources, consult secondary sources, visit historical sites.

The idea of Victor Frankenstein's notebook intrigued me and I started to think about what a student of anatomy would learn 19th Century.

Back story of the creation and design of the You Wouldn't want To Be an Egyptian Mummy...! series by David Salariya in 1999.

Illustrator and Writer Carolyn Scrace chooses her Top Ten Books from her wide portfolio of published work.