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March 29, 2024 In Caldecott, Roundtable

PBSummit Roundtable – Caldecott Honor Books 2024 – Part 2

Today we bring you Part 2 of our 2024 Caldecott breakdown!

If you missed the first part of our Caldecott discussion, we chatted about Caldecott Honor Books THERE WAS A PARTY FOR LANGSTON illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey and written by Jason Reynolds and IN EVERY LIFE written and illustrated by Marla Frazee. Click here to check it out.

In this video, we get to discuss the Caldecott Medal Winner BIG written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison and Caldecott Honor Book THE TRUTH ABOUT DRAGONS illustrated by Hanna Cha and written by Julie Leung.

It’s an embarrassment of riches with this year’s honorees!

Emma Walton Hamilton starts the discussion by introducing to the BIG themes and emotions of BIG and Kelli Panique shares the quiet brilliance of THE TRUTH ABOUT DRAGONS with more analysis and observations from Julie Hedlund, and Katie Davis. Get your library card out, you’re going to want to read these picture books again and again!

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PBS Roundtable Caldecotts 2024 Part 1
March 6, 2024 In Caldecott, Roundtable

PBSummit Roundtable – Caldecott Honor Books 2024 – Part 1

It’s time for another episode of the Picture Book Summit Roundtable. This is the time of year where we get to discuss the Caldecotts!

We are a chatty bunch—especially when we’re talking about picture books—so today we bring you our chat about two of this year’s Caldecott Honor Books: THERE WAS A PARTY FOR LANGSTON illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey and written by Jason Reynolds and IN EVERY LIFE written and illustrated by Marla Frazee

PBSummit Roundtable Caldecott Honor Books - Langston and In Every Life

In the first part of our video, Emma Walton Hamilton shares the judging guidelines for the Caldecott Medal, which is primarily an award for illustration. Then, Julie Hedlund, Katie Davis, and Kelli Panique jump into the discussion about these two marvelous books. Get ready to add them to your TBR list.

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April 26, 2023 In Roundtable

PBSummit Roundtable – Artificial Intelligence

It’s our last episode for this round of the Picture Book Summit Roundtable. We plan to bring you more episodes on topics that affect picture book creators in the future. Thank you for your feedback and we hope we get you thinking!

You can see the first two Roundtable episodes here:

Today, it feels like we’re traveling to the future as we discuss Artificial Intelligence, more commonly referred to as AI. What does AI mean for creatives? It has huge implications for writers and illustrators alike and this is the first of what is sure to be a series of discussions we have on the subject as it grows and develops in the coming months and years.


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April 18, 2023 In Roundtable

PBSummit Roundtable – Anything Goes

Thank you for the great response to our first Picture Book Summit Roundtable! We love that you enjoy these thoughtful conversations as much as we do!

Today, we bring you the second installment of PBSummit Roundtable series. You can catch our first Roundtable episode here:

This discussion centers around how Anything Goes in Picture Books these days!

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BOOK BANS
April 12, 2023 In Roundtable

PBSummit Roundtable – Book Bans

This week, we are thrilled to bring you a brand new feature: The Picture Book Summit Roundtable!

In our weekly Summit planning meetings, we find ourselves talking about current events in publishing and how they affect picture books. We’ve decided to let you be a fly on the wall in this new series as we bring the conversation to YOU!

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