A New Respect for the Picture Book: An Essay by 2019 PNBA Award Winner
Laura Veirs
I’d been reading picture books to my kids for years before writing my own. I’d always taken pleasure in them but never really considered what a deep art form the genre is. It took creating Libba to figure that out.First, let’s take the words. Like in a song or poem, I wanted to get them just right. …
