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The author of more than 60 books for young readers and 2011’s “Picture Book Manifesto” that challenged creators and their ...

The cover of the picture book "Watanabe-san." (Mainichi/Risa Koshiba) "Watanabe-san," written and illustrated by Naoko Kitamura (Published by Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., 2018) Story outline ...

“What happened to your pinky?” That’s the question Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page is asked in real life and in a new picture book, “Alan and His Perfectly Pointy Impossibly ...