The Author and Illustrator Showcase
The Author Showcase is a special sponsored category dedicated to bringing awareness to as many children’s book authors and illustrators as possible, including mainstream, indie, and self-published authors and illustrators.
It’s time to foster a deeper awareness of the many authors and illustrators that are out there creating books for our young readers. This is your chance to discover many unexpected delights. Among the many Author Showcase articles on The Children’s Book Review, you can discover book reviews, author and illustrator interviews, book summaries, book trailers, and book related articles. All ages and genres are covered.
Here’s a little taste of what you can uncover in the Author Showcase:
Stand Up and Whistle, by Phyllis Perry | Dedicated Review
Award-Winning Neurologist Featured on NPR and PBS Publishes Book Teaching Kids About the Brain
Carolyn Lunn Discusses Tomas and the Galapagos Adventure
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In this beautiful folktale, readers will learn messages about resilience, reciprocity, and the long-reaching consequences that kindness to others can have.
Upbeat and cheerful, We’re All a Little Odd is perfect for integrating SEL into mathematics classrooms—or just for fun shared reading!
Perfect for readers who need a little bit of help overcoming (or avoiding) arachnophobia, Where Do Spiders Come From? will both instruct and delight.
Ideal for readers who struggle with competitive culture, this is a story that celebrates the joy of doing things you love for no reward other than the doing.
Evocative of Scandinavian and Laplander myths, traditions, and culture, this imagining of the origins of Santa Claus feels tantalizingly grown-up and plausible.
Gentle, imaginative, and interactive, Resourceful Erica is ideal for shared reading on rainy days.
In this quirky retelling of the classic Christmas story of Jesus’ birth, the animals in the manger take center stage.
Perfect for readers interested in writing, or for creative-writing classrooms, this workbook gives budding creative writers everything they need.
This gentle mash-up of history’s icons—reimagined as teddy bears—turns real biographical sorrow into an accessible, hopeful meditation on creative struggle.
Contemplative and reflective, this book is ideal for young naturalists, budding artists, and anyone who has looked hard at the same thing twice.