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The Ribbon Author: Tessa Blackham Illustrator: Tessa Blackham Atheneum Books for Young Readers 29 September 2026 40 pages This month’s PB review is by Ryan G. Van Cleave (Owner/Operator of Only Picture Books) and longtime OPB friend, Austin McKinley. —Ryan’s Review of the Writing— Anytime OPB covers a wordless or nearly wordless picture book, I ask myself–do …


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Here’s a hearty OPB welcome to Joy Peskin, Senior Executive Editor at Farrar, Straus, Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. Joy and I first crossed paths this past June at the WIFYR conference in Utah, where we were both on the teaching faculty (her virtually, me in person). I caught …


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The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! Author: Mo Willems Illustrator: Mo Willems 2 July 2019 Hyperion Books for Children 40 pages Book description from Goodreads: “The Pigeon is about to get SCHOOLED. Do YOU think he should go? Why does the Pigeon have to go to school? He already knows everything! Well … almost everything. …


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I first met Suzy the way I met so many OPB interview folks—via her books. In this case, it was Animals in Pants. I saw it at my library one day and picked it up because…well…it had a terrific trifecta (animals, pants, poetry!). After some digging, I learned that Suzy’s the author of Animals in …


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Another month, another set of five-word reviews. All of these are picture books I somehow missed early this year…but they’re new to me so I say “Fair game!” There’s also an unexpected mud theme happening this month. Enjoy! All the Ways We Learn  Author: Chloe Ito WardIllustrator: Yaroslava ApollonovaRise x Penguin Workshop7 July 202640 pages …


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