“Straightforward, matter-of-fact sentences and oil illustrations effectively capture the family's day. Youngsters will enjoy snuggling up with their dads to share this one.” —School Library Journal
“Adorable.” —Kirkus Reviews
TAMISHA ANTHONY
AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS
ALEXIS BUTEN
KAREN CHOW
MELISSA DASSORI
JACKY DAVIS
COURTNEY DAWSON
LYNN DOWNEY AMAZONE
FEDERICO GASTALDI
APRIL HARRISON
HOLLY HATAM
CAROLINE HICKEY
KIM HOLT
STEPHEN HOLMAN
EMILY JENKINS
JERRY JORDAN
AYA KHALIL
RASHIN KHEIRIYEH
PASCAL LEMAITRE
AURA LEWIS
HUI LI
MARY LOGUE
KIRSTIN LOMBARDI
BONNIE LUI
SARAH MAI
ED MILLER
NICOLE NEIDHARDT
MARILYN NELSON
JOAN PALEY
BERNADETTE PONS
GRETCHEN ELLEN POWERS
JAMES PROSEK
ALYSSA REYNOSO
DORIS RODRIGUEZ
ELLA SCHWARTZ
BOB SHEA
NAOKO STOOP
OLIVIA SUA
ELLEN SURREY
STEPHEN SWINEBURNE
GERALDO VALERIO
MIKE WINCHELL
WADE ZAHARES
KAREN CHOW
FEDERICO GASTALDI
HOLLY HATAM
STEPHEN HOLMAN
KIM HOLT
CAROLINE HICKEY
JERRY JORDON
RASHIN KHERIVEH
AURA LEWIS
MARY LOGUE
BONNIE LUI
SARAH MAI
EMILY ARNOLD MCCULLY
N WEST MOSS
NICOLE NEIHOLDT
JAMES PROSEK
ALYSSA REYNOSO
DORIS RODRIGUES
BOB SHEA
NAOKO STOOP
OLIVIA SUA
GERALDO VALERIO
Awards
A CLEL “Play” Award Nominee
An Illinois Reads Reading List Selection, 0-4 Years
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
Reviews
"This rhyming picture book follows a family through their toddler's bedtime routine. A calm, quiet book that children will find delightful, enjoying the repetition and seeing themselves through the eyes of a book." —Kirkus Reviews
"Writing in soft, rolling rhymes, Roemer walks through a toddler’s nighttime routine as doting parents alternate caretaking roles . . . Wohnoutka’s chalky art creates a sense of homey contentment—like a warm blanket." —Publishers Weekly
"A reassuring read-aloud choice for young children. Wohnoutka’s simple, cheerful illustrations focus on the child and his parents, with just enough background to set the scenes and props to carry out the action. Just right for bedtime reading.” —Booklist
At the Bologna Book Fair with LBYR’s amazing rights team: Janelle DeLuise and Hannah Koerner
At the Bologna Book Fair with creator Federico Gastaldi
Team lunch with Jess and Leyla
Jess and author Alyssa Reynoso-Morris celebrate finished copies hot off the press
At the ALA Black Caucus awards for Marilyn Nelson’s AUGUSTA SAVAGE with her agent, Regina Brooks, HarperAlley publisher, Andrew Arnold, and Norton publisher (and soon to be COB author), Simon Boughton
Attending Mike Tougias’s book event at the Westport Yacht Club
In the green room at the Caldecott banquet with Honoree Chris Denise
H Is for Harlem being presented with a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor at ALA with Roger Sutton, April Harrison, Victoria Stapleton, and Erica Marks
Tennis with author Steve Swinburne at Stratton Mountain
Breakfast with creator Ethan Long at ALA
Reviewing final art in our offices at 1290 Avenue of the Americas
With creators Jane Breskin Zalben and Emily Arnold McCully
LBYR Halloween Party dressed as characters from Chip, Scroll, and Dragonboy
With creators Brian Karas and Rich Michaelson at the Michaelson Gallery Party
Colorado dinner with creators Ben Guterson, Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, Elise Broach, and Dow Phumiruk
Creator Laurie Keller visits the office to sign copies of her latest book
April Henry and Christy at the Edgar Awards for The Girl I Used to Be.
Jennifer Bertman upon publication of Book Scavenger.
A visit with Janet Tashjian in the Flatiron Building.
Dow Phumiruk holding a Potato Pants stuffie she made in honor of Laurie Keller’s book by the same name.
Ben Guterson visits Christy in the Flatiron after the publication of Winterhouse.
A visit with Laurie Keller.
Echo Brown at ALA Midwinter 2020.
Laurie Keller and Christy’s daughter Elena playing Heart and Soul together.
Kimberly Willis Holt and Christy at NCTE.
Portrait of the Editor as a young Reader.
Christy and Tanya Lee Stone at NCTE where Tanya received her Orbis Pictus Honor for Pass Go and Collect $200.
Christy and Jessica sporting Jane Austen inspired tattoos for the sales launch presentation of Brave Jane Austen.
Enjoying our new offices at 120 Broadway.
Last day in the Flatiron Building before the big move to 120 Broadway.
Color correcting with Associate Editor Jessica Anderson.
Celebrating ten years!
Be Nice to Spiders
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry is my co-pilot, What does that mean? I have family in Cincinnati and when my children were very young, we would fly to Ohio a few times a year (we now drive). I realized early on that I didn't need to pack tons of board books and picture books for the two and a half hour flight; all I needed to occupy the attention of my three children was one of Scarry's Busy Books. Richard Scarry, the genius that he was, knew how to appeal to preschoolers and young children IN THE SAME BOOK! While my toddler would point out recognizable images and say their names like fire truck and apple (also noted in the corresponding word identifications), my five year old would giggle at the silly stories about Huckle, Bananas Gorilla, and, Mr. Fix-It. And at the same time, my seven year old would try to find all the hidden Lowly Worms and Gold Bugs on a given spread (Scarry started this hide-and-seek game long before Where's Waldo!). My seven year old would also carefully study the intricate diagrams that Scarry was known for (pre-dating David Macauley's The Way Things Work, of course). The fact that one book could appeal to the very different developmental stages of my three children continues to fascinate me.
Scarry was the Fred Astaire of the children's book world. He made what he did look easy but in reality he was greatly disciplined in regimen and worked tirelessly at his craft. I had the pleasure of meeting Scarry's agent a few years ago who let me in on a secret -- he told me that an Italian Figurative Dictionary (Duden Italiano Dizionario Figurato, Redatto dal Bibliographisches Institut di Mannheim e dall'Istituto Geografico De Agostini di Novara) was Scarry's reference bible, and that it proved a source of great inspiration in his detailing the many awesome mechanical and architercutrally-oriented illustrations of houses being built, the inner-structure of windmills, a rope and pulley plumbing system, and so on.
Although Scarry never won a Caldecott Medal, he will always rank among the highest children's book creators in my book. If you are a fan and want to know more about his genius, I recommend the biography: The Busy, Busy World of Richard Scarry by Walter Retan and Ole Risom. Coincidentally, one of my most beloved pieces of original artwork is a vignette of the letter I (a mouse with a dish of ice cream) from Scarry's Alphabet Book. Richard Scarry, my co-pilot, my hero.
