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What can one person do all alone? Quite a lot, really. Especially with a little help at the right time. ONE CAN BE - by Annie Cron and @PatZMiller - is for quiet readers and leaders of all ages with a hat tip to Little Free Libraries. #introvert #booktwt tinyurl.com/3xwecan3

If you want to add a story to your Thanksgiving celebration, here are five books fit for a feast. I talk more about them in this blog post: picturebookbuilders.com/2025/11/five-b… #Thanksgiving #Gratitude #storytime #readaloud

There's wisdom from Deborah Underwood, Nidhi Chanani, @kellydipucchio, @MonicaAcker1, @taralazar, Traci Sorell, Corinne Duyvis, Jeannie Mobley-Tanaka and Elmore Leonard. Plus some great book recommendations.

Want your writing to be clear, concise and conversational? Here's a FREE, updated, 53-minute webinar of @PatZMiller sharing 10 tips to cut fluff from your copy. youtube.com/watch?v=VDOWLo…

A book for the introverted kids in your life! #introvert #quiet #kidlit #megakidlit

Today on @patzmiller shares four bird books she adores and why they're something to crow about. picturebookbuilders.com/2025/10/bird-b…

ONE CAN BE by @PatZMiller is in Bettendorf, Iowa, thanks to @JEsbaum, who put it in a @LtlFreeLibrary. Jill writes picture books like IT’S CORN PICKING TIME, a fine fall read. ONE CAN BE honors connections LFLs build. Kidlit folks are adding it to LFLs in each state. 43 to go!

If you're interested in buying a copy, this link lets you purchase from Barnes and Noble, Bookshop or Amazon. beamingbooks.com/store/product/…

A tweet from teacher @PaulWHankins inspired ONE CAN BE, my new picture book. I don't usually get book ideas from tweets, but when I saw Paul's, I had to start writing. To see the tweet and the book's full origin story, visit @MarianaRiosR 's blog. tinyurl.com/yeynhufx

Meet debut illustrator Annie Cron. Learn how she approached her first book, why she loves Little Free Libraries, and how you could WIN AN ADVANCE COPY. picturebookbuilders.com/2025/08/meet-i… #pbchat #kidlit #giveaway #picturebook #illustration

Debut picture book author Joyce Uglow joins @PatZMiller to share the inspiration behind her nonfiction picture book STUCK, which is the story of the La Brea Tar Pits. picturebookbuilders.com/2025/03/get-st…

If you want a picture book recommendation, a chance to win FOUR new picture books and a cover reveal for an upcoming picture book, check out today's blog post from @PatZMiller ! #comment-41773" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">picturebookbuilders.com/2025/02/one-bo…

If you need some inspiration to keep writing, drawing or creating, here's the Golden Kite Award speech @patzmiller gave that shares her rejection-clad path to publication. youtube.com/watch?v=82Aq7o… #amwriting #amrevising #kidlit @scbwi @SCBWIWisconsin @SCBWIIowa

During the next few months, @PatZMiller will be out and about. Maybe she's coming somewhere near you. All events except the Anderson Children's Literature Breakfast are free and open to all. (You can attend the breakfast, but you need to buy a ticket.)

A speech. A note. And a library card. How UNSTOPPABLE JOHN, a new book from @patzmiller and @jerryjordan2, came to be. picturebookbuilders.com/2025/01/new-no…

There are two writers in @PatZMiller's family. So ... it’s hard to know whose work to focus on. Check out Pat's new book with @jerryjordan2 from @penguinkids AND the latest @PrepHoops article by her husband, @WisBBYearbook.

A new @PicBkBuilders blog post from @patzmiller highlights why this book by Tameka Fryer Brown and @alleannaharris is a like a hug from adults to the kids they love. picturebookbuilders.com/2024/12/pb-pic…

Our own @WriterRebeccaGL made @FuseEight 's list of Transcendent Holiday Picture Books w/her AFIKOMAN, WHERE'D YOU GO? Congrats, Rebecca! afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/04/31-…

GIVEAWAY & INTERVIEW! Rhymers, you'll love this one!

New post on PBB! picturebookbuilders.com/2024/11/abueli…