I applied to be a 2025 PB Rising Stars mentee! So far, I've submitted 7 applications and hope to get a few more in before Friday's deadline. @pbrisingstars.bsky.social

🍦✨ Calling all aspiring picture book authors and illustrators! Join us for our Third Annual Virtual Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, January 28th from 8-9:30 PM Eastern!

Connect with the co-directors, meet past mentees, get insider tips on applying to the program + more!

Register at pbrisingstars.com

Dear Earth…From Your Friends in Room 5 X My Pet Feet. With nowhere to turn, NOELLE writes Santa as adults begin driving letters of the alphabet to extinction. She bemoans the negative impact of no L’s on her life. And, L is just the first to go; the next threatens her very existence. #SkyPitch #PB

Nigel and the Moon X Nana Akua Goes to School. In CHARLIE’S TRUE STRIPES a yellow-striped zebra dreams of becoming an artist rather than a referee like all the other zebras. Will he succumb to pressure to pursue a traditional career or will he follow his creative dreams? #SkyPitch #PB

Run! Vs. Knight Owl. THE OGRE demonstrates that you can’t always judge a book by its cover. To get water to survive, villagers must skirt a mountain upon which lives a rock-throwing ogre. Will they learn to live peaceably with the ogre? #SkyPitch #PB #L #Fairytale