Butterfly Gardening, Silent Films, and Butternut Squash with Author Jill Dana

Hello and Happy Book Birthday to today’s kidlit author and extra special bonus episode guest, Jill Dana! Her latest book, Butternut and the Flying Butter illustrated by Anusha Santosh releases TODAY!🎂🎉 Some Highlights: The origin of the name for “German chocolate cake.” What is butterfly gardening? Paying attention to what inspires you. All the different levels of enjoying stories, allowing them to become something new with every reading experience. Embracing the performative aspect of picture books, they’re often meant to be read aloud. Viewing picture books as a silent film to imagine the page turns and watch it play out. Constraints on creativity, why do they make stories better? Mind blowing food facts! Links Mentioned🔗: Jill’s website Jill on Link.tree, Twitter, Facebook, Tiktok, and Instagram Jill’s critiques PB Sunrays Picture Book Gold Book Recommendations📚: Butternut by Jill Dana, illustrated by Rachel Tan-Hwee on Bookshop, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble Butternut & Buttercup by Jill Dana, illustrated by Rachel Tan-Hwee on Bookshop, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble Butternut and the Flying Butter by Jill Dana, illustrated by Anusha Santosh on Bookshop, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble Story Genius by Lisa Crohn Let Liberty Rise!: How America’s Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty by Chana Stiefel, illustrated by Chuck Groenink The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel, illustrated by Susan Gal Yusra Swims by Julie Abery, illustrated by Sally Deng Stay tuned for your regularly scheduled interview with author Melissa Trempe!