Excuse My Whimsy
Rachel BachmanA place to follow along as I write children's books and think deeply about picture books, libraries, and childhood wonder.
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| Issues | 45 | Founded | 10 months ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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A Field Guide to the Children of Storytime
I recently had the opportunity to present at a local conference for librarians. The room was packed with bookish ladies who all served their libraries’ children in some capacity. They were a wonderfully friendly and kind audience. Truly a s...
The Trouble with Being Funny in Picture Books
I have found that for every good reason to write a picture book, there is a corresponding bad reason. Wanting to write a picture book because you love children and want to enrich their reading experience is a wonderful reason to sit down an...
Who Buys the Books Nobody Wants to Read?
It is a common enough experience. You’re scrolling through the available titles on Libby or Hoopla when a book catches your eye for all the wrong reasons. The cover art looks unmistakably AI-generated. You’ve never heard of the author, and...
The Art of Leaving Things Unwritten
Through my work at the library, I read picture books to children at least once or twice a week. I have my tried-and-true favorites, the books I reference here constantly, like Sam & Dave Dig a Hole and Mel Fell. But unless I want to spend t...
A K-Shaped Reading Crisis
There is something uncanny about reading headline after headline about how kids “don’t read anymore” when you are a children’s librarian. Because plenty of children read. And they read voraciously. I frequently find myself scouring the shel...
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Rachel Bachman is a Public Children’s Librarian who is on a mission to write delightful children’s books. The purpose of her substack is to document her journey.
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