MOONBOW
Taylor SterlingMoonboow is a newsletter for adults about children's books.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 96 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 2 months ago |
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Why Are Fairy Tale Picture Books Misunderstood?
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How to Be Brave: A Frog & Toad Story
I recently received a text message from a friend, who’s also a writer. It’s a picture she took from a passage in the book The Creative Act: A Way of Being (2023) by Rick Rubin. Under the image, she wrote, “Note to self: Must learn how to un...
The Ultimate Picture Book Reading List
When people discover I write Moonbow, one of the first things they ask is: “What picture books would you recommend?” I want to respond with: “Read Moonbow for the answer,” but I don’t; I get it, life is busy, people want things to be quick...
Why I Write
Of course I stole the title from Joan Didion, who stole it from George Orwell. One reason I stole it was I didn’t have anything better to write. Normally, I would let another week slide by without publishing. I have no problem doing that. B...
The Philharmonic Gets Dressed: A Symphony of Words and Pictures
“Maybe there is a nice, direct, scientific way of judging a picture book. Something we can graph and collate,” the children’s author, illustrator, poet, and critic, Karla Kuskin, wrote in a 1981 The New York Times review of children’s books...
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Taylor Sterling is a writer and creative director. She regularly writes about children's books and culture. Occasionally she directs photo shoots.
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