Sondra Zalewski

@sondrazalewski.bsky.social

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Children’s book writer musing about the craft, and posting #PBreview, while waiting for manuscript feedback. https://sondrazalewski.com/

Don’t Trust Fish is a picture book written by Neil Sharpson and illustrated by Dan Santat. This white book cover shows a large, all caps title and a small green fish in profile with a large, droopy eye.
Fireworks, a picture book written by Matthew Burgess and illustrated by Cátia Chien. This book cover is dark blue with bright fireworks in white and fuchsia (and fuchsia type). Two kids are cheering at the bottom with their backs to you.
How to Hatch: A Gosling's Guide to Breaking Free picture book written by Sara Holly Ackerman and illustrated by Galia Bernstein. This book cover shows several cracked goose eggs in place of the capital O letters and the back end of a gosling running off the page.
Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault picture book by Megan Clendenan and illustrated by Brittany Cicchese. This cover shows people walking into the entrance of the vault in a wintery scene of swirling snow.
The Night of the Hedgehog picture book cover with a little girl and her father holding a flashlight on a hedgehog family. Written by Tanya Rosie and illustrated by Chuck Groenink
Aggie and the Ghost picture book cover by Matthew Forsythe with an illustration of a young girl and a one-eyed ghost in the rain.
The Jade Bracelet book cover. Written by Hà Dinh and illustrated by Yong Ling Kang.
A Snow Day for Amos McGee picture book by Philip C. Stead and illustrator Erin E. Stead
The Escape Artist: A True Story of Octopus Adventure book cover
Magic in a Drop of Water: How Ruth Patrick Taught the World about Water Pollution book cover. Written by Julie Winterbottom and illustrated by Susan Reagan
Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall written by Lynn Brunelle and illustrated by Jason Chin
Summer Is Here book cover, with young girl blowing bubbles. Written by Renee Watson and illustrated by Bea Jackson.
Noodles on a Bicycle book cover
book cover of Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller written by Breanna J. McDaniel and illustrated by April Harrison
book cover of The Yellow Bus by Loren Long
book cover for Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas by Matt Tavares
book cover for Flat Cat by Tara Lazar and illustrated by Pete Oswald
book cover for The Walk by Winsome Bingham with illustrations by E. B. Lewis
book cover of The Bright Side by Chad Otis When home is an old bus, optimism is your superpower!
book cover for The Little Books of the Little Brontës by Sara O'Leary & illus by Briony May Smith
book cover for Mr. McCloskey’s Marvelous Mallards" The Making of Make Way for Ducklings by Emma Bland Smith
book cover of How to Write a Poem by Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido
book cover for Only: The Bird Who Liked Being Alone by Airlie Anderson
book cover for Wombats are Pretty Weird by Abi Cushman
book cover for Grandmothers Galore! by Judith Henderson and Ellen Yeomans
book cover of Butt or Face? Can you tell which end you're looking at? by Kari Lavelle
Need a House? Call Ms. Mouse! book cover by George Mendoza and illustrated by Doris Susan Smith