21 Comments
User's avatar
Erika Tovi's avatar

Thanks for such a generous post! Those recs on Bookshop are fantastic, too. “Mel Fell” is a current fav for my family. I love how the story rotates halfway through!

Expand full comment
Jacob Souva's avatar

A beautifully simple book that absolutely wins by using the turn of the book. Very fun! Glad you liked the post - I’m sure I forgot some things!

Expand full comment
Danie de Viaje's avatar

What a beautiful morning reading! Thanks for this piece.

Greetings from Argentina!

Expand full comment
Jacob Souva's avatar

Awesome! I’m so glad you liked it, Danie. 👋 Argentina!

Expand full comment
Valerie Parizeault's avatar

I will need to bookmark this post Jacob, there are so many tidbits of goodness in here! Oh and no worries for the worms, coffee ground still have caffeine in it but it's not toxic in itself for worms, and will in fact enriched your compost having nitrogen in it. Yes I'm a nerd.

Expand full comment
Shirley Ng-Benitez's avatar

I think automagically should be in the dictionary 👏💪. Your mom is brilliant. This post is excellent. Thank you Jacob!

Expand full comment
dr bob's avatar

it is so nice to know that you are an avocado for Kids, Books, Creative Writers, Illustrators, and Worms too…ahem…i mean advocate. But you’re SS are refreshing like Guacamole so both! ;b (Seriously, Thanks for the audible chuckle and heart fuel)

Expand full comment
dr bob's avatar

*your

Expand full comment
Christopher Bodmann's avatar

What a fantastic post! I write middle grade books, rather than picture books, but a lot of these still apply. Maybe all of them.

Expand full comment
Sharon Bottle Souva's avatar

Ahhh… so you were paying attention. (#9).

Great list.

Expand full comment
Jeremy Ray Ross's avatar

Many thanks!

Expand full comment
Anny Chen's avatar

Lovely post and thank you for the booklist, Jacob! Agree “automagically” should be a real word 😁

Expand full comment
Yumiko Kitazono's avatar

This post was so helpful, filled with great advice and reminders! I especially appreciated #21!

Expand full comment
Lauren's avatar

A fantastic list! I love it. Poop jokes are for grown-ups, too!

Expand full comment
Sarah Allen's avatar

This is just so lovely!! It makes me want to keep writing, and particularly for the best audience in the world.

Expand full comment
Brittany Coleman's avatar

This was an amazingly insightful post! Thank you for sharing!

Expand full comment
Narges Fayaz's avatar

Thank you for this ,I’m reading it one by one 😍😍😍🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Expand full comment
Joana Vieira Gomes's avatar

Thank you for this ✨🫶

Expand full comment
Jacob Souva's avatar

You’re welcome, Joana. 🙌

Expand full comment
Denise Gallagher's avatar

Thank you, Jacob, for these truths. So many things I needed to hear. ❤️

Expand full comment
Jacob Souva's avatar

Good - felt good to remember some of these (I needed to hear them too)

Expand full comment