Several Painted Words authors and illustrators were included in Betsy Bird’s Fuse #8 Blog’s 31 Days, 31 Lists. They are as follows:
2020 Board Books; Make Me a Robot (Chronicle Books) by Mark Rogalski
2020 Picture Book Readalouds: Friday Night WrestleFest (MacMillan) by J.F. Fox, illustrated by Micah Player
2020 Bilingual Children’s Books: Sharuko (Lee & Low) by Monica Brown, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri
2020 Fairy, Folk and Religious Tales: Federico and the Wolf (HMH) by Rebecca J. Gomez, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri
2020 Picture Books: Bedtime for Sweet Creatures (Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky) by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon and Friday Night WrestleFest (MacMillan) by J.F. Fox, illustrated by Micah Player
2020 Comic & Graphic Novels: Arlo & Pips (HarperCollins) by Elise Gravel
2020 Unique Biographies: Above the Rim (Abrams) by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Frank Morrison and The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (HarperCollins) by Gene Barretta, illustrated by Frank Morrison
2020 Nonfiction Picture Books: Above the Rim (Abrams) by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Frank Morrison and The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (HarperCollins) by Gene Barretta, illustrated by Frank Morrison
2020 Nonfiction for Older Readers: The Talk (Penguin Random House) edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Hudson, including Shadra Strickland
2020 Children’s Poetry: Just Like Me (Penguin Random House) by Vanessa Brantley Newton