Writing a picture book isn’t easy. Some people might think it is—especially if they’ve read enough bad ones—but writing a true gem of children’s literature is exceptionally hard work. Great children’s books make kids laugh and adults cry, have rhythm, meter, and great pictures, and somehow speak to something deep in a child’s soul, making them want to return to the pages again and again.

Bess Kalb writes very good children’s books. The one-time writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live shot to no. 1 on the New York Times best sellers list with her 2024 picture book, Buffalo Fluffalo , and is aiming to win over readers and story-tellers alike with its sequel, Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo , out now. Kalb’s stories for grown-ups are good too, whether its Nobody Will Tell You This But Me

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