Author Charlotte Riggle [caption id="attachment_6381" align="alignnone" width="851"] Author Charlotte Riggle[/caption] A Woman of Many Hats |Author Charlotte Riggle Charlotte Riggle wears many different hats in her life. She is a picture book author, a technical writer, a blogger. Her first picture book was a finalist in the 2015 Best Book Awards. A technical newsletter she wrote was honored...
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If you hop into your favorite bookstore this time of year, you’ll see shelves and displays full of picture books that feature bunnies and baskets and eggs. The books tend to be brightly colored, shiny, and sweet, like the foil-wrapped candies that fill so many Easter baskets. And I find the books, like the candies, insipid and ultimately unsatisfying.
What do I want in an Easter picture book? Start with people. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with books about rabbits and ducks and chicks and lambs. I have more than a few of them in my collection.