Cover Reveal & Interview: ARMADILLO ANTICS by Bill Martin Jr & Michael Sampson w/Art by Nathalie Beauvois

All right. This is a bit of a treat.

You know, I never had the pleasure of meeting Bill Martin Jr. Alas, he passed away in 2004, as I was just starting my first librarian job. Yet think how much poorer the field of books for kids would be without his contributions. No Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. No Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? And as it happens, he’s still producing (after a fashion).

Now as much as I would love to feature an interview with him today, that’s probably not going t...