Let's plan The Year of the Picture Book!

At a recent meeting of New England Children's Booksellers Advisory Council, Ken Geist, vice president and editorial director of Orchard Books and Cartwheel Books and author of the picture book The Three Little Fish, pleaded with booksellers to promote picture books. You can read the full article here.

In the ensuing discussion, one bookseller suggested making next year the Year of the Picture Book.

What a great idea!!

My mind is all a twitter with ideas for the Year of the Picture Book and of co...