Eric Rohmann

Jun 16, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Eric Rohmann

Welcome to our Fall 2023 Children’s Announcements issue!In our main feature, we speak with editors and booksellers about the shifts they’re witnessing in the market for middle grade books, and the challenges and opportunities within the category. We also profile author Candace Fleming and illustrator Eric Rohmann, the married collaborators behind several picture books, about their creative process and forthcoming projects.

May 24, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Candace Fleming |Eric Rohmann |Tom Percival |Paul Schmid

Prepare to savor this title’s original yet familiar feel. This rhythmic read features a slew of greedy animals, all with their eyes on a prize. A single red apple hangs at the “tip-tippy top” of a tree, poised to fall at any moment. Its precarious position isn’t missed by the hungry animals below, each determined to make the fruit their own. One by one, a different animal expresses their covetous desires in rhyme (“Mmm-mmm, how divine. / When it tumbles to the ground, / it’ll be all mine”).