Why am I passionate about this?
I always felt like books were mysterious and elusive works of art. When creating them occurred to me, I started to think, “What is a book, really, and what does it mean to publish one?” This over-analysis of books makes me appreciate authors who are able to step back and see books for what they really are–pages and ink. Distilling it down to that makes writing and publishing a book feel more accessible to me.
Omar's book list on self-aware picture books
Why did Omar love this book?
This was the first book that made me realize how picture books could play with the traditional picture book format with resounding success.
My son loves listening to me read the silly words out loud. It’s no secret why this clever book was so successful.
5 authors picked The Book with No Pictures as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
This innovative and wildly funny read-aloud will be the Must Have book of the season. You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except...here's how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say...BLORK. Or BLUURF. Even if the words are a preposterous song about eating ants for breakfast, or just a list of astonishingly goofy sounds like BLAGGITY BLAGGITY and GLIBBITY GLOBBITY.