This New Year's baby brought great news! "When You Love a Book" is a Blue Ribbon selection for the 2026 Dolly Parton Imagination Library and landing in mailboxes next month! Look for availability at Imagination Library HERE. Activities and other... Continue Reading →
What's your definition of success? This is mine. I cannot express how big an honor this is. Thank you for making my children's books and my art a part of your life (and skin). The only thing bigger for me... Continue Reading →
"Squid in Pants" got a nice write-up in Elizabeth (Betsy) Bird's 2025 SLJ 31 Day roundup of recommended books in the category of rhyming picture books. Full article is here: https://afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/05/31-days-31-lists-2025-rhyming-picture-books/ Review text is below! SQUID IN PANTS resources are... Continue Reading →
Bubbling with excitement to announce "Squid in Pants" as a Best Books for Kids 2025 children's book! Thank you to the New York Public Library. Check out this and the other awesome picks HERE at @nypl or your local public library. #earlyliteracy #squidinpants @simonkids
I'm back from the Texas Book Festival and Reading Rockstars and getting ready to visit educators and children's book lovers in Orlando and Denver. Please come see me at #NAEYC25 and/or #NCTE25 and get your complimentary, signed copies of BITSY... Continue Reading →
Great news! WORM AND BUTTERFLY ARE FRIENDS ALWAYS just received a Kirkus Star! Read the whole review here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kaz-windness/worm-and-butterfly-are-friends-always/ All the book links are here: PUBLISHER PAGE, BOULDER BOOK STORE, B&N, AMAZON All the book resources are here: https://kazwindness.blog/2022/12/22/media-kit-worm-and-caterpillar-are-friends/
Exciting announcement! I'm now represented by Kathleen Rushall at @andreabrownlit! Hooray! Visit my profile here: https://www.andreabrownlit.com/illustrator/kaz-windness I'm so grateful to be living my author-illustrator dreams and honored to be working with my dream agent at my dream agency to create inspiring... Continue Reading →
Do you know these 5 common children's book illustration terms? NOTE: "Gutters" or "the gutter" in picture books refers to the area between two facing pages where the book is bound. It's important not to place any important element in... Continue Reading →
"Welcome to the festival for the first time, award-winning, genre-crossing illustrator and author, joining us all the way from CO, @kazwindness " Kaz’s featured title, Bitsy Bat, Team Star, is the second in her inclusive, engaging, and informative Bitsy Bat... Continue Reading →
