
I’ve been fighting for more Pham appreciation for years. When I heard that Lenore Look, author extraordinaire who introduced the world to Ruby Lu, had been paired with LeUyen Pham my little heart danced a tarantella. Credit where credit is due then to Schwartz & Wade. It takes a smart publishing house to create just the right magic found in a Scieszka/Lane team, for example.

Part of this particular branch of fandom concerns itself with the pairing of various authors with illustrators. If trading cards were acceptable amongst grown adults I’m sure we’d be swapping Louis Sachars and Linda Sue Parks for a rare Beatrix Potter or A.A. Children’s librarians, in contrast, are fans of children’s book authors and illustrators. Others follow the rise and fall of various celebrities. Schwartz & Wade (imprint of Random House)


Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
