Erika Rohrbach from Kirkus Reviews did an interview with Helen Frost and me about Step Gently Out and how our collaboration works. It’s live on their site now.
“With Step Gently Out, the stunning first-time collaboration between poet Helen Frost and nature photographer Rick Lieder, proponents of the odd separation of author from illustrator in children’s publishing are hereby put on notice.”
“The marriage between word and image in this gorgeous picture book melds one poem encouraging young readers to explore insect wonders of the natural world with breathtakingly intimate photographs captured …