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RHYME + FOOD = A DELICIOUS PICTURE BOOK COMBINATION

5/19/2026

 
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Do you like to write in rhyme? Are you also a foodie? If you answered "Yes" to both, why not try writing a rhyming or lyrical picture book with a food theme? In today's Mentor Text Referrals, I look at three recent books with food themes -- two in metered rhyme and one lyrical text.
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Plenty of Pancakes reunites the team of Carrie Finison (author) and Brianne Farley (illustrator) and is published bby G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2026. It is a companion book to Dozens of Doughnuts, published in 2020 and featured in the House Calls post "Two Picture Books that Almost Rhymed."

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A Pathway for Pollinators and A Place for Rain: Creating Companion Picture Books

5/5/2026

 
Cover of A Pathway for Pollinators by Michelle Schaub, illustrated by Blanca Gómez, published by Norton Young Readers showing five diverse kids walking with garden tools while a bunch of butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, and other pollinators fly above them.
Cover of the picture book A PLACE FOR RAIN by Michelle Schaub, showing the title in pink in a cloud. Below, children in colorful rain coats and boots tend a garden with a rain barrel in it.
​My newest lyrical nonfiction picture book, A Pathway for Pollinators, illustrated by Blanca Goméz and published by Norton Young Readers, releases today!  Just in time for planting season!

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    Hello from THE RHYME DOCTORS!
    We're expert picture book authors. We love providing critiques of rhyming and lyrical picture books. In this blog, we share poetry prescriptions, mentor text referrals, and occasion posts from visiting "doctors" to help you get your manuscript in tip-top shape! ​
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