I’m so excited today to show you the cover of Ashley Belote’s newest picture book, Don’t Wash Winston!
Anyone who knows someone attached to their stuffed animal can relate to this book!
When Liam and his stuffed bear friend, Winston, made mud pies, something terrible happened. Winston took a tumble and ended up covered in mud! Now, Winston needs a bath. Liam has anxiety over the washing machine for Winston and comes up with a plan but will it work?
Here is a spread from Don’t Wash Winston about the mud pie factory.
And here is Liam trying to hide Winston to avoid the dreaded washing machine!
And now….
Without further ado…
Here is the fabulous cover of Don’t Wash Winston! Coming soon on March 26, 2024, through MacMillan!
Ashley Belote is the illustrator of FRANKENSLIME and VALENSLIME by Joy Keller. She is the author-illustrator of numerous picture books including LISTEN UP, LOUELLA, and WITCH & WOMBAT. She studied traditional animation under the direction of Don Bluth. Her graduate study included a children’s literature and illustration course, The Whole Book Approach, through Simmons College at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. She also serves as the Illustrator Coordinator for the Carolinas chapter of SCBWI. Ashley is represented by Moe Ferrara of BookEnds Literary Agency. To see more of her work, please visit AshleyBelote.com. To learn more, follow her on Twitter @AshleyBelote1, and on Instagram/Facebook/Threads @ashleybeloteillustration.
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Selected as one of 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023 by dPICTUS and featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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