A list of Important places to search for your book once it's been published. Scroll down for updates on Anthropic lawsuit and settlement actions. https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/search Search for your book's U.S. copyright filing. If you do not find it, tell your... Continue Reading →
Scroll to bottom for ISBNs and book awards. Kaz helps teachers and caretakers with lesson plans and activities beyond the book. Click on the image to jump to each book's resources. Signed books HERE! Follow Kaz on all your favorite... Continue Reading →
Scroll down for social media sight ratings. Artists are finding it harder to protect their artwork from AI scraping theft. They are forced to delete imagery and leave social media platforms they once trusted due to terms of service changes... Continue Reading →
"Kaz was a rockstar! The kids loved it! Most engaging, fun author visit!" --Mrs. Bigelow What is an author school visit? How do students benefit? This 90-second video HERE explains. Book Kaz Windness for the 2025-26 school year now HERE!... Continue Reading →
Kaz is available for interviews and speaking engagements. Scroll down for the PDF media kit download. http://www.WindnessBooks.com Books and Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/KazWindness How to pronounce Kaz Windness: https://www.teachingbooks.net/pronounce.cgi?aid=43974 BIO: Kaz Windness is the award-winning, genre-crossing illustrator and author of... 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 →
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