Books by Renee Kurilla

SHOW-HOW GUIDES: PUMPKIN CARVING is a primer for curious minds with a clear, fun graphic style that invites any kid to get started designing their pumpkins.This pocket-sized 101 includes a curated collection of 18 essential cutting and carving techniques. Every step is illustrated, allowing kids to easily master the basics, regardless of how they learn.Readers will learn to cut, scoop, and spook with pumpkins in both classic and unique styles.SHOW-HOW GUIDES offers visual, step-by-step introductions to skills that every kid should know¿from hair braiding and paper airplanes, to drawing animals, pumpkin carving, gingerbread houses, and more! Whether you're a second grader learning to make friendship bracelets for the first time or an adult looking to master the art of knots, these comics will give you the skills you'll treasure through childhood and beyond.

A magical graphic novel adventure perfect for fans of Peter & Ernesto or Tiger vs. Nightmare After planting a seed packet in the backyard, things don’t go as expected for best friends Anna and Tess. They fall asleep in the sun and wake up to blooms as tall as buildings! Did the seeds really grow that fast?All is explained when Anna and Tess meet May, a little garden gnome whose magic is responsible for the transformation. The girls are May’s size now, and they follow her through the flower garden and into May’s underground gnome home—discovering new things about their world and themselves along the way.This immersive graphic novel from author-illustrator Renée Kurilla is perfect for emerging readers. It explores growing and changing friendships and offers details to discover on every page and with every read.

A joyful ode to toddlerdom that follows a group of little ones through one buzzy, busy dayOne Springy, Singy Day is a vibrant, joyful story that follows a diverse cast of young children as they play throughout their day. Inspired by author-illustrator Renée¿s own ¿busy bee¿ two-year-old, this love note from parent to child illustrates the wondrous and boisterous adventure of raising a springy, singy, squeezy toddler.