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Celebrated author and illustrator Leigh Bardugo and John Picacio have teamed up on a new illustrated book, The Invisible Parade

The book, while marketed toward children ages 5-9, offers readers of all ages a toolkit for dealing with grief and loss

The collaborators discuss their partnership, explaining how it felt similar to making jazz music

When Shadow and Bone author Leigh Bardugo met Hugo Award-winning artist John Picacio at a 2011 convention, she wasn’t even a published author yet — just a fan. And yet, the way Picacio treated her showed Bardugo they’d one day make a great team.

“He sat down with me at that party where he was, like, the star, and treated me like a peer before I was one,” Bardugo explains. “ I think that that's one of the beautiful things abou

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