[Mitchard] has written a children's novel, Rosalie, My Rosalie that is also being released in April. Aimed at young readers, it tells the tale of a strong-willed little girl who raises a tiny duckling and then faces tough decisions about her unusual pet. It is Mitchard's third children's book. "Writing children's books is a useful discipline because you don't have much room. A picture book is 16 pages, 32 sides and within that space you must create a complete and compelling world, filled with faucets, and blue jeans, and animals, and things that happen and people that matter. It helps remind me of the best advice I ever got from my agent, about 20 years ago...
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