Jill Esbaum

Jill Esbaum lives on a family farm in eastern Iowa, where she enjoys writing fiction and nonfiction for kids. New in 2025 are Polecat Has a Superpower and It's Corn Picking Time! Other titles include Stinkbird Has a Superpower, Parrotfish Has a Superpower, Bird Girl, Jack Knight's Brave Flight, We Love Babies!, How to Grow a Dinosaur, Frankenbunny, If a T. Rex Crashes Your Birthday Party, Elwood Bigfoot, Teeny Tiny Toady, and many more. Jill is also the author of a graphic early reader series, Thunder & Cluck. Several of her books have been nominated for (or won) state awards, and her I Am Cow, Hear Me Moo! won the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrator’s Crystal Kite award.

Jill is the creator of the Picture Book Builders blog and co-founder of the Whispering Woods Picture Book Writing Workshop/Retreat.