I had someone write me the other day to let me know that they had an acquaintance reach out to them about writing a picture book. This acquaintance wanted the book to specifically be anti-ICE, which is a worthy sentiment but it got me to thinking about picture books with specific messages for specific times. When 9/11 or COVID hit, we got an interesting array of picture books speaking specifically to those moments in history. Yet because of the length of time a publishing cycle takes, one ra...