Here are just a few sites to check out for information about writing,
illustrating, how-to’s, best reads, and sites listing
authors and illustrators, classroom materials, and/or publishing news:
There are many insightful, funny, serious, opinionated blogs by people
passionate about the world of children’s books. Here’s one list:
Roxanne
Hsu Feldman compiled it for the Fairrosa Cyber Library.
And here's another list titled "The Kidlit Obsessed" on propernoun.net.