It is easy to walk into the children’s section of a bookstore and get lost in the magical worlds that the authors and illustrators create.  That has always been a favorite pastime of mine to do with my young daughter.  There is something special about opening up a beautifully illustrated children’s book for the first time. The ability to illustrate in such a way takes practice and a natural ability to create such worlds.  Robin Kaplan is such an illustrator and she will be releasing her first book with Penguin, a young reader’s edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz  which is coming out February 2nd.      Robin is also…