one of one hundred
Betsy Bird posted her list of her favorite children's books of 2011. She's got a really nice list of 100 books, which includes terrific work by the likes of Lane Smith, Jon Klassen, Kevin Henkes,...
View ArticleRoommates no.1
The first episode of Roommates, introducing Lenny Squidenski. First published January 20, 1987 in the North Texas Daily, Denton, Texas. These are being archived on one page here.
View Articlean Addy award
I can tell I've been rather stupid-busy drawing new stuff, as I don't normally let an opportunity to toot my horn go un tooted. Somehow last year, sometime between Everything Goes: On Land, Everything...
View ArticleStop! Go! 123! board books!
I've always always loved board books. Big thick cardboard books, ostensibly for little kids who like to chew on things. Since Everything Goes was first conceived back in 2008, I wanted there to be...
View Articlethis kid interviews me
I get invited to local book fairs, book stores, book festivals, and so on; and I often run into this dude named Erik. Erik is probably something like 13 years old, and Erik loves books. He writes a...
View ArticleDog Days is coming!
In 2007, I signed on to illustrate two books for Hyperion. One was The Boy Who Cried Alien, by Marilyn Singer, and the other was called Dog Days of School, by Kelly DiPucchio. At the time, I was just...
View ArticleDog Days of School
Today is publication day of Dog Days of School. This book was written by Kelly DiPucchio and edited by Rotem Moscovich at Disney/Hyperion. Actually, she was the third editor on the book, as I signed...
View Articlethe evolution of a Frank Einstein
Today is publication day for Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor. This is the first book in the six-book Frank Einstein series, written by the lovely and talented Jon Scieszka and published by...
View ArticleGetting some press…
I was on vacation in lovely Fenwick Island, Delaware last week, but that doesn't mean that everything grinder to a halt or anything. Quite the contrary. First, there was a really nice interview with me...
View Articlebestseller!
I mentioned this in the last post, but there has been progress! This is a first for me, and after three weeks I think I'd like to make it a regular thing. September 07, 2014 edition of the New York...
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