Saturday, May 26, 2012
Sock Monkey Alert
My new Sock Monkey book is on it's way to a bookstore near you! Check out http://tinyurl.com/cqzof2l if you want to see. Gotta love the sock monkeys.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
'How?' It's here!
It's out! Owl Kids Books has released my newest book called 'How? The most awesome question and answer book about nature, animals, people, places - and you!'
"How' was quite an undertaking with almost 100 spreads it took us about 14 months to complete. Barb Kelly did the layout for the book and an amazing job of pulling it all together. I have to admit I opened my first copy with a bit of trepidation because the whole process had been quite a challenge. But after checking it out, and friend's telling me the book looks great, I've decided I'm happy too. I guess most of us are a bit more critical of our own work.
This is a follow up to 'Why?' both written by the talented Catherine Ripley. We have pretty big boots to fill since 'Why?' is still going strong after 10 years and has sold over 120,000 copies. In fact the Chicago Tribune chose 'Why' as the holiday gift to give in 2010.
Other news to report is that I have a few books out at publishers now waiting to hear back. I've really pumped up the writing aspect of my work. I'm primarily an illustrator but have enjoyed writing 6 books to date so here's hoping I can talk some publishers into doing more.
One book I'm working on with my good friend Kari Lynn Winters is proving to be a lot of fun. I'll attach a rough sketch here... not sure it will make it into the book but I'm sure having fun drawing.
"How' was quite an undertaking with almost 100 spreads it took us about 14 months to complete. Barb Kelly did the layout for the book and an amazing job of pulling it all together. I have to admit I opened my first copy with a bit of trepidation because the whole process had been quite a challenge. But after checking it out, and friend's telling me the book looks great, I've decided I'm happy too. I guess most of us are a bit more critical of our own work.
This is a follow up to 'Why?' both written by the talented Catherine Ripley. We have pretty big boots to fill since 'Why?' is still going strong after 10 years and has sold over 120,000 copies. In fact the Chicago Tribune chose 'Why' as the holiday gift to give in 2010.
Other news to report is that I have a few books out at publishers now waiting to hear back. I've really pumped up the writing aspect of my work. I'm primarily an illustrator but have enjoyed writing 6 books to date so here's hoping I can talk some publishers into doing more.
One book I'm working on with my good friend Kari Lynn Winters is proving to be a lot of fun. I'll attach a rough sketch here... not sure it will make it into the book but I'm sure having fun drawing.
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