I’ve decided to make it a goal to visit all 100 branches of the Toronto Public Library, and will be posting about my quest on social media via the hashtag #100Branches.
I’m excited to finally be able to share the cover of I’M BUSY, a new picture book written by Michael Ian Black and illustrated by me, coming out from Simon & Schuster BFYR Feb. 24, 2026!
Find out what motivated Michael to write this newest I’M series book, how Laurent Linn and I worked together to create this fun cover, and get the first SNEAK PEEK at some of the interior pages!
Shortlisted for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS is my love letter to books and reading, with visual nods to the Toronto Public Library (including TPL’s Palmerston branch, where I worked) and Toronto indie bookstores like Mabel’s Fables.
Interior illustrations include my parents, who used to take me and my siblings to the library every week.
Read more here about my book, as well as how the book was made.
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In this fifth book in the series from New York Times bestselling author Michael Ian Black and celebrated illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi, a flamingo, a girl, and a potato tackle what it’s like to feel super-busy-all-the-time. So much to do and so little time! How can a girl get everything done? Especially . . .
Karen Krossing wrote comics and poetry as a kid and dreamed of becoming a published writer. Today, she’s the author of many books for kids and teens, including picture books and novels. She won the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for Canada in 2015 and 2023 and has been a finalist . . .
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