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How I’m Bored Was Created Part 1

by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, I’M BORED illustrator Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 (last updated: June 5, 2013) First, author Michael Ian Black wrote the story for I’M BORED. Michael says he wrote the book because his children were always telling him how booooored they were.  Michael sent it to his editor, Justin Chanda. Justin liked . . .



How the I’M books were created

The I’M… picture books are written by Michael Ian Black and illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, published by Simon & Schuster. Curious about how this series was created? Here’s a behind-the-scenes peek for young readers. When I asked Michael what inspired him to write the first book in the series, . . .




iPad: No “ragged text” or hyphenation option in iBooks e-reader?

From Fox News: Clayton Morris and fellow reporters use the Apple iPad, examining the e-book functionality. Rumor has it that the iBooks e-reader currently does not let readers choose an “unjustified text” format. I hate reading justified text but am assuming that future version of iBooks will fix this. From a . . .