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LOOK WHAT JUST ARRIVED. Huge thanks to Teresa Kietlinski!! So here’s the story…. Three weeks ago, I saw this photo in Teresa’s Instagram feed. I was all excited because I’m a big Minions fan and also am curious about Peeps (have never had one). I asked Teresa where she got them and . . .
Happy book birthday to OUTER SPACE, BEDTIME RACE, a new picture book written by Rob Sanders and Brian Won, launched today from Random House Children’s. Thanks to both Brian and Rob for answering three questions for me today. You can also read Rob Sanders’s answers to my Three Questions. Brian is not only the illustrator . . .
Continued from Part 1 of my celebration of today’s OUTER SPACE, BEDTIME RACE launch… Happy book birthday to OUTER SPACE, BEDTIME RACE, a new picture book written by my friends Rob Sanders and Brian Won, launched today from Random House Children’s! Thanks to both Brian and Rob for answering three questions for me today. In my . . .
I love children’s book author Samantha Berger‘s enthusiasm and creativity. Have you seen her #ePUNymousPortraitSeries? In addition to writing wonderful picture books like CRANKENSTEIN (illustrated by Dan Santat) and A CRANKENSTEIN VALENTINE (sequel). Samantha has written cartoons and promos for Nickelodeon, comic books and commercials, movie trailers, theme songs, poetry, magazine articles. . . .
I do most of my reading on my iPad and my Kindle; it’s easier for traveling, especially since I always have multiple books on the go and angst too much about which one to take with me. However, I still strongly prefer print when it comes to picture books.
Just finished reading Uncle Montague’s Tales Of Terror by Chris Priestley, with wonderfully creepy illustrations by David Roberts. I’ve always been a fan of scary stories ever since I was little and I used to write a lot of scary, sinister short stories in grade school. My eighth grade teacher attended my I’M BORED . . .
