Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Cory Godbey's collection of works inspired by Where the Wild Things Are. The above illustration is by Meg Hunt.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009

Chicago area events:
Saturday, July 11th
Magic Tree Bookstore
11 AM - Noon
141 North Oak Park Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60301
Oak Park Library
1 PM
834 Lake Street
Oak Park, IL 60301
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Monday, July 13th
ALA Annual Convention
1:30 PM Baker and Taylor Booth #3620
The Convention Center at McCormick Place West
Ward Jenkins interviews Jon Graboff about his father's life and work
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Living in Trees
Miss Twiggley's Tree by Dorothea Warren FoxScan by auburngrammy2000
The Man Who Lived in a Hollow Tree by Anne ShelbyIllustrated by Cor Hazelaar
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Elisa Kleven
Video by Thacher Hurd for The San Francisco Center for the Book
You can see other illustrators (from the exhibit Once Upon a Book -- May 4 - Fri. Aug. 7) discuss their creative process here.
Curated by Thacher Hurd, this is the second in a series of children's book exhibitions. This show explores the creative process in the work of six critically acclaimed illustrators: Elisa Kleven, Remy Charlip, Maira Kalman, David Macaulay, Chris Raschka and Brian Selznick.
(Thanks to Marcia)
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Amy Schimler
Recommended for younger children with a great message about eco-responsibility.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Illustrators' Envelopes
From the apple and the egg (the envelope above is by Emma Chichester Clark)Thank you, thank you to Nikalas Catlow !
(Who is Klaus Flugge, and why does he get such fabulous mail?)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009


Sunday, June 14, 2009
Sunday is for folding origami and nursing old grudges.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009

"When I was young, I placed my baby teeth under my pillow and when i woke up I'd find a shiny new quarter. But whatever happened to those little teeth? Where did they go? Would I ever see them again?Many years later, a little tooth was standing at my door. It looked familiar. It's name was ickle. Welcome home, my milk toof!"
Monday, June 08, 2009
(The "Freaky Friday" photo is good. I hope these are submitted by family members and not photography studio employees)
Thanks to Paul for pointing me to the Children's Bookshelf BookExpo photo gallery and their nice wrap up of the event.Sunday, June 07, 2009
Eva Eriksson

Eriksson, Eva. Malla Handlar (Engl. "Molly Goes Shopping"). Illus. Eva Eriksson. Stockholm: Eriksson & Lindgren, 1998. [28] p. See cover.
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Holmberg, Bo R. En dag med Johnny (Engl. "A Day with Johnny"). Illus. Eva Eriksson. Stockholm: Alfabeta, 2002. [24] p. See cover.
Lindgren, Barbro. Andrei's Search. Translated from the Swedish by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard. Illus. Eva Eriksson. Stockholm: R & S Books, 2000. (Originally publ. as Andrejs längtan in 1997 by Rabén & Sjögren). [28] p. See cover.
———. La maman et le bébé terrible (Engl. "Mother and the Wild Baby"). Translated from the Swedish by Nelle Hainaut-Baertsoen. Illus. Eva Eriksson. Series "Petit Mijade": Mijade, 1999. (Originally publ. in 1983, though with a different French translation, by Messidor et La Farandole). [32] p. (Photocopy.) See cover.
———. Mamman och den vilda Bebin (Engl. "Mamma and the Wild Baby"). Illus. Eva Eriksson. Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren, 1980. [24] p. See cover.
———. Sagan om den lilla farbrorn (Engl. "The Story of the Little Old Man"). Illus. Eva Eriksson. Series "Börja Läsa". Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren, 1979. 53 p. See cover.
———. The Wild Baby. Translated from the Swedish by Jack Prelutsky. Illus. Eva Eriksson. London: Scholastic, 1985. (Originally publ. in Sweden as Mamman och den vilda Bebin in 1980 and in English in 1981 by Hodder & Stoughton). [24] p. (Photocopy.) See cover.
Nilsson, Ulf. När lilla syster Kanin gick alldeles vilse (Engl. "When Little Sister Bunny Got Totally Lost"). Illus. Eva Eriksson. Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 2002. (Originally publ. in 1987). [26] p. See cover.
Saturday, June 06, 2009
LOOKING FOR ONE BIG FAT LIST OF CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATORS, Including LINKS, PICTURES, and INTERVIEWS?
Friday, June 05, 2009
More Maira
Thanks to Art Words Life!
Thursday, June 04, 2009
CONTEST QUESTION:

Who will the Superfine Dinettes be marching as for the 2009 Mermaid Parade?
"Penguin USA was very generous to give me copies of MERMAIDS ON PARADE that I will autograph for some lucky winners. The Mermaid Parade is Saturday June 20, 2009"
Melanie has more details ( Above are the The Disco Mermaids, Jay, Eve, and Robin in MERMAIDS ON PARADE, illustrated by Melanie Hope Greenberg)
Seductive Espionage
"A Kiss From Tokyo" Theatrical trailer from Stephane coedel and Kevin Dart on Vimeo. Book By Its Cover has more info about Kevin Dart and Seductive Espionage here.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
100 WORDS
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Here is the entire audio:
People Really Like Milk
Video (5min 23sec), Author Julia Donaldson describes her new book for teenagers, Running on the Cracks, and talks about her working relationship with illustrator Axel Scheffler. Plus she treats us to a birthday song for the Gruffalo, who is 10 years old this year





































