NAKED! won a BCCB Blue Ribbon Award!

The Bulletin Of The Center For Children's Books is one of the leading children's book review journals for school and public libraries, and every year they publish a list of what they consider to be the best kidlit of the previous year. I'm TOTALLY THRILLED that Naked! is on the list this year!!!

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Christmas memories

Thanks to Christopher Cheng for inviting me to participate in his 12 Days Of Christmas blog post series this year. Here's my guest blog post about Christmas memories new and old.

Interviewed by Middle Grade Mafia

Thanks to Alison Hertz and Middle Grade Mafia for interviewing me about my illustration work for Michael Ian Black's books and Judy Blume's books. I also offer tips for aspiring children's book writers, process and SNACKS.

Blue Monster doodle video: I love messy art!

Harp on Christmas morning

Finally ordered strings to replace the missing ones one my Celtic harp from North Shore Strings. New strings still need to settle in before I can properly tune them, but here's my rusty warm-up on Christmas morning. I've been neglecting my poor harp for years!