Warming up...

Thank You Mouse

Cupcake Cousins!

Cupcake Cousins comes out today!  Congratulations to author, Kate Hannigan! 

I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to illustrate Kate's very lovely story and I'm so excited that cousins Willow and Delia are heading out into the world.  I hope you'll keep a lookout for Cupcake Cousins at your local bookstore. 

Here's the Kirkus review of Cupcake Cousins.  And another lovely review from "This Kid Reviews Books". 

Hooray! :)

Favorite Books...

I love a good list.  I like organizing my thoughts in list form, and crossing an item off of my to-do list is oh so satisfying.  When I was little I illustrated all of my Christmas wish lists.

Awhile ago I made a booklet of illustrated lists and this is one of the spreads.  What were your favorite books when you were little?  I'd love to know. :)

Wednesday...

Well, hello there!  Here's a sample I did several months ago for a project that didn't work out. 

And here are some links for you to peruse...

A lovely blog post from Author/Illustrator Mike Curato

The Let's Get Busy podcast features interesting interviews with several authors and illustrators

Congratualtions to my friends, Jessixa Bagley and Corinna Luyken, who both recently won portfolio awards at the Washington SCBWI conference!  Hooray!

Have you registered for the SCBWI 43rd Annual Summer Conference?  I signed up on Monday and I hope to see you there!

Happy Wednesday!