Monthly Archives: April 2009
play time
Last night my neighbour friend pulled out all my toys and was asking about these two worn-out dolls at the bottom of the box. I showed her some of the book that went with them and decided to take a … Continue reading
moo
Starting fresh this morning with a cow drawing. Hey, have you seen Matthew Reidsma‘s Cartoonify Me service? (That would be the super-talented reidsrow.) For a very reasonable price, he will draw a portrait of someone from a photograph. Great for … Continue reading
temporary flailing
Confession time: today was not a good day. I kept maniacally busy, but I was feeling totally overwhelmed by everything. Then my agent sent a helpful e-mail and I went and lay down on the ground and stared at the … Continue reading
south dakota, 1938
Of all the picture books on my shelves, this is probably the one I pull out most often, The Champion Pig. It’s a collection of photos gathered by Barbara Norfleet from small American photography studios, taken between 1929 up to … Continue reading
sparkling crystal palace
The Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival went brilliantly, thanks to the marvelous Alex Milway (above) and his partner Katie Lee, who organised up a storm and will probably now need a long holiday to recover! My neighbour friend and I … Continue reading
epic journey and friendly chaos
I will post more photos and news very soon of Saturday’s brilliant Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival! But some friends came over for the afternoon and their joyfully bouncy sprogs managed to do a real jobbie on my books, toys … Continue reading
lovely type freaks
One of the other speakers called them ‘type freaks’ (Jonathan Morgan at Four Corners Books), not me. But today I gave a talk with my publisher, David Fickling, at the St Bride Library Conference, and I knew straight away I … Continue reading
festivals!
See you tomorrow at the Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival! Lots of comics fun for everyone. I’m just heading out the door to give a talk at the St Bride Libary Conference and have fan girl moments over fab typographers, … Continue reading
surprise mini break!
I haven’t been posting morning sketches because, for the first time ever, Stuart took me off on a surprise holiday! We did lots of hiking in the Sussex countryside, drank ale and soaked up three days’ unbroken sunshine. I didn’t … Continue reading
sisters
I only have a couple photos here in England of my sister and me when we were little, my mother has most of them back in the States. I found this one, when we were still kind of in the … Continue reading
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