I had fun doing this cover for the March/April issue of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Bulletin. Every one of ...

I'm conscious I'm running two identical blogs at the moment. Sorry about that. I'll veer off again soon!

  I was thrilled recently to be invited to create a poster for the New York MTA Arts for Transit program. Thrilled is something of a...

From the Brookline Booksmith : "Australian artist and kids' book illustrator Sophie Blackall breathes new and wondrous life into ...

It was a thrill and a huge honor recently, to be one of the judges for the New York Times 10 Best illustrated Books of 2011. My wise and th...

There is a new Ivy and Bean website over at Chronicle Books with downloads and all sorts of fun stuff. Book 8 is coming soon! And paper dol...

I hope some of you can join me on Thursday evening at Word bookstore in Greenpoint, Brooklyn! xx

I will be at the Princeton Children's Book Festival this Saturday from 11am-4pm. Would love to see you if you happen to be in Princeton...

I will be teaching (the great) Sergio Ruzzier 's class at SVA . Registration is open, no experience necessary. There will be cake.

This week I am up at a Summer camp in New Hampshire, called Beam . It's a camp which invites artists, architects, engineers, craftspeop...

Click on the image for more information This Sunday afternoon, June 26, from 4-5pm, I will be reading and drawing and signing books at po...

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Abrams gave me a heads up that there was a possibility Daniel Pinkwater might review Crows of Pearblossom on Weekend Edition this Saturday. ...

I wrote Are You Awake? nine years ago, when my son was about three. We had only been living in New York for a short time but had taken a ...

The pictures above were swiped from cabinetcardgallery and luminouslint but I have my own large collection of 19th century studio portrait...

Jules Danielson over at 7-imp invited me to come and do and show-and-tell about Crows of Pearblossom, so I did. Here is the title she gave...

I will be at Books of Wonder , (the only bookstore I know of where picture books are arranged alphabetically by illustrator ) in NYC this Sa...