Sophie Blackall
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

And the Winners are...

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Congratulations to the following schools, which will each receive a set of ten picture books! AB Combs Elementary, Raleigh NC Arcadia L...
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Saturday, September 12, 2015

This Drawing Could Be Yours to Keep!

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Help me turn this drawing into picture books for schools! A few weeks ago I visited the Eric Carle Museum at story time. I read A...
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Friday, September 4, 2015

Finding Winnie - Part One

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When I was a college student we were always being asked to show our process. We were encouraged to submit our doodles and sketch books and ...
Monday, April 20, 2015

A Fine Dessert - Part 8

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A Fine Dessert is out in the world and I've been so happy to hear about families making blackberry fool together and about teachers con...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Censorship and The Baby Tree

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It has come to my attention that some elementary school libraries have removed their copies of The Baby Tree from shelves out of concern...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Reading in Rwanda

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I am proud to share some of the work we did in Rwanda in the beginning of the year. These illustrations form a guide for teachers who are i...
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

My Father and James Lee Byars

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 There is an exhibition on view right now at MoMA PS1, James Lee Byars: 1/2 an Autobiography . My father, Simon Blackall knew Byars whe...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

A Baby Tree Grows at Books of Wonder

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This is what I was doing yesterday and for about three days before that, and when I say, "I", I mean pretty much my entire ...
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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Author Illustrator Blog Tour... excuses, excuses

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Dear Internet, I know I promised you (and Carin Berger ) I would post answers to five questions on a Virtual Author Illustrator Blog Tour ...
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Friday, May 2, 2014

The Baby Tree Winners!

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Here are the names which were pulled just now from the paper bag. If you see the baby name you entered, send an email (with Baby Tree as ...
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Thursday, May 1, 2014

The Baby Tree

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My new book, The Baby Tree ( in which a small boy finds out where babies come from) goes out into the world today, May 1st. To celebra...
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Monday, March 31, 2014

A Bologna Painting

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Eighty percent of our studio went to Bologna last week for the international Children's Book Fair . Sergio Ruzzier's ...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Kids. Hats.

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On my walk to the studio each morning I pass two middle, five elementary and three pre-schools, and cross paths with about a hundred kids...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Visiting schools in Rwanda

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I am back home in Brooklyn, after my brief but intense time in Rwanda, Land of a Thousand Hills. It has taken a bit of time to digest all...
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