On a wintry Shenandoah VA walk with my Niece, Nephew and Son, there were several things I wasn’t allowed to pick up and take home with me…
TLC Book tours has arranged a great lineup in celebration of the publication of my new book AT NIGHT (Muddy Boots Books, December 2021)! See below for all the tour stops.
Monday, January 17th: @celiamcmahonreads
Wednesday, January 19th: @littlelilacpreschool
Thursday, January 20th: @storytimewithshelbs on TikTok
Friday, January 21st: @silver.lining.reader
Friday, January 21st: Bookworm for Kids
Monday, January 24th: She Just Loves Books and @shejustlovesbooks
Tuesday, January 25th: @girlsinbooks
Wednesday, January 26th: @wonderousreads
Thursday, January 27th: @lyon.brit.andthebookshelf
Friday, January 28th: View from the Birdhouse
Monday, January 31st: @rachellelovesbooks
Wednesday, February 2nd: @literannie
Friday, February 4th: @megsbookclub
Monday, February 7th: Diary of a Stay at Home Mom
Wednesday, February 9th: @wereadlikethat
Happy Holidays from my house to yours. And here’s hoping for a happy and healthy 2022 for us all.
Sue and I took our annual trip to 63 and Lexington to the Society for Illustrators Annual Best of Children’s Books Illustration. It is always inspiring! Thankfully, the artwork was the Real Thing–last year it was all printed and framed by the Society because of Covid. There were still no books to sit and look at, but seeing the artwork in all its luscious glory was *almost* enough. It was especially cool to see my colleagues’ (we share a wonderful agent, Anna Olswanger) work–Yevgenia Nayberg’s Mona Lisa in New York and Kunal Kundu’s Wildlife on Paper: Animals at Risk Around the World.
Here are some more of my favorite ones. The Tiffany Bozic one with the tromp l’oeil painting might be my very top fave. Dang. Check these out:
I am gathering and printing, stamping and sorting, and getting everything ready for the Hudson Coop Sale. Hope you can join Sam and I! I will have copies of all my books available for purchase, including my new book AT NIGHT (Muddy Boots Publishing) (all about nocturnal mama and baby animals and what they are getting up to while we are sleeping.). AND, I’ll have printed tea towels (including two new ones–one with a honey story–with bears and bees and hives, and one Christmassy reindeer), printed cards, stencils, ornaments and more.
We will be in good company with so many other vendors, selling socks, Washington Heights merch, candles, cookies (the amazing Dutch Baby Bakery will be there–yum). Join us! Come hang out and chat–the warm holiday vibes are FREE.
A sighting! At the glorious Books of Wonder at 42 W. 17th Street in NYC. Their website is https://booksofwonder.com/. You can order my book from there, and more–and if you ever get a chance to visit there, do. It’s like kids book heaven. 🙂
The winner of a copy of AT NIGHT is Like Lokon! Congratulations!!
Leave a comment below to be entered to win a copy of my new picture book from Muddy Boots, AT NIGHT!
You can say anything in the comment to be entered, but it would be fun to know if any of you have ever had a memorable encounter with a nocturnal animal. I remember driving home to my mother’s house in Ohio once and seeing a mother opossum running up the hill away from the car headlights with seven or eight baby opossums bumbling along behind her…SO cute.
No purchase necessary! The drawing will be held November 15, 2021 at 5:00 PM East Coast time, and one person will be selected in a random drawing, and I will mail you a book. US and Canadian entries only please. 🙂
The Costume Industry Coalition presents SHOWSTOPPERS an exhibit in Times Square celebrating the artisans, artists and craftspeople who bring the costumes of the theater to life: https://www.showstoppersnyc.com/
Please come to visit this amazing exhibit. It is detailed, moving, educational, and all proceeds from ticket sales goes to benefit the Costume Industry Coalition, founded to keep artisans afloat during the pandemic.
Ginny Clow and I enjoyed our appearance at Showstoppers in Times Square! Ginny painted on something for Lion King, and I “fantasy aged” a Hidden Folk costume for the Frozen tour. We enjoyed chatting with the visitors about what we were doing, and asking them what they were up to. Lots of college students interested in theater design and crafts…
I was pleased and proud to be included in this nice article for Theatermania about my pandemic experience. Kenji, the author, met us that day at Showstoppers. These pictures were taken on my phone by a nice Carnegie Mellon student 🙂
In this video, add metallic foil to the Flower Garden Stencil from the last post, using iCraft deco pressure sensitive foil glue and silver and gold foil.