We have a Giveaway Winner
The Mini-Interviews are over but not the Giveaways and today I have one winner to announce! After the classic 15 minute pen-search, I got my names written down, got my 33 mini-strips of paper filled out and performed the pulling-of-a-name-out-of-a painting act successfully. We got a winner with Sofia as my
A Mini-Interview with ME
This is the fourth week of our Mini-Interview Series and that also means it's FINALLY my week! I've been the first one to post on our blog tour every week. So to take the edge off the akward monologue I thought I would have a pre-post yesterday. Did it help? Not
MY WEEK of Interviews and Giveaway
If you have been following my posts the last few weeks, you know the Mini-Interviews are entering their 4th week tomorrow. If you didn't know about them, you may want to go back and read Molly's, Mikela's and Laura's posts. They are filled with great information and they are at
A Mini-Interview with Laura Jacobsen
This is the third week of our Mini-Interview Series and we are starting Laura Jacobsen's week. Do you know Laura? Have you seen her work? Have you seen her books? Have you? Have you?! Her work is bold. Her illustrations are beautiful and her sketches are fantastic. As a person, Laura
A Mini Interview with Mikela Prevost
This is the second week of our Mini-Interview Series and we continue with the amazing Mikela Prevost. If you haven’t seen Mikela’s work before, reader beware! You will be blown away with her sense of design, her bold strokes and her colors. Have you seen how she handles figures? I know!
A Mini-Interview with Molly Idle
Today we are starting the Series of Mini-Interviews and this week is Molly's week. Miss Molly will be hopping around blogs answering our questions to make one very bubbly Molly Week. And really, how else could Molly's week be? But there’s more! Molly is also hosting a Giveaway this week. She’ll
A November of Mini-Interviews and Giveaways
A series of weekly Mini-Interviews are coming next month (or more precisely in 7 days). Four children's illustrators, four blogs, four posts per week, four weeks full of questions, answers and giveaways. We close the series with a Big Giveaway with something from all of us to celebrate your Merry
Rendez Zoo
Last Saturday, the Phoenix Zoo held it's Second Annual Rendez Zoo. By supporting the event you help sustain the Zoo's conservation efforts, contribute to the care of the animals, and assure the Zoo will continue offering educational programs. Now, what's more fitting than a Zoo, wild animals and a children's illustrator
Columbus Day Music
I was born and raised different because my dad is different. I'm glad. My father was part of a small group of Peruvians who actually loved the folk dances and traditional dresses that women and men wore throughout Peru. Everywhere but in the "civilized" Lima you would be able to see
“The Messy One” Giveaway – Results
Two weeks ago, I posted about "The Messy One" (Picture Window Books/Capstone Publishers 2012) and included a giveaway for a copy of the book. I would like to thank everyone who read the post and especially all those who entered the giveaway. And now to the results of my First Giveaway