Monday, June 29, 2009


Eleanor Davis
Chicago area events:

Saturday, July 11th
Magic Tree Bookstore
11 AM - Noon
141 North Oak Park Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60301

Oak Park Library
1 PM
834 Lake Street
Oak Park, IL 60301
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Monday, July 13th
ALA Annual Convention
1:30 PM Baker and Taylor Booth #3620
The Convention Center at McCormick Place West

Ward Jenkins interviews Jon Graboff about his father's life and work

"Throughout this week I'll feature the interview as well as showcase some books that Abner had illustrated throughout his career. Stay tuned!"

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Elisa Kleven



Video by Thacher Hurd for The San Francisco Center for the Book

You can see other illustrators (from the exhibit Once Upon a Book -- May 4 - Fri. Aug. 7) discuss their creative process here.

Curated by Thacher Hurd, this is the second in a series of children's book exhibitions. This show explores the creative process in the work of six critically acclaimed illustrators: Elisa Kleven, Remy Charlip, Maira Kalman, David Macaulay, Chris Raschka and Brian Selznick.

(Thanks to Marcia)

More Chris Raschka

Friday, June 12, 2009


"When I was young, I placed my baby teeth under my pillow and when i woke up I'd find a shiny new quarter. But whatever happened to those little teeth? Where did they go? Would I ever see them again?Many years later, a little tooth was standing at my door. It looked familiar. It's name was ickle. Welcome home, my milk toof!"

Sunday, June 07, 2009



Thank you to http://bruaa-editora.blogspot.com/

Helmi Abdel-Hamid El-Touni

Eva Eriksson



Eriksson, Eva. Malla Handlar (Engl. "Molly Goes Shopping"). Illus. Eva Eriksson. Stockholm: Eriksson & Lindgren, 1998. [28] p. See cover.


———. Om en liten vecka eller när Bella äntligen träffade Gustav (Engl. "In a Little Week, or How Bella Finally Met Gustav"). Illus. Eva Eriksson. Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren, 1978. 30 p. See cover.


Holmberg, Bo R. En dag med Johnny (Engl. "A Day with Johnny"). Illus. Eva Eriksson. Stockholm: Alfabeta, 2002. [24] p. See cover.


Lindgren, Barbro. Andrei's Search. Translated from the Swedish by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard. Illus. Eva Eriksson. Stockholm: R & S Books, 2000. (Originally publ. as Andrejs längtan in 1997 by Rabén & Sjögren). [28] p. See cover.


———. La maman et le bébé terrible (Engl. "Mother and the Wild Baby"). Translated from the Swedish by Nelle Hainaut-Baertsoen. Illus. Eva Eriksson. Series "Petit Mijade": Mijade, 1999. (Originally publ. in 1983, though with a different French translation, by Messidor et La Farandole). [32] p. (Photocopy.) See cover.


———. Mamman och den vilda Bebin (Engl. "Mamma and the Wild Baby"). Illus. Eva Eriksson. Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren, 1980. [24] p. See cover.


———. Sagan om den lilla farbrorn (Engl. "The Story of the Little Old Man"). Illus. Eva Eriksson. Series "Börja Läsa". Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren, 1979. 53 p. See cover.


———. The Wild Baby. Translated from the Swedish by Jack Prelutsky. Illus. Eva Eriksson. London: Scholastic, 1985. (Originally publ. in Sweden as Mamman och den vilda Bebin in 1980 and in English in 1981 by Hodder & Stoughton). [24] p. (Photocopy.) See cover.


Nilsson, Ulf. När lilla syster Kanin gick alldeles vilse (Engl. "When Little Sister Bunny Got Totally Lost"). Illus. Eva Eriksson. Stockholm: Bonnier Carlsen, 2002. (Originally publ. in 1987). [26] p. See cover.

Thank you to Jeffrey Garrett who compiled this fabulous page. (Check out the illustration by Svein Nyhus)

Thursday, June 04, 2009

CONTEST QUESTION:



Who will the Superfine Dinettes be marching as for the 2009 Mermaid Parade?
"Penguin USA was very generous to give me copies of MERMAIDS ON PARADE that I will autograph for some lucky winners. The Mermaid Parade is Saturday June 20, 2009"

Melanie has more details ( Above are the The Disco Mermaids, Jay, Eve, and Robin in MERMAIDS ON PARADE, illustrated by Melanie Hope Greenberg)

Seductive Espionage

"A Kiss From Tokyo" Theatrical trailer from Stephane coedel and Kevin Dart on Vimeo. Book By Its Cover has more info about Kevin Dart and Seductive Espionage here.