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 Here's an illustration in progress, from Lady Liberty: A Biography:  You can see the final illustration on the cover of Candlewick's Spring 2008 Catalog. |
7/2008 Doreen Rappaport and I were
guests on The Book
Report. Listen to the entire one-hour radio program here. 6/2008 Lady Liberty: A Biography got a starred review in The Horn Book Magazine! 6/2008 Lady Liberty: A Biography won an Oppenheim Gold Award! 5/2008 Amazon.com has picked Lady Liberty: A Biography as one of the three best pictures books of May! 5/2008 Lady Liberty: A Biography is getting some really nice reviews from the blogosphere- here's one written by Julie Danielson at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, one by Julie M. Prince at YA Books Central, and one by Stacy Dillon at Booktopia. Thanks, bloggers! 5/2008 Lady Liberty: A Biography will be available on May 13. In the next few weeks, I'll be doing presentations and book signings at Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, GA, Book Ends in Winchester, MA, Barnes and Noble in Newington, NH, and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA. See a full list of events here. 5/2008 Lady Liberty: A Biography got a starred review in School Library Journal! 4/2008- Lady Liberty: A Biography got a starred review in Kirkus Reviews! 4/2008- Coming in September- Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (Candlewick), a 256-page collection of writings and artwork offering a look at American history through the prism of the White House. I am honored to have contributed an illustration to the book, alongside work by 107 acclaimed writers and artists, including David Macaulay, Brian Selznick, Chris Raschka, Kate DiCamillo, M.T. Anderson, Jane Yolen, John Scieszka, and Leonard Marcus. 4/2008- Lady Liberty: A Biography got a starred review in Booklist! 3/2008- If you're in the Boston area, and you'd like to get a sneak peek at my next book, Lady Liberty: A Biography, please come to the Concord Free Library on Saturday, March 8 at 2:00. There will be a few advance copies on hand, and I'll be doing a slide presentatiaon about the process I went through while working on this book. 1/2008- If you're in the New York City area, I'll be signing books at Books of Wonder on Thursday, January 31, 5:00-7:00pm, with Kadir Nelson. More News... |
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