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It's always wonderful to have your book reviewed favorably! Here is a lovely one from Booklist:"Nonie refuses to eat her yucky mush porridge for breakfast ("mush is baby food"), and to get away from her bawling baby brother, she runs next door to Grandma's house,...

I like to make at least one for kids to color with each new book I do. For NO MUSH TODAY, I've got several ideas.Lately, I like to print a drawing in blue - by cutting the black channel and pasting it into the Cyan. Then I ink right on top of it, then scan it in and...

Here's a sneak peek at my newest book, due out this September! I just got a review copy yesterday.It's called "No Mush Today", written by Sally Derby and published by Lee and Low Books. Visit http://www.leeandlow.com/books/180/hc/no_mush_today and there are lots and...

About ten years ago, I was asked by the Major Taylor Association to serve on a committee to help find a sculptor to create a statue of Marshall "Major" Taylor. He was called the "Worcester Whirlwind" - first black World Cycling Champion in 1899.The sculpture would be...

April simply flew by! Admittedly, I spent most of it in the garden (even in the rain) and less of it at the drawing board or at the computer to scan it all in.Anyway, here's some of what I've been up to:Playing with technique.Here's the same drawing - I painted it...

It's been quiet recently. No new projects coming in. Instead of worrying about the next project, worrying about bills and such...I've been enjoying the time off. Sleeping, garden work, new techniques and drawing just for fun.I've done a bit of work on my "Mouse and...

Here's my part of my agent's March mailing!The top part is from "Grandaddy's Season" by Gwen Lavert. The bottom has in inset from my Christmas card, and a scene of my "Mouse and Elf" characters fishing for cheese out of a mousetrap. They're hiding behind a boot so...

Initial drawings have so much looseness, so much life. They are free from any expectations, and filled with so many possibilites.Who are they? What did they just go through? Are they now friends, and weren't before? Did this girl just make the team?The laundry basket...

Wow! I've been interviewed for the lovely Worcester Living Magazine and this is the issue where the article appears. Special thanks to Tom Rettig for the photography and Caitlin Moore for the writing.