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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddIt’s about finding motherly love, but it’s also about forgiveness.So why isn’t Lily’s forgiveness of her father addressed?
Horn tooting!

Horn tooting!

Neat! There is a book called the Encyclopedia of Writing and Illustrating Children’s Books and my work is featured inside! I got my copy recently, and it looks great!

Shelftalker Follow-up

This is an amazing follow-up to Elizabeth Bluembe’s blog about diversity in children’s books – wonderfully well-written, and I am so heartened by all the comments. There are a LOT of people out there who feel the same as I do!

Totally off topic…

Okay, this has nothing to do with illustration…I just needed to vent! How can I lose 10lbs and still look the same?! All that work, being hungry all the time, and my clothes only feel a LITTLE looser!Geez… makes me want to go eat a cupcake.On the other...

More summer reading

I’ve also read:THE WESTING GAME by Ellen RaskinIT’S LIKE THIS, CAT by Emily Cheney NevilleJUDY MOODY SAVES THE WORLD!STANFORD WONG FLUNKS BIG TIME by Lisa YeeDRAGON’S BLOOD by Jane YolenHEART’S BLOOD by Jane Yolen