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Drawing, Fast and Slow (Part II)
When I read that Paul McCartney composes without ever having learned to read music, it surprises me. Not because I don’t think it’s possible. It just seems to me that a person who loves music might...
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So glad we’ve met
“He looks so jolly,” I said to my mom. We were looking through a small heap of old photos that I hadn’t seen before. “I was always a little afraid of him,” I said. “He seemed so . . . gruff.” I was...
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the moonlit unplugged night after the big snow (with wet sneakers)
Because we had been riding for nine hours, Lucky and I bolted from the car and went, pronto, for a walk. Because we had driven from a place that was sunny and mild with dry roads, I was wearing a...
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Cactus Tacos
I walked to the Post Office with our old dog Lucky yesterday. (Let me interrupt my story here to tell you that drawing these little pictures of Lucky created in me a mad urge to drop everything I am...
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first job
Dylan had wanted, really wanted, this job. His first, aside from mowing lawns and stuff. He had been really happy when he got it. He was still kind of happy about it. He did need to make some money....
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The Third Bird
Last Saturday we went to a wedding. By way of self-promotion, I could mention that the young woman getting married was the sister of the young man who was my model for Johnny Appleseed while...
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a Little Bird is headed our way
This winter and spring, I had the delight of making cover art and interior spots for Cynthia Voigt’s upcoming Little Bird. It will be published September 15, and it’s a sort of coming-of-age novel...
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make your own museum
In my picture book, The Museum of Everything, a museum is a place where we can look at little pieces of the world, one at a time. And sometimes together, with other little pieces of the world. A...
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a little video about Violet and Jobie in the Wild
A wonderful family literacy organization called Read To Them is planning to announce Violet and Jobie as a suggested feature title in January of 2024. They recommend it as “ideal for all elementary...
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I made this video for elementary school students, but it’s all stuff I think, so it might work for older students, people, too. Music is from bensound.com, a song called “small guitar.” (I am supposed...
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