27 Sep Loving What I Do
Happy Fall! Does this happen to you? Every once in awhile, the universe likes to remind me that I'm on the right path in my career and life and fills my heart with gratitude. This was one of those weeks. First,...
09 Aug New Summer Picture Books
[caption id="attachment_6812" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Two children's book art directed by Abby Dening[/caption] Hi Friends! Where did this summer go? I really cannot believe we're in mid-August already. I have been busy digging up the bare garden beds around our house and planting...
20 Mar Sumo Joe Preview
Available on May 14, 2019! Anytime a book is released to the pubic that I helped to design is a special moment. SUMO JOE has even more significance, since this is my first picture book that I designed and art directed! SUMO...
13 Feb Marley Dias Gets It Done
Happy Valentine's Day! On this day I want to spread the love about a new book. My heart is full of joy and gratitude at having been on the design team to bring this special book into the world: MARLEY DIAS...
24 Aug Newly Published Picture Books
Eeeee! I received a present in the mail yesterday. A whole box filled with picture books that I designed! I've been designing books for 13 years and it never EVER gets old to see your creativity and hard work get...
03 Nov The Lightning Queen-New on Shelves
{Title Page with front cover reference} I'm very proud to be sharing this interior book design with you all. It's a work of love! THE LIGHTNING QUEEN by Laura Resau was published last week by Scholastic. It's a beautiful...
14 Oct New Children’s Books You Should See
{New book with custom hand-lettered textured title type} Books take months to produce and years to publish, so I sometimes loose track of publication dates of the book I designed. This happened to me recently with these 2 fun...
18 Sep Recovering the Classics
[caption id="attachment_5526" align="aligncenter" width="500"] {Here's a sample of some of the redesigned covers} This news story caught my eye since my Book Illustration course I teach at RIT just finished a project of redesigning YA Covers to give them a...
02 Sep B is for Becoming Maria
Sesame Street has been in the news lately. Maybe you have heard that Sesame Street is moving to HBO or that Maria has retired! There's change in the air on that street! {Sonia Manzano with Elmo} Like many from my generation...
24 Jul Amy’s Book Jacket Jacket
{photo by Ruby Western seen here} Ready for a little Friday fun? Children's authors and illustrators are my kind of people—creative, talented, and a little silly. For example, author and filmmaker Amy Krouse Rosenthal has created a "Book Jacket Jacket"...