Do you remember Virgina Lee Burton's Little House book? It's a book from my childhood and I kept thinking about it while designing A HOME AGAIN by Colleen Rowan Kosinski and illustrated by Valeria Docampo. Both books have charming houses as...
If your young reader is looking for a fun easier read, Hudson and Tallulah Take Sides fits the bill! It's written and illustrated by the wife and husband duo, Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant, that has brought you the popular...
As an artist and designer, I LOVE color! So when the sequel to THIS BOOK IS GRAY came my way, I jumped at the change to design this new picture book. The new book is called, PINK IS NOT A...
I love picture books for OH SO many reasons. These books can be beautiful keepsakes to treasure and portals into new worlds of pretend. I also know they can be tools of understanding for difficult moments of real life. Through...
I was lucky enough to be the book designer for: I AM ABLE TO SHINE by Korey Watari and her husband, Pixar artist Mike Wu. It was published this Spring by Two Lions. It's a beautiful story of a young Asian...
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...
November is Picture Book Month! That's right, those beautifully, illustrated printed children's books are still important for literacy and still needed in our lives. I bet you can name your own treasured picture book from your own childhood without hesitation....
By chance I squeezed in some time this week to visit a children’s book department from a larger book store chain. I always get a little giddy walking through the children’s books. Maybe it’s the large colorful covers? Or because...