Brooklyn's in the house!

I spent the morning at the Brooklyn Public Library, speaking to 200 kindergardeners, first graders and second graders from PS 9 and PS 282. Thanks to my gracious hosts Paquita Campoverde and Judy Zuckerman.

The Fathers Are Coming Home to Bank Street

Last year, I illustrated Margaret Wise Brown's lost text, The Fathers Are Coming Home. I'm delighted to report that the Bank Street College of Education just included the picture book in their 2011 Best Children's Books of the Year. 

3 starred reviews for Where's Walrus?

“Refreshing, captivating, elegant and witty.”

-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“The satisfyingly circular ending gives Where’s Walrus? a flipper up

on that guy in the striped shirt.”

-- Horn Book (starred review)

“Younger children will giggle at his visual gags”.

-- Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

“An especially funny and stylishly retro-looking option for this

nursery-school crowd.”

-- The Wall Street Journal

“[Where's Walrus?] allows young readers to feel one-up on the adult who’s supposedly in charge. What more could any child want?”

-- The Washington Post

“It's a thrill of the chase for all.”

-- Chicago Tribune

Library visit

The kindergartners and first graders of the Brooklyn Charter School joined me in the Marcy Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library last week for a reading. Thanks to my host librarian Bobby Simic.

Word Up Walrus

Walrus at WORDS in Maplewood, New Jersey, 3/12/11.

School Visit

I paid a visit last week to Columbia Grammar and Prep School in Manhattan. I enjoyed spending almost 2 full days there, and at the end of the visit, was presented with wonderful drawings of Walrus by the kindergartners. My gracious hosts, librarians Nancy Seklir, Naomi Toder and Heather Talty, made me feel right at home.

Love and Money

Carol Edgarian’s new book is called “Three Stages of Amazement”. Here’s my illustration for the book that appears in today's New York Times Book Review.