Where's Walrus?

My new book Where's Walrus? comes out in February.

Bookfest 2010

The Bank Street College of Education hosted Bookfest 2010 today. Here I am along with (L to R): Bank Street's Ellen Greene, author/critic/historian Leonard Marcus, illustrator Wendell Minor, author Jon Scieszka and author Florence Friedmann Minor.

A New Wrinkle In Time

I enjoyed channeling Dali’s Persistence of Memory for an article on the decline of the wristwatch for the November issue of the Atlantic Monthly.

10-10-10

ASSIGNMENT: 10 travel icons for 10 itineraries in honor of 10-10-10. DEADLINE: 5 days :(

Showing the Love

Last month I received a wonderful e-mail from Hank Holman of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Mr. Holman wrote:

"I write in praise of your fascinating illustration for "Three Stations" that appeared in last Sunday's New York Times Book Review. I called it to the attention of my artist wife, Jan, and she was as taken with it as I was. I printed a copy and we oohed and ahhed and discussed it at some length. One reason it appealed to her so much is that it reminded her of a spooky experience she and our daughter had late one night in a deserted train station in Germany. Jan is a prize winning quilter who has produced dozens of quilts through the years. I suggested she make a quilted wall-hanging from your design and she has done so. I attach a photograph."

Thank you, Jan, for your stunning work. I am flattered and touched.

OK. I'm ready to make friends with the Kindle. This advertisement that ran in yesterday's New York Times features my August 15 Book Review cover.

New York Times letters piece: "The Mosque, the Imam and the Politics".