February 7, 2010
I love this drawing. It was quick and spontaneous and captures something very real. My wife even stopped what she was doing when she looked over at my sketchbook and commented on it (she seldom does that). I’ve just finished reading The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman. It’s really excellent. This drawing isn’t really meant to be Bod, or a scene from the book, but it’s definitely inspired by some of the emotions conjured by reading it.
January 22, 2010
Where did this blue flower come from?
January 21, 2010
Here’s a link to a new Grumpy Bird review. It’s a little one, but good one. And, interestingly, these Bird fans are teachers at international schools. Hooray! Is Bird gaining a wider following?
January 18, 2010
Another great Boo Hoo Bird review. This one from Sal’s Fiction Addiction blog. It’s short and sweet but she’s nicely nailed what the book is all about. Thanks Sal!
January 15, 2010
I started the new year with a couple of days visiting schools. Boo Hoo Bird is nominated for the Blue Spruce Award in Ontario this year so it’s a good opportunity to get out there and do some promoting with my audience (and if I’m lucky my audience will vote for me and Boo Hoo will win — not that I care about winning or anything!). Anyway, I wanted to share this photo with you. Lisa Hough, a teacher at Bridlewood Elementary School, baked these amazing Bird shaped cakes. She runs a little business called Markham Cakes and Sweets. Check it out. Pretty amazing, yes? So if you’re in the greater Toronto area and you’re looking for an excellent cake baker/decorator… highly recommended.
January 12, 2010
Here’s a link to another Boo Hoo Bird review. This one made me laugh because the reviewer’s daughter isn’t a big fan of the book. In fact she quite dislikes it at the moment. Hopefully she’ll come round. Still, I enjoyed the review. It’s nice to have people discussing my books.
January 12, 2010
Not exactly mind-blowing but hey, they can’t all be gems. Feels like a good one to start another year of sketches.
January 6, 2010
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a nice holiday, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc… Mine was nice and quiet and relaxing and I didn’t do very much work. As a result I’ve hit the pavement running this year. I’ve got some really exciting projects in the pipeline right now: two confirmed picture books; one more picture book in early stages of development; and one REALLY exciting project about which I can’t speak yet (but will hopefully have news about in the next couple of months).
This spring will see the release of ME HUNGRY! in board book form. I’m really excited about this as I think the smaller format will really suit the book. ME HUNGRY! was largely inspired by two of my all time favourite board books: Jez Alborough’s beautiful HUG and Peggy Rathman’s lovely Goodnight Gorilla. Chris Raschka’s Yo! Yes?
(although not a board book) was also a big inspiration. I have high hopes that the board book will be widely available and will find a permanent home in this format. Huge thanks must be given to Candlewick for the decision to make this book available in the smaller format.
Anyway, I hope your 2010 is full of marvelous good times and much happiness.
December 31, 2009
One last picture for 2009. Happy New Year!!!! Thanks for another year of reading my blog, everyone!
love,
jeremy
xoxo
December 22, 2009
Another dog picture. The photo in the background is old, taken on a digital camera that was one its last legs. However it has a quality that I really enjoy — all those thin lines from the old image sensor as it was deteriorating. Neat.
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