A bunch of drawings

These past few days I have received a bunch of new drawings. Anyone who wants to contribute, please go to my website.

Juliette, from Tampa, Florida, gives us a condensed version of Hey, Rabbit!

This is by Renee from Thetford, VT.

Crazy Shep, also from Thetford, says hi.

Daniel doesn't seem to be among the biggest fans of Rabbit.

But Secret Admirer from Lake Toho, VT, more than comforted me.

Mr. Man is a pure minimalist.

Thank you, Clara from Vermont!

Asa Bob knows something we don't know about Rabbit.

Old Joe from Somewhere draws nice woolen hats.

And Lillian tried to hide Rabbit, but we can still see him!

Drawn in Brooklyn opens this week

The Brooklyn children's book illustrators exhibition Drawn in Brooklyn opens this week at the Brooklyn Public Library. I have four drawings in the main lobby, from The Room of Wonders, Amandina and Hey, Rabbit! and three cases in the Youth Wing with lots of sketches and process drawings.

Here's a clickable list of all the artists in the show:

• Selina Alko
• Sophie Blackall
• Peter Brown
• Lauren Castillo
• R. Gregory Christie
• Bryan Collier
• Pat Cummings
• Leo & Diane Dillon
• Keith DuQuette
• Brian Floca
• Melanie Hope Greenberg
• Brett Helquist
• Eddie Hemingway
• Paul Hoppe
• Boris Kulikov
• Yunmee Kyong
• Betsy & Ted Lewin
• Aileen Leijten
• Kam Mak
• John Bemelmans Marciano
• Megan Montague Cash & Mark Newgarden
• John Nickle
• Brian Pinkney
• Sean Qualls
• John Rocco
• Sergio Ruzzier
• Daniel Salmieri
• Brian Selznick
• Shadra Strickland
• Sam Tomasello
• Paul O. Zelinsky

Brooklyn Book Festival

Reading Hey, Rabbit! and Amandina last Sunday at the Brooklyn Book Festival.

Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn Borough President, stopped by and said hi.

Just before signing thousands of copies.

Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday

This Sunday, September 12th, at 1.30pm, I'll be at Borough Hall reading and signing Amandina and Hey, Rabbit! at the Brooklyn Book Festival.

Other children's book writers and illustrators will be there with their books, including Chris Raschka, Matthew Reinhart and my friends John Rocco and Brian Floca.

Drawn in Brooklyn

Broom, Zoom!: Booklist review

I am very grateful to Randall Enos for this recent review of Broom, Zoom!
[...] The economical text, with an average of about two words per page, coupled with minimalist illustrations featuring only the appealing duo, a few props,and vast backgrounds filled with large swathes of color, makes this appropriate for the youngest of audiences. It's a beginning lesson in cooperation and sharing as well as an introduction to witches and monsters. [...]

Broom, Zoom!: Publishers Weekly review

A brief tussle between a girl witch and a green goblin over the use of a broom is neatly resolved in this short but absorbing story. The witch wears a too-long purple robe and a huge, pointy red hat; the goblin has ears that stick straight up and wears a diaper. Each page contains a line of monosyllabic dialogue that perfectly expresses their me-first desires. [...]

Cohen's (Everything Is Different at Nonna's House) text carries just the right degree of force, and Ruzzier (Hey, Rabbit!) uses line and color effectively in his drawings to convey the small world in which the witch and the goblin live. Readers will easily recognize themselves in this duo.