Caldecott Honor-ed author/illustrator Peter Brown is coming to Seattle! He'll read his newest book, My Teacher is a Monster! (No, I am Not.) WHEN: Thursday, May 28 at 7pm WHERE: Secret Garden Books (2214 NW Market St, Seattle)
iPad-o-rama
This bit comes from Publishers Weekly, and yeah, I'm a little late getting to it but I seem to recall being sort of busy last weekend. Anyhoo: The iPad Meets the Children's Book Apps for kids' stories start to proliferate for Apple's newest product By Karen Springen -- Publishers Weekly, 4/8/2010 4:54:00 PM Apr8AppsMissSpiderInteriorJUMP"An interior... Continue Reading →
Peter Brown Keynote #scbwiwwa
Realities of Being an Author/Illustrator was the ORIGINAL title of Peter's talk, but in case we aren't all author/illustrators, he decided to change the talk to QUESTIONS (NOT ANSWERS.)Peter has always been a question asker. He thinks we might be able to find answers to how to advance our own careers in children's books by... Continue Reading →
Peter Brown Breakout: The Laments of Style #scbwiwwa
Peter starts off his slideshow with some paintings he did in art school. They were all a bit wacky. Peter decided he wanted to find a new style that was not only appropriate for children's books, but appealing and unique.Looking to develop this style he did some Art Exploration -- looking at fine artists, naive... Continue Reading →
Peter Brown signing
Peter Brown will be on our conference faculty, and here's a chance to see him in action beforehand on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ballard Library.Here's what the folks at Secret Garden Books have to say about his latest:When a mind-reading monkey asks his audience to imagine the most spectacular thing in... Continue Reading →