NEWS FOR MARCH:
I'm designing T-shirts. Yay! This is a fun project and I hope it all goes well. These are some of my designs that may or may not become t-shirts:
This March 6 authors & illustrators are getting togehter for various events.
Selina Alko
Miriam Cohen
Pat Cummings
Melanie Hope Greenberg
Aileen Leitjan
Meghan McCarthy
I'm listing all the events that the ladies are doing and the ones in bold are the ones I'll be at. Please stop by!
Mar. 6 Sat. 10:30am GREENLIGHT BOOKS presents SELINA ALKO and AILEEN LEIJTEN
LOCATION: 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 INFO: 718.246.0200
Mar. 13 Sat. 10:30am GREENLIGHT BOOKS presents MELANIE HOPE GREENBERG and MIRIAM COHEN
LOCATION: 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 INFO: 718.246.0200
Mar. 14 Sun. 11am - Noon BOOKCOURT presents a panel discussion featuring illustrator/authors SELINA ALKO, MIRIAM COHEN, PAT CUMMINGS, MELANIE HOPE GREENBERG, AILEEN LEIJTEN, and MEGHAN MCCARTHY.
LOCATION: 163 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 INFO: 718.875.3677
Mar. 20 Sat. Time: TBA GREENLIGHT BOOKS presents MEGHAN MCCARTHY
686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 INFO: 718.246.0200
Mar. 21 Sun. 4-6pm P.S. BOOKSHOP Group Story Time with illustrator/authors SELINA ALKO, MIRIAM COHEN, PAT CUMMINGS, MELANIE HOPE GREENBERG, AILEEN LEIJTEN, and MEGHAN MCCARTHY.
LOCATION: 147A Front Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 INFO: 718.222.3340
Mar. 27 Sat. 10:30am GREENLIGHT BOOKS presents PAT CUMMINGS
LOCATION: 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 INFO: 718.246.0200
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In other news...two school visits that I had scheduled in New Jersey were cancelled due to heavy snow! Let's hope that's the end of it!
NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER:
I haven't updated this in a while but here we go... Please come and say high at the Powerhouse Areana this Sunday
Also on Columbus Day Weekend I will be in Rhode Island at the Art Festial. More info to come!
NEWS FOR AUGUST
Check out ALIENS ARE COMING this month in paperback. 7 bucks and it's yours!
Also, I just found out that Seabiscuit is a CCBC choice for 2009.
In addition, I've finished POP! I'll be posting some images from the book soon so stay tuned.
NEWS FOR JANUARY:
Sadly, if you see below, you'll see that I was supposed to be at the panel talk by 2. When did I arrive? WAY after 2. I woke up at 1 (when I was supposed to be leaving) because I set my alarm wrong. I felt like such a (insert your own word here). Anyway, my designer at Random House was there, which was cool, and she told me ALIENS ARE COMING! is going to be in paperback.
So I went to Amazon and there it was. Amazon says it's coming out in August for the lovely price of 6.99... so stay tuned!
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Okay, this is super last minute but today, Saturday January 10th I will be speaking at the NYPL. This is the description I got from Fuse #8's blog:
Graphic Elements in Biography and Non-Fiction
Join C.M. Butzer (Gettysburg), Meghan McCarthy (Seabiscuit, the Wonder Horse), Sean Qualls (Before John Was a Jazz Giant), and Dan Yaccarino (The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau) as they discuss their work melding picture book and graphic novel elements with biographical and informational subjects.
The Children’s Literary Café is a monthly gathering of adults who are fans of children’s literature. Professionals, librarians, authors, illustrators, publishers, booksellers, teachers, and anyone else interested in the field are welcome to attend our meetings. The Literary Café provides free Advanced Readers galleys, a rotating series of talks with professionals in the field, and great conversation.
New York Public Library
Children's Center at 42nd Street
Room 84
475 Fifth Avenue
New York , NY 10018
NEWS FOR NOVEMBER:
I've been a bit distracted as of late, so this thing hasn't gotten a propper update. I've been doing a lot of signings for Seabiscuit and the Astronaut Handbook, yet I didn't manage to post where and when. Oops!
I will say that I had a great time at the Society of Illustrators art opening for Seabiscuit. Below is a picture of it on the wall:
My parents came up to visit a few weeks later for my birthday and went to the gallery to check it out for themsleves. I really appreciate all their effort! Seabiscuit has also gotten a recomendation from Scholastic's INSTRUCTOR magazine:
Lastly, I promise to post my signings ahead of time so that you can stop by and say hi. I did one at the Brooklyn Museum and it was pretty full of people, so that woud have been a good one to post. Alas. You will know next time!
AUGUST
Yippee, SEABISCUIT THE WONDER HORSE has gotten into the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show.
I thought this was really cool. My book ASTRONAUT HANDBOOK was donated to some schools in the CA and DC area. I don't know how they decided to pick my book, but it's great that they did! I don't get to see kids interacting much with my books because I"m always too busy making new ones, so this was really cool for me to see. Click on the image below for a bigger version.
Also, I think I mentioned this before, but in case you missed it, one of my cityscape paintings is in Disney's movie UNDERDOG. Look closely––it's on the wall! You can see the full painting here:
Here's a mini-version of the painting called DOWNTOWN.
In Seabiscuit news, I just got the first hardcover copy! The book isn't coming out until October, but stay tuned. Below are a few photos:
Seabiscuit is finished and the cover is getting gold foil! I finally got a copy. Seabiscuit is also going to be a Junior Library Guild Premiere selection book.
Astronaut Handbook is coming out and Random House has made some cool promotional posters. The book is also a Children's Book of the Month Club pick.
Aliens Are Coming! has won three great awards!––The Arizona Grand Canyon Reader's Award, Pennsylvania Young Reader's Award and Maine's Chickadee Award.
And in June/July news, I just sold a new nonfiction picture book to S&S! Details to come....
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