A friend of mine just showed me Don Silverstein’s work. Yum! …. You can see more of his work at his site here. And read more about him here at Leif Peng’s blog.

My oh my oh my… how do I love these little drawings by Shannon McNeill. So sweet. So charming. So fun.
She also talks about her process here, which is always inspiring, don’t you think?

James Kochalka’s website, American Elf, was recently redesigned. The archives are now FREE! As is Monster Attack, a comic by Eli Kochalka (seen here with one of his drawings).

Well, I don’t know about everyone else, but this holiday season has entirely snuck up on me. I barely saw it coming!
To celebrate, here’s a few places where you can read gorgeously illustrated children’s books online, for free. I foresee an afternoon in my future of cuddling up with pumpkin pie, some tea, and [...]

Just One More Book! is a thrice-weekly podcast which promotes and celebrates literacy and great children’s books. (yay!) These podcasts are done by two people (Andrea and Mark) and are about the children’s books they love and why they love them, recorded in their favorite coffee shop.
They also feature weekly interviews with authors, literacy related [...]

Every year since 2005 , Robert’s Snow has fallen on behalf of Grace Lin’s husband, Robert Mercer, who died earlier this year of sarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue and bone.
Each year wooden snowflakes have been mailed to generous professional illustrators who paint them as they please and then donate them for auction. Past [...]

In honor of the spooky festivities this week, I searched for really good examples of early Halloween illustrations and ended up stumbling upon some gems. The image above is from Morticia’s Morgue, a gallery of antique Halloween postcards from the author’s personal collection. Another site by Richard Anderson offers e-cards of a whole different collection [...]

i found a new kindred spirit and art hero this weekend. julie oakley’s drawings of her family and their life together struck a cord in me. in ten years, i hope my sketchbooks look just like hers.