Thanks to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Young Readers for their recent post about the process of creating art for Maybe Something Beautiful. In this exuberant picture book about transformation through art, Mira live in a gray urban community until a muralist arrives and,...
Wanted to share this thank you video I was asked to make for the American Library Association: Youth Media Awards. GRATEFUL that Drum Dream Girl written by Margarita Engle received the 2016 Pura Belpré Medal for Illustration in this the 20th anniversary of the award....
A week I ago I dreamt about this tiger from India and had to wake up early in the morning to paint him. His face blushing in shame. The temptation proved too strong for Ferdinand the Bull as he munches away at the last flower that bloomed on his hilltop. After...
This year several new books took flight from my drawing table. This one hits home. Maybe Something Beautiful written by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell due out this April from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The genesis of this book was a personal journey that...
Looking back at the year I’ve been thinking about the power of perseverance and it’s importance in my own life. What mattered most in the story Margarita Engle wrote about Millo Castro Zaldarriga, was her determined courage to keep going. It’s...
