Hooray! I recently received a box full of
my very first board book! I'm so excited that Alice Schertle's
Very Hairy Bear (2007) will now be ambling about in a sturdy, well-nigh indestructible form. It is a full version of the original, a great size, and the reproduction is terrific.
The folks at Harcourt have impeccable timing. Here's what arrived the day before...
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| (Baby not included with purchase) |
(Korean edition & printer proof for new board book)
I am extremely excited that my 2007 picture book
Very Hairy Bear by the wonderful
Alice Schertle will be available in a sturdy board book edition
this fall! As the parent of a toddler, I have come to appreciate the genius of the board book format. I've been hoping for my own board book for a long while now. Thanks, Harcourt!
And here's an interior printer proof shot against the current snowy scene outside my studio...
Hey teachers! Going to the NCTE and/or ALAN convention in Philadelphia this weekend? Me too. Here's my schedule:
Friday, 2-3 pm: signing Storm in the Barn at the Candlewick booth (#112).
Friday, 5-6 pm: signing Storm at the Anderson booth (#544).
Saturday, 10:30-11:30: signing Big George and Very Hairy Bear at the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt table.
Saturday, 3:10-3:40 pm: Author Roundtable!
Tuesday, 11:40: speaking on the Appeal of Graphic Novels panel for the ALAN workshop (signing Storm as well, I think).
I will also be giving free tips on cool places to check out in the City of Brotherly Love. You can't spend all of your time at the convention center.
Adorable...congrats on both accounts!
Congratulations! Both book and baby are beautiful!
Ohhh my gosh!! That is so fantastic. Look at that precious baby Matt... BIG congratulations!! That is the best feeling in the world! Awww... :oD
Having said that, congrats on the second best feeling in the world and that is getting your complimentary copies!
I love board books. To hold them. Read them, buy them and specially to illustrate them. They are the most fun books to work on.
A board book by you must be dreamy and wonderful. I can't wait to get my own copy. :o)
Awww. Babies! Congrats on both arrivals.
Congrats Matt. Impecable indeed!
AWWWWW!!! Congratulations to you and your wife! So beautiful! (And love the board book too!)
woo! Congrats!