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On Saturday I drove down to Princeton NJ (in a mini van full of Brooklyn kidlit peeps!) to attend the 7th Annual Princeton Children's Book Festival, hosted by the Princeton Public Library. What an awesome, fun-filled day. I got to meet lots of kids and their parents, a bunch of librarians and teachers, AND several authors and illustrators whose work I've admired over the years. Ohh, and I signed a good amount of books too! And THEN, the owner of JaZams bookstore, Joanne Farrugia, graciously opened up her home to us authors and illustrators for one fantastic after-party (w/ crab cakes and champagne — yummm!) An all round success of a day, I'd say :)
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| just one tiny piece of the large crowd |
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| my table |
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| the musical entertainment |
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| Bad Kitty! |
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| another piece of the crowd |
Extra special thanks to Allison Santos, the festival coordinator, for inviting me to be a part of such a wonderful event! I love my little children's book world~
Bank Street College of Education has released their 2012 edition of the Best Books of the Year, and I was very happy to find out that both
SPUNKY TELLS ALL and
MELVIN AND THE BOY made the list (age 5-9 category)!! You can read more about Bank Street College of Education, and how they choose books for their annual list, right
here. Thanks again to the fantastic committee for selecting my two titles!
It's been busy over here in the Castillo studio. I recently finished interior art for an awesome chapter book by Ann Cameron, titled SPUNKY TELLS ALL. Here is the synopsis, courtesy of the author:
Spunky is a middle-aged, serious dog, --a thinking dog, a dog with some troubles. His humans-- Ralph and Michelle, and their sons Julian and Huey — don’t speak his language. Even worse, they don’t realize that smells are the center of life’s meaning. Worst of all, they think that Spunky wants a new companion — a cat!
Thus arrives in Spunky’s life the aristocratic Balinese Fiona-- snobbish, supremely sure of herself and absolutely incompetent — who, to his astonishment, gives him a life purpose and a new way of looking at his world.
I loved working on this book, as it was the first time I've had the opportunity to illustrate a non-picture book. Creating black and white art was a really nice change of pace. PLUS, I got to draw a lot of dogs and cats! Always a fun thing.
Look for
Spunky on shelves this Fall!
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What a wonderful day!!! So happy that the tornado didn't put a damper on things. Congratulations!
Thanks, Selina! You guys should participate (again) next yr! Would be fun to hang out in NJ for the day :)