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Had a chance to paint a mural recently at a rad LA kids store called Tomboy. So much fun! If you are in Southern California you should stop by and check it out.
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NEW ART PIECES + BOOK READING @ THIS GALLERY
I’m stoked to be a part of a rad art show at THIS Gallery in Highland Park, called Kids of All Ages. It’s a celebration of children’s books and it opens on Friday, May 28th at 7pm. I’ll have some new art pieces in the show and I’ll also be reading An Awesome Book at the opening. Stop by and check it out!
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UNREAL!!
So much support– Awesome Book is going into its 10th pressing!! The new edition will be available mid-June. Thanks so much everybody!!
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VEGAN PANCAKE BRUNCH + READING IN EUGENE, OR
If you’re in the Eugene, Oregon area, stop in at the awesome Campbell Club on Sunday, May 23rd at noon for a delicious vegan pancake brunch, reading of An Awesome Book and performance by Micky Adams! Totally free and open to all ages!
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KICKING OFF THE TOUR
So I’m heading up North next week, but before I go we’re having a rad kids party in LA with Roky Erickson and Okkervil River. This thing should be super nuts! It’s one of my only readings open to the public in LA in a while and it’s free!
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TOURING UPDATE
I’m going to be touring in May. If you know anyone in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Colorado or Nevada who wants me to read to them, let me know!
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SKIRBALL CENTER READING
I have a ton of readings coming up in the Los Angeles area, most of which are school related (which means you probably won’t be invited). This one, however, on Feb. 28th is open to the public and will be supporting a mega fantastic children’s charity called Milk and Bookies. If you can’t make it out, you should certainly read more about them and what they are into. Great people!
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“HOW TO” ARTICLE
One of my favorite Australian magazines “Monster Children” just ran an article I wrote about how to make a kids book. I get asked questions about this a lot so I put a link here for everyone to read. Feel free to share !
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AWESOME BOOK IN RUSSIAN!!
This is so crazy! The first international translation has arrived. I partnered up with amazing publishers Pink Giraffe books to release An Awesome Book in Russia. Mind blowing! I’ve never even been to Russia. If you live there, or know someone who does, or want to try to learn Russian you should order a copy here.
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BAOBEI FOUNDATION
The Baobei Foundation is another great international charity I am now working with. They focus on providing medical care and critical surgeries for orphaned children. You can purchase An Awesome Book here to help support them and if you live in China you will save on shipping and it will arrive to you much faster!
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NEW THINGS AT VERY AWESOME WORLD
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WISH TO WALK FOUNDATION
The Wish to Walk Foundation is a pretty amazing charity I hooked up with in Australia. They are selling An Awesome Book to help a nine year old girl named Isabel get a much needed surgery in an attempt for her to be able to walk again. I am very proud to be involved and excited to support this cause in any way. If you live in Australia and are thinking of ordering the book from me, please order it from Wish To Walk instead. You’ll save on shipping, the book will get to you faster, and the money from your purchase is going to a great place.
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RECORD SALES
A new pressing! An Awesome Book is now into its FIFTH sold out pressing in five months of sales! How amazing! Thanks to everyone for supporting and sharing and making this whole adventure so exciting. To celebrate I will have long awaited new T shirts (kids and adults) as well as posters , bags and some other good stuff at the end of June. Stay tuned.
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
If you haven’t heard yet Spike Jonze’s rendition of Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things are comes out later this year. This week Spike and I launched his official filmmakers + friends blog. It’s called We Love You So. Check it out. Very proud.
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HAMMER READING
In case you can’t tell from my inability to smile for photographs (see above) I am SUPER EXCITED about my reading/workshop coming up at the Hammer Museum. It’s a collaboration with 826 LA who pretty much rule when it comes to workshops/reading/kids/books and community. I’m going to be showing kids how to make books. You and your kids should totally come by! It’s free!
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NEW EDITIONS POP UP SHOP
The folks over at New Editions are opening a pop up shop at the Brentwood Country Mart for the entire month of May. They asked me if I wanted to come by and do a reading. I said “Totally!” It should be rad. Don’t miss out.
Sat. May 9th. Two readings. Noon + 2pm. New Editions Pop-Up Store @ The Brentwood Country Mart
225 26th Street, Suite 51, Santa Monica, CA 90402
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AWESOME PUPPET SHOW
I got an email a while back from a girl named Catherine who said she was a puppeteer and wanted to turn my book into a puppet show. “Of course!” I said. Well, now it is here! In Spanish AND English no less!
How exciting! If you live in LA you should totally go check it out. Here is a picture of one of the puppets –
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AWESOME BOOK TOUR
Just got back home to California from my first ever cross-country book reading tour. What a blast! Schools, children’s hospitals, book stores, parks, skate shops and everywhere in between. Pictures and videos coming soon.