I get a lot of emails asking questions about kids books and how I ended up where I am. A nice interview just got posted over at DesignMom that I think helps to answer some of those questions. Hope you like it! 

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TIP

If you’re truly worried
about being alone
as you wind your way
into your later years
you should choose a career,
or at very least a hobby,
that involves meeting
and interacting with
large groups
of new people
on a regular basis.
 
This isn’t a poem
so much as a simple piece
of advice
that they don’t teach in school
but probably should.
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QUILT

I would like to make a quilt
as heavy as those vests you have to wear
when they take your x ray at the dentist
only full of small flowers instead of lead
like a lavender potpourri,
but big enough to cover my entire bed
and me as well.
 
No reason for this.
No marketing plan.

Just think it would feel nice.
Like being hugged
by a giant friend.

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I’ve been having a lot of fun with drawing lately. 

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KIDS BOOK TOUR STOP: NYC - Chasing rainbows instead of pots of gold. 

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I won a bunch of lotto scratchers with some friends. What to do with them? Why not start 2012 off with some fun… Leave winning lottery tickets all around the city!

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