Lady Liberty video

Here's a short video about the collaborative process involved in creating Lady Liberty: A Biography. It's a clip from a DVD produced by Candlewick Press entitled "Open Studios", which also features segments about Peter Reynolds and Timothy Basil Ering. You can view other clips from the DVD at Candlewick.com.

Lady Liberty interview

Here's a recent interview from "207", a nightly magazine show on Portland, Maine's NBC affiliate, WCSH.

Upcoming Events for Lady Liberty: A Biography

When Doreen Rappaport and I arrived at Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, Georgia on Wednesday, we were greeted by this gigantic frog, sitting in the window, reading Lady Liberty: A Biography to a smaller frog. They seemed to like it. I think they could relate to Lady Liberty, because they're also green, and made of copper.
Here are some of the other places I'll be during the next couple weeks:

May 10 2:00-4:00 Book Ends, Winchester, MA, slide presentation on the making of Lady Liberty: A Biography, and book signing

May 17 12:00-2:00 Barnes & Noble, Newington, NH, reading and book signing

May 18 12:30-2:30 Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, slide presentation on the making of Lady Liberty: A Biography, and book signing

Here she is...

photo by Paula Renda

Monhegan Library

Here are some photos from one of my favorite library events of 2007- the reading/signing I did at Monhegan Library on Monhegan Island, in Maine.

note: I brought the illustration I was working on to the library that day, to show people an illustration in progress. If you look closely, you can see the partially-painted picture from Lady Liberty displayed on the easel. The final illustration is now on my web site.