Western Washington ROCKS
Happy Newbery and Caldecott Day!
I spent the morning getting a broken molar fixed. Drills and blood and shots in your mouth. It feels like I have a tiny kitty litter box in the middle of my tooth -- grit from the filling that should go away*. I would wager a bazillion dollars that my feelings this morning are the EXACT OPPOSITE of the lucky and deserving winners of the prestigious children's book awards that were just announced.
And guess who the guest rock star illustrator at the April SCBWI conference here is?
Rhymes with Shmo Shmillens!
Mo freaking Willems. He won a Caldecott honor and the Geisel award. He shouldn't be missed. And we have Betsy freaking Bird coming and Arthur freaking Levine and the 2007 freaking Newbery ladies minus one. And Laini bleeping Taylor and Jim bleeping Bartolo. AND MORE. It is insane how many cool children's book people will be here in April. And snacks. We'll even have box lunches and snacks.
Western Washington also rocks because it is home to the authors for my first and second book illustration jobs -- Sara of Fashion Studio fame and Martha of Grammar fame. THINGS THAT MAKE US [SIC] will be out this fall and I'm doing 10 spots for it! It IS the best, most hilarious grammar book you will ever read.
*But wouldn't it be totally awesome to have your own miniature mouth kitten? I guess it would be gross if there was an actual tooth-sized litter box in your mouth. And kittens are adorable, but you can't really appreciate their cuteness if they live in your mouth. What? What was in those shots the dentist gave me?
Comments
Jaime,
Oh, I am so sorry about your kitty litter mouth. But I am so looking forward to your driving me hither and yon for my Seattle tour for the paperback of Hattie.
I will buy you a treat that will make you forget your sore molar.
I promise.
Kirby
A mouth kitten? Um, no thanks! Hope your tooth is feeling better! And yes: Western Washington DOES rock! Can't wait to see you guys in April! Jim already filled out his form or whatever, but I have not, so I'd better go do that. Cheers! (And happy Jane Austen tonight!)