Chris Haughton is a favorite artist of mine—such a brilliant sense of humor and most of all so very deceptively simple (and believe me, as a picture book writer, I know how extremely hard that is to do…) Behind a “simple picture book” are revision after revision. With How To Be A Baby, for instance,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Whimsy
Tongue Tied — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday again! Oh Hooray! (I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that are funny and they will make you laugh. Which is exactly what we need on a Monday at the end of a summer.) And so, because I’m nice like that, I have been posting every single one I can… Read more »
Cat Man Do — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday AGAIN! Hooray! (I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that I love. They are funny and they will make you laugh. And what could be wrong about that on a Monday?) And so, because I’m nice like that, I will be posting every single one I can get my hands… Read more »
Crazy Time — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday again! Hooray! (I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that I love. They are funny and they will make you laugh. And what could be wrong about that on a Monday?) And so, because I’m nice like that, I will be posting every single one I can get my hands… Read more »
Let Me In! — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday again! Hooray! (In case you weren’t around I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that I love. They are funny and they will make you laugh. And so, because I’m nice like that, I will be posting every single one I can get my hands on. And there are LOADS… Read more »
The Box — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday! Hooray! (In case you weren’t around when I posted the first two, here is the first one and the second.) I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that I love. They are funny and they will make you laugh. (And what could be wrong about that on a Monday?) And… Read more »
Instagram of the Week: Marilyn
The other day my friend, Melanie Penn, and I took a road trip out of the city. We imagined an amazing day filled with beauty. We ended up in a twilight zone filled with ginormous scary sculptures. We were visiting the Ground for Sculpture. It was fascinating. For about 2 minutes. And then we were… Read more »
Mirror Mirror — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday! Hooray! (In case you weren’t around when I posted the first one, here it is.) I love this series. It makes me laugh. And so, because I’m nice like that, I will be posting every single one I can get my hands on. And there are LOADS hooray! Every other monday will… Read more »
Simon’s Cat: Pawtrait – video
OK. I love this series. And so, because I’m nice like that, I will be posting every single one I can get my hands on (and there are LOTS of them hooray!). Every other Monday will now be Cat Monday. Yes. And if you don’t like cats, you need your head examined sorry I mean… Read more »
Instagram of the Week: The Thing About Zebras…
The thing about zebras is that they’re very fun to ride. Especially if you’re little, and British, and a girl, and living in Uganda, like me. People don’t expect me to say I was born in Africa of course. Not with this thick British accent of mine. One of my most favorite things to do… Read more »