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woof sorry for the week and a day off. I had the flu and my older kid had the flu AND rsv and my younger kid had rsv and now my spouse has the flu. Will try to get some new kids book recs for you next week. THANKS!

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My favorite books for January 2026 The Wildest Thing by Emily Winfield Martin This is the same author as another recent fave, The Littlest Family's Big Day, which was an homage/sorta sequel to "The Little Fur Family." Winfield Martin seems to like this vibe, as

for real i had a mini disc player and i loved it

Marooned!!!

Welcome back

Hi! This is the cover to the new comic "POUNCE" that I had been posting here last year. I am printing it soon and will be sending it first to anyone who has a paid subscription to this blog. If you want one of the first copies, now&

Quick update

I've been inspired suddenly with lots of new ideas for the next Kricket the Cat arc ans I still need to publish POUNCE and send it to folks. Gentle december was a fun experiment but it ended up being very stressful for me. Look forward to weekly posts

Gentle december day 17

My favorite kids book today is Weirdo by Tony Weaver Jr. (Author), Jes Wibowo (Illustrated by), Cin Wibowo (Illustrated by) Extremely endearing and honest graphic memoir about a geeky kid trying his best to live up to his parents' lofty goals while also learning how to be comfortable with

Gentle december day 16

My favorite kids book today is Little Witch Hazel by Phoebe Wahl Currently my 4 yr olds favorite bedtime book. This is broken into four stories, one for each season, and it's about a tiny witch who spends her days running errands and hanging out with tiny animal

Gentle december days 12, 13, 14, 15

So the Nutcracker was this weekend and if you didn't know, Sara and Bea are always heavily involved with this production and so Nutcracker weekend is always busy and exhausting. We also sold flowers in the lobby for the first time, which worked out great! Anyway, that'

Gentle december day 11

When I was in school Gene Yang came and spoke to us and I was incredibly inspired by his process. As a dad with a day job, he would do one panel a day. I'm gonna try that for the next six days to make a one page

Gentle december day 10

interlude, started sketchbook comics w/ Lynda Barry exercises. Today my favorite kids book is The Littlest Family's Big Day by Emily Winfield Martin When I started getting serious about kids bookselling this was kind of like my first big hit. I sold so many copies of this little

Gentle december day 9

My favorite kids book today is We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen This is a board book, and in terms of a piece of book art, I think it's a masterwork. Klassen closed out a trilogy of books about hats with spare writing and odd humor, notably

Gentle december day 8

I hope you had a nice weekend. My daughter, Jane, turns 4 on Wednesday. It feels like she's been three for a million years. Truly wild. She's a great kid I love her a lot. Beatrice is ten and I love her a lot also. Good

Gentle december days 6 and 7

I had a weird stomach bug on saturday so you get two today. My two favorite books today are The Last Cuentista and Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera This is an insane sci-fi trilogy that is being completed next spring and I'm incredibly excited for it's

Gentle december day 5

Still on this whale kick. One of my favorite christmas mornings, I think I was 6 or 7, my mom had ordered me a whole package of details hard rubber whale figures, basically every species I could think of. I was obsessed. I have no idea where that obsession originated.

Gentle december day 4

4 minute comic. I started using the ol' black Flair pen and am feeling right at home. Thanks so much everyone who reads these little newsletters. I really appreciate it. Today my favorite kids book is 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel Anita Lobel was married to Frog and

Gentle december day 3

Three minute comic. We had a snowstorm yesterday, did you? A reminder: This is my storefront you can go here for any book purchasing needs, not just what I'm posting about. Anything you buy after clicking that link gives me a cut. Buy a book for a friend