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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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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'

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.

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