Into the wild

(thanks to Judi Rock, Amanda Piercey, Heather Sutter, Elizabeth Mandeville and Chris Rae for the photos!)

Yesterday my first book dropped into the world. And like any newborn, it has been focus of international public criticism and analysis. Happily, the reception has been overwhelmingly positive, and Homer Henry Hudson’s Curio Museum has been featured on some of the internet’s most reliable sources for picture book news and reviews.

Below you’ll find all the features, reviews and interviews in one convenient, updated-as-needed place. Almost every one tackles a different aspect of the book and my process, so you could read through them all in one go and not be mind-bogglingly bored. But why do that? It’s a beautiful day out, go adopt a Whippet and take it sailing.

Here we go:

Kirkus Reviews review (in which it’s remarked “Hudson’s droopy, liver-spotted mug is so realistic readers will want to scratch him behind the ears”)

Vintage Kids’ Books My Kid Loves review (in which the book is given “100,000,000,000,000,000 thumbs, five pinkies, two index fingers, and a pointer finger way way UP!”)

Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast feature (in which a painting that took me 17 days to complete is ready in 10 seconds thanks to the magic of animated GIFs)

The Book Sniffer interview (in which I share some advice and some sketches)

Children’s Illustration blog post (in which the illustrations take center stage)

32 Pages blurb (in which my book is teased)

Vintage Kids’ Books My Kid Loves interview (in which some embarrassing childhood photos and paintings are revealed)

Design of the Picture Book interview (in which the secret butt is exposed)

Magpie That review (in which my illustrations are heaving with intricate and fascinating details)

32 Pages review (in which my book is compared to a Terry Gilliam film, which I’m still reeling from)

Picture Books Blogger interview (in which I speak of stabbing cats and wreaking homes)

Brain Burps review (in which, at minute 7:00, I receive my first audio review)

90.5 WESA review (in which, at 3:45, I receive my second audio review on live radio! NPR 4EVER!)

Read It Daddy review (in which Homer Henry Hudson is given the honor of being their Book of the Week)

More coming soon!

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