PARTY ANIMALS—Now Available for Pre-Order!

At long last, I’m pleased to share the cover of Party Animals, the first of two new picture books by the wonderful Tara Lazar and me, to be published by Disney–Hyperion in March 2025. I had a blast with this book, immersing myself into the characters and their whacky, partying personalities. While the book won’t officially be out in the world until March 11th, you can pre-order a copy today from your favorite bookseller.

I’ve been a fan of Tara’s and her books for a long time. I feel so fortunate that the lovely folks at Disney–Hyperion thought of me for this motley crew. (Thank you Art Director, Joann Hill and Editor, Sylvie Frank!) This might be the funniest book I’ve done yet—it really hit a sweet spot.

Recently, Tara interviewed me about my process behind the scenes. We discussed my thinking about the characters, and shared a few surprise nuggets hidden in the art. To read more and for information about a givieaway(!) and information about Tara’s other books, click here.

In the meantime, party on! 🎉

It's a Book! Two New Books!

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My advance copies of YOU MAKE ME SNEEZE! and the paperback edition of YOU ARE NOT A CAT! arrived this week. Both books will officially be released on February 20th by Astra Young Readers.

Unboxing a year’s worth of hard work, seeing it glued and bound together as a book never gets old. I had the pleasure of sharing a sneak peek of YOU MAKE ME SNEEZE with some classrooms this week for World Read Aloud Day, and I’m happy to report: the jokes landed!

The lovely folks at Astra also created a very fun promotion for SNEEZE at this year’s ALA conference: tissue packs! They’ve sent me a bunch that I am looking forward to sharing with readers at some upcoming children’s book festivals this Spring and Fall. For more information on my appearance, scroll down this page to the Events section.

I also collaborated with Astra to create coloring pages based on a few of our favorite images from SNEEZE. Those are free for download here and on Astra’s website.

If you’d like to order a copy of one (or both) books, click here. ACHOO!

Coming soon: YOU MAKE ME SNEEZE!

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ACHOOooo!!! I’m excited to share the cover of my latest collaboration with the wonderful Sharon G. Flake, You Make Me Sneeze! featuring Cat and Duck, the same hilarious duo from You Are Not a Cat! So the cat’s out of the bag…or is it? For answers to this question and more, you’ll have to pre-order a copy for yourself or that comedy-loving, picture book reader in your life. You Make Me Sneeze! will be out February 20, 2024—just in time for allergy season. But if you’re like me, every season is allergy season, so no time like the present! Get it?…present!🎁

Coming Soon: You Make Me Sneeze!

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Cat and Duck are getting back together again. I’m happy to report my latest picture book gig, You Make Me Sneeze, a sequel to 2016’s You Are Not a Cat! , to be published by Astra Young Readers. Once again, I’m team up with the wonderful Sharon G. Flake, author of the much-beloved and awarded Y.A. novels The Skin I’m In and The Life I’m In.

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UNIVERSE is a Kirkus Best Book of the Year!

My head is officially exploding over the news that the ultra-discerning reviewers at Kirkus have named THE DAY THE UNIVERSE EXPLODED MY HEAD, by Allan Wolf and me a Best Poetry Picture Book of 2019!

”Poems about stars, planets, moons, and other astronomical wonders, accompanied by stylish anthropomorphic illustrations…A giddy ride through our stellar neighborhood and beyond.”

You can read all about it, and see the other wonderful books on the list. If with all of this news you find yourself suffering from FOMOoEH (Fear of Missing Out on Exploding Heads), you can procure a copy of the book here. I for one am over the moon!

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