Read Aloud Book Award
Hey guys! What to Do When You're Sent to Your Room won the Comstock Read Aloud Book Award for 2015! I'm pretty encouraged by it. Now the book gets a gold sticker on the cover.
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Oh and I really love your characters - your talent is awesome. I only discovered your website just now, and I've placed you at the very top of my fave illustrators list. And I'm totally not being biased or anything, you know, since you have entertained my kids successfully for the last two and half minutes ;)