Although the story for Belinda the Ballerina came
to me in a flash and took very little time to write, it took
me ten years to get it published. It happened like this…
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Belinda in Paris takes place
in Paris, a real city. I wanted
my string-bean elastic ballerina, Belinda, to fit in to that
world believably. I wanted to be true to Paris, and true to Belinda,
too…
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Creating recognizable characters with distinct personalities
is essential to the illustrator's craft. Spike
and Cubby’s
Ice Cream Island Adventure is about dogs I know,
but the illustrations couldn't be too realistic. I was creating
a visual world where
cats run ferries and dogs talk and rent
boats from bears…
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