In Production

• A graphic novel/illustrated chapter book series with my old friend and super-writer, Jason Eaton. Jason has written many award-winning books, and also wrote the script for the movie Ice Age 3. He wrote a super funny manuscript (and ideas for two sequels) for this silly concept of mine, which I will be illustrating. It just sold to Harper Collins in a two book deal (contract pending.) Can’t wait to get started!

• A collaboration with legendary author, illustrator and friend Dan Yaccarino on three (3) 120 page, two-color chapter books for Siobhan Ciminera at Simon Spotlight. Dog Meets Dog stars two anthropomorphic dog siblings who meet up in vacation spots all around the world. They are fictional stories with a huge amount of non-fictional elements and hijinx. Dan is writing the stories and I’m doing the art! Woo-Hoooo! Art for Book 1 is due in June 2025, and Dan is working on the writing as we speak for the other two. We plan to turn this into something big!

• Junior Monster Scouts—Illustrations-only for one (1) 32-page full color Early Reader, which is in the final stages of production. This book will most likely be the last title in this fun series. The stories are written brilliantly by Joe McGee and published by Simon and Schuster. Working with Claire Torres and Alicia Mikles has been a dream.

• A collaboration with my life-long friend (44 years!) and fellow creative, Tim Steinouer, on two 64-page full-color picture books for Christy Ottaviano at Hachette/Little Brown. The stories star two anthropomorphic animal friends taking road trips around the United States. They are fictional stories with a huge amount of non-fictional elements. Tim is doing the writing and I am doing the designing and illustrating. Fun stuff!

• The Letter Setters, an Early Reader Series for Holiday House, centered around a group of 5 dogs and their antics that emphasize phonics. We have finished book 1 and Book 2 is the production stage. We will see how these books sell out in the world before we develop any more titles for this series. Thank you to Mary Cash for championing this series as well as many others in my backlist.

• Beep! Bop! Boop! An Early Reader for Simon and Schuster/Simon Spotlight’s Ready-To-Read line, about friendly aliens that land on earth and have the intentions misinterpreted. I love Siobhan Ciminera and am so happy to be working with her on this. I’ve also loved collaborating with my old friend, the creative and skilled illustrator, Victor Davila. Can’t wait to see this book in print!

In Development

• The dream is to see this in lights: Chamelia: The Animated Series! My partner, Steven Wendland (formerly of Technicolor) has been diligent in his pursuit of a producer, and I still hold belief that it will find a home somewhere. He has some serious leads and I look forward to hearing an update from him soon. Go, Steven and Chamelia!

• Marisa Wolsky, my producer at GBHKids, has also been searching for funding for a 3rd season of Scribbles and Ink: the online interactive series with PBSKids. She’s been so committed to this series over the years that I believe she will figure out a plan. She says she has some ideas. Thank you for you hard work and determination, Marisa!

• The plan is to keep creating Scribbles and Ink digital books. In addition to the 4 original titles, Harriet Ziefert (as editor and marketer) and I have completed five new digital titles and talked early on about creating ten total. All of the titles are available on Epic (digital) and also Amazon (print). We’re also looking for additional revenue streams for these books and characters.

• We also have an offer to develop Scribbles and Ink into a TV series! There are still so many details to hash out, but our attorneys are working on it!

• Christy Ottaviano at Hachette/Little Brown wants me to work on another project with her. Will it be a another Middle Grade novel? My first author/illustrated Chapter Book? Right now we’re thinking it could be a picture book. Decisions…decisions…

Out On Submission

• A picture book with me as the writer and a super-talented colleague/friend as the illustrator. I am excited about this because it’s a little bit of a different direction for me. More to come on this as my agent prepares the submission.

Also: Seeking Partnerships

Here are some super fun book properties available for option as animated series.

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