James Preller's Blog

– I think the flyer tells you all you need to know.

– If you are in the vicinity, swing by and say hello.

– – I’ve been watching one of my favorite shows, “Slow Horses,” now in it’s 6th season.

– Yikes, I posted this elsewhere but neglected ye olde blog.

– Here’s a first-peek at the cover of my upcoming picture book, What Dogs Don’t Know, wonderfully illustrated by Laura Sandoval.

I received a nice surprise yesterday in the mail, the first printed copy of Bigfoot and Dodo: Together at Last!

– During the pandemic, if you can recall that strange period in our lives, many authors and illustrators wrestled with the appropriate response.

– I don’t believe I’ve ever done this here at Ye Olde Blog, but on Facebook from time to time I’ll pass along a photo of my dog Echo “hidden” in various landscapes.

– It’s soccer season — Shaken is a book about a 7th grade soccer player who suffers from a serious concussion.

– Just passing this along.

– – Just passing this along, since maybe there’s a teacher in the world who doesn’t already know it.

– They do an amazing job at the Chappaqua Book Festival.

– I’ve been slowly rereading my collection of Beatrix Potter, utterly charmed and impressed.

– Somewhere between the first blush of inspiration and the final published book, there’s “the announcement.”

– – Today I handed in my first draft & story map for an upcoming Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, tentatively titled, The Slime Machine.