The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and write it anyway.

I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.

Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

His blood is black and boiling hot, he gurgles ghastly groans. He'll cook you in his dinner pot, your skin, your flesh, your bones.

I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.

The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and write it anyway.

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.