I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing.

Pranking is a great way to indicate the underlying absurdities of the world.

I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing.

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.

Pranking exposes the truth that underneath this appearance of order is joy, laughter, and disorder.

I'd much rather have a book that a few people love intensely than a book that a lot of people like okay.

I read The Stinky Cheese Man as an adult. I missed that book when I was a kid. I grew up mostly with books bought at yard sales, picture books from the fifties to 1975, which is really a lucky thing.