I'm working on my next picture book "Bocchi and Pocchi and Baby Sock." I just finished this illustration, a chaotic living room where Baby Sock paints everywhere!This illustration took me…
A Japanese newspaper reporter got in touch with me a while ago and told me about their new column called 'Creator's Desk @ Artist's Workplace.’ This column is aimed at…
Last August, I was giving a talk at Hachinohe Book Center in Japan, promoting my newly published book.When it was time for Q&A, an elderly lady stood up from the…
I want to talk about why I do what I do - creating children’s books. Before I started writing and illustrating children’s books, I was doing an art project that focused…
I’m curious about how longstanding children’s authors work. How do they get so many ideas? What do they do if they get stuck? Because I have gone through stagnant periods…
I love what I do - working as an artist, children’s book author and illustrator. But I have challenges. How can I find more time to work while raising a…
This blog first appeared on Digital Sparkles' blog article on 12th November 2018. You can read it here.ORIGINAL POSTTell us a bit about yourself and what you doHello, my name…
ORIGINAL POSTIn this blog I’d like to share my inspiration for my Bocchi and Pocchi picture books and why they're about socks, as I have been asked about it quite…
One day when I took a cabbage out of the fridge and I found a caterpillar between cabbage leaves. I told my husband to take the caterpillar outside. He refused…