Yes I Can!

I am proud to announce the upcoming release of Yes I Can!: A Girl and Her Wheelchair. The book will officially launch in late November, but is available for pre-order.

Yes I Can! (written by Kendra J. Barrettt, DPT, Jacqueline B. Toner, PhD and Claire A. B. Freeland, PhD, and illustrated by Violet Lemay) tells the story of Carolyn, a little girl with a big heart. 

Carolyn is in a wheelchair, but she doesn't let that stop her! She can do almost everything the other kids can, even if sometimes she has to do it a little differently.

Yes I Can! includes a Note to Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers with more information on discussing disabilities with children and helping them to build positive, empathic relationships.

Yes I Can!: A Girl and Her Wheelchair is published by Magination Press. Art direction by Katie Ten Hagen. 

Click here to pre-order your copy today!

NY DOGS

I am very pleased to announce the release of NY Dogs (punchline/2016), a book which I illustrated and also wrote. 

NY Dogs is a humorous look at the many and varied dogs of NYC, and the valiant humans who traipse after them, picking up their poo.

Outside of a book, a dog is man's best friend.
Inside of a book, it's too dark to read.
~ Groucho Marx

In a recent interview with Stephen Colbert, Malcolm Gladwell mentioned how difficult it is to make a reader laugh or cry. Mr. Gladwell was more interested in moving people to tears than to laughter, but after having just spent several months trying to write a funny book, the laughing part is what caught my attention. 

Making people laugh is much easier in a personal encounter than on the page because laughter is an emotional response. Gladwell credited his friend Charles for this thought: "People think with their eyes (reading) and feel with their ears (listening)."

Thankfully I had lots of help with the funny business. Click here to read about the team who helped make NY Dogs funny.

And of course, click here to order your copy of NY Dogs today!