Monday, December 14, 2020

Happy News for "TummyTime™: Happy Baby"


TummyTime™: Happy Baby has been making a bit of a splash lately, with two new honors.

babydocbox Review

Dr. Alison Scott, founder of subscription box babydocbox has written a great endorsement for duopress's TummyTime™ series, which currently includes books illustrated by Jannie Ho, Violet Lemay, and Hsping Pang.
When searching for an interactive mirror activity for babydocbox's 4-6 month box, we found the perfect item with duopress's TummyTime™ series. This attenion grabbing book allows babies to practive tunny time and engage visually with morrors—a favorite passtime for babies this age!  ~ Alison H. Scott, MD, FAAP, Founder/CEO of babydocbox.

Across the Avenue

TummyTime™: Happy Baby is included in Across the Avenue's 2020 Holiday Guide. Hooray!



Big thanks to CJ Keller of Across the Avenue, not only for the kind words, but also for the lovely photos.


Follow the link below to be redirected to Across the Avenue. :-)

Across the Avenue: 2020 Holiday Gift Guide: Give the Gift of Reading!...: Children's books are at the top of our gift list every holiday season. It's a tradition we hope to pass on through generations as a ...

Sunday, December 6, 2020

That Time John Oliver Used my Illustration in a Bit

Pringles Update: 

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

(Web Exclusive)




Yes, it's true. My husband Fred and I were lounging on the couch watching clips from our favorite US late-night shows one night, and John Oliver got to wondering about the Pringles guy; specifically, what his body looks like.

Joe Biden had just been announced as the winner of the 2020 presidential election, and John was feeling good. Earlier in the show he dedicated 30 entire seconds to the marvels of the octopus. It was glorious.

So as we sat there enjoying all of this, my mind got to wondering about the Pringles guy, and somehow put it together with the octopus footage we'd just seen. I sat down to draw an octopus but then thought, Oh wait, I drew one of those for duopress's 2015 book "Hello, Ocean Friends!". I found the art, pasted a Pringle head from the internet over the octopus's body, and voila: the Pringlepus was born. It was gloriously easy.

Five minutes after tweeting the thing to Mr. Oliver, I was alseep. 



I woke to frantic e-mails from my agent, Mela. "Where are you? John Oliver wants to use this image! Is that okay?"

Is that okay? Oh, yes. How fun!!

Thanks so much, John Oliver. Not only for using my art in your clip, but also for your wisdom and clarity. Fred and I are huge fans. Love the show.

All best,

Violet

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2020!!

 


Happy to report that LIBRARY BABIES has been selected as one of the Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2020!!



Click here to see the full list.

And click here to order your copy of Library Babies today! 


The Best of the Best lists represents the library’s choices for the year’s most outstanding titles, books of exceptional quality for a diverse, city-wide readership. The list is widely promoted throughout Chicago, including local news coverage. Extra copies of these books are ordered in various formats to be promoted throughout the city, give them special labels, and to be featured in branch displays and in the catalog and web site. Titles are also presented to staff as great reading suggestions to promote to patrons.














Written by Puck and illustrated by Violet Lemay, designed by Jeff Shake, Library Babies was published by duopress in the spring of 2020.