More Whatsit Fun!

Playing Whatsit catch-up here!

Pop on for some fun cartoons by Whatsit Kevan Atteberry.
They go along with an equally fun ditty on work-at-home-types not working at home!
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Satellite Offices

©2015 Kevan Atteberry

Also, award-winning Whatsit Jennifer K. Mann posts about how virtual mentors helped her in her writing/illustrating endeavors. You don't want to miss this! 

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Virtual Mentors for Picture Book Makers

What IS in a Face?

Wendy Wahman interviews THE WHATSITS about how kidlit illustrators do self-portraits!
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What's a WHATSIT?

Greetings Blogfriends!

There are some new kids on the blogck, and I’m happy to say I’m one of them!

We are a little band of published picture book author/illustrators from the Seattle area called, THE WHATSITS!

Whatsit you say. . . another blog?? Fear not! You won't regret it. We will post about the world of children's literature about every two weeks and we promise we'll be short on words and long on pictures (just like our books)! 

So if you follow me here, pop on over and follow us there.

Thanks, friends!! 

—ERS

Show Time!

Today is the first day of the Society of Children's Book Writer and Illustrators of Western Washington Illustrator Exhibit (how's that for a mouthful?).   It's a juried exhibit featuring illustrations by some of our local Northwest talent.  Henny is making an appearance so, if you're in the area, come on down to the Washington State Convention Center and take a gander at her and all the other wonderful art!
For those of you elsewhere, here's the poster for the show--drawn by fab artist Jessixa Bagley and art directed by the amazing (and my fellow crit group buddy) Kevan Atteberry:

Poster art by Jessixa Bagley. Layout by Kevan Atteberry

Here's a peek at the spread from HENNY.  

I forgot to snap a pic of her all purdy-like in the frame, but you get the idea:  

from HENNY (Simon and Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books)

written and illustrated by Elizabeth Rose Stanton