Soft Yellow Blanket

I did an illustration for the Babybug magazine Nov/Dec 09 issue awhile ago and I just received my copies.

One of my original art piece from Only A Witch Can Fly is exhibited at Society of Illustrators Original Art 2009. The opening reception was last Thursday evening.

As every year so many people from children's book publishing field came to celebrate. I was very happy to be part of it. This year Kadir Nelson received Gold medal for his book Coretta Scott and Brian Floca's Moonshot and Kevin Kawke's Chicken Cheeks received Silver medal. Founder's Award went to Lincoln Agnew's beautiful book Harry and Horsie. Congratulations!

The show will be up till November 25th.

Only A Witch Can Fly on NYTimes book review!

Only a Witch Can Fly got a lovely review from NYTimes today. And it is my very first NYTimes book review~!

Only A Witch Can Fly release today!

Only A Witch Can Fly(written by Alison McGhee) release today! Please check out nearest local or online  book store.

Praise for Only a Witch Can Fly:

“This sophisticated picture book is rich with imagination… More personal, quiet, and transcendent than most Halloween books, this is not a call to witchcraft, but rather to following one’s heart.”—Booklist

 

“Like its protagonist, this book soars.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

lunch with Na Eun family

and flower from Na Eun...

stove

my favorite stove in the world.

yay~ Kirkus Starred review~!

Here is what Kirkus said about Only A Witch Can Fly and it is star review!

"If you were a young witch, who had not yet flown, / and the dark night sky held a round yellow moon..." Well, you'd want to fly, wouldn't you? McGhee's gently rhyming direct address coaxes out of readers a yearning they may never have known existed: to "[h]old tight to your broom / and float past the stars, / and turn to the heavens and soar." Yoo's gorgeous, muscular woodcuts, colored in subdued greens, browns and oranges with thick, night-black lines, tell the story of one young witch who, unable to sleep, takes herself outside with the support of her Cat and a brown velvet Bat-and with her little brother as silent witness-and, after a flop in the pumpkins, rises on her broom at last. Like its protagonist, this book soars. (Picture book. 3-7)