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Happy Birthday my very hard-working friend. Despite the many diversions in life, we must do our work! The spider in my book is busy spinning her web so she can catch the fly, which in the end she [...]

Bobbie and I have recently migrated south. We are enjoying the warmth and sun in Florida (even though it hasn’t been as warm as previous years) and our life near the ocean. The view of the [...]

Dear Friends, Last year, I was invited to create a doodle for the Google homepage. What a thrill to see my very own Google Doodle on March 20th, the day selected to mark the 40th anniversary of [...]

Here I am with my sister Christa who turned 60 in January, 2010. I was already a young man when she was born (we are more than 20 years apart in age) but I always wanted a sibling and was so [...]

From my childhood in Germany, I remember the ADVENT KALENDER. From December 1 to Christmas Eve day each number on the calendar had a little door (paper flap) and each day you would open one of [...]

I created my book Dream Snow after a two year “sabbatical” from making picture books. During this time away, I created abstract art out of my painted tissue papers. I also used other materials [...]

I have often fantasized about being a chef. I think it would be fun to wear a white apron and a chef’s hat and cook up a delicious meal! When I was a boy, we lived in Germany with my [...]

“We are alike in the same ways,” a child once wrote to me. “I like colors and you like colors, I like words and you like words.”