Pen in the New York Times

My latest picture book, The Obstinate Pen, is part of an article on 4 new picture books that reflect on creativity in the child. As a long time advocate of children and creativity, I am both awed and excited about this. Awed because little old me is mentioned along with Kevin Henkes, D.B. Johnson, and Eileen Rosenthal. Excited because the review hits the nail on the head regarding the child's approach to creativity. I could go on and on about this topic, but I will mention the article here and jump on my soapbox another time.

The article will be in this Sunday's New York Times. The article is titled "The Imaginative Arts."

The review is a wonderfully positive one for Pen, and the author of the article has my undying gratitude.

New guy

New year, new stuff, New Guy. Thanks to 100 Scope Notes, The Obstinate Pen is in an article on 10 Fiction Picture Books they are looking forward to in 2012. Cheers!

Halloween costumes! Socksquatch!!

Jessi Weithman, a wonderful photographer, sent me these photos of her kids dressed as...... you guessed it, The Socksquatch gang!!!! Heeerrre's Socksquatch!

Annnnddd Frank!
Headless monsters! AAAAHHH!!
No sock! Just cute!!
Let the WILD RUMPUS begin!!!

AAHHHHH! GOT SOCK! These kids do. Thanks so much for sharing these with us, Jessi. You can go to Jessi's website here.

New book

This is an image from my upcoming book, THE OBSTINATE PEN. Out in the spring. Enjoy!

Socksquatch

Socksquatch, my first book as word guy and picture guy, is out today.

Publishers Weekly says "Dormer's naif cartooning and simple silliness make this the kind of book that will probably get requested again and again."

Kirkus says "both the narrative and the setting-a medieval castle-are minimal elements in the book, so all the expectations fall at the feet of the monsters, and they do not disappoint."

I have always wanted to make the kind of book that gets lots of use, and lots of wear and tear. Let's hear it for Socksquatch!

GOT BOOK?

Cheers!

Frank

New book

Buy one on October 12!

Aggie the Brave is out NOW!

A little taste of the new 'Aggie' book by author Lori Ries and illustrated by yours truly.

On the back Aggie is doin' a little payback!! Go order one today!!

ALA news

From Ritchie's Picks:

"Socksquatch by Frank W. Dormer will be one of the crowning achievments of the entire fall 2010 output of children's publishing in america."

Ritchie is a librarian in California who reviews books on his website. Thank you, Ritchie, for a nice early review!

Socksquatch Happy

Socky is very happy. We noticed that we are on Indiebound. Hopefully there will be a picture soon. Go here to see!

Good Dog, Aggie gets an honor!

Good Dog, Aggie is awarded one of the Bank Street College of Education's best books of the year 2010! Just click on the 'five to nine' catagory.

Now go buy one and see what all the fuss is about!

New

New images from Aggie Gets Lost

Out in spring 2011!

New Book!!

It's a new book! Supersister! Go buy it!!

Something new

From Aggie the Brave

Shhhh! out in 2010.

Something new

Upcoming book

A teeny-tiny peek at the next book, Supersister. It should be out in the fall.

The Tools Artists Use

I have been featured on a blog called The Tools Artists Use. It's about the tools, um, artist use. You can see my input on the subject here. By the by, my favorite tool is featured in the portrait above.

Good Dog, Aggie is out! Go buy it!!!

At least, if you are interested in a dog. Or a dog that doesn't listen. Or what you can do when your dog doesn't listen.

Baby, it's cold outside