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John Manders Illustration
Illustrator and Author
Caricatures- Weddings / Proms
Comic Strips
Author of Children's Books - for sale
School Assembly Visits
Drawing Demonstrations
412-400-8231
Caricatures- Weddings / Proms
Comic Strips
Author of Children's Books - for sale
School Assembly Visits
Drawing Demonstrations
412-400-8231

You asked for it
book promotion, illustration processAudrey, a school librarian, asked me for coloring pages from Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians.
The best I can come up with are these sketches for the front and back cover art. I illustrated this story a few years ago, before it was my regular practice to scan all my sketches and send them to the art director as e-mail attachments. With this story I must have photocopied the sketches and mailed them—you know, in a paper envelope. Wow, does that sound old-fashioned!
One nice aspect of scanning all your sketches is that they’re always handy for you to include in blog posts.
Turkey Day
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One of my favorite books as a kid was P.D. Eastman’s Go Dog. Go! I still think it’s one of the best—a pared-down, simple idea with bold, direct illustrations to match. The story: dogs of a dizzying variety all travel by whatever means they have to get themselves to a big dog party. That’s it.
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Turkey Day has virtually the same idea—this time, of course, with turkeys! So, naturally, I had to do a little homage, a little tip of the hat to P.D. Eastman. So here are some sketches for the cover art for Turkey Day.
Prepare to go about!
book promotion, self promotionUpdate! If you live in Chicago, me shipmate Carolyn Crimi will be at Magic Tree Bookstore in Oak Park, 1:00 for a Talk Like A Pirate Day book signing! You can walk the plank and get a free tattoo!
Henry & the Crazed Chicken Pirates is available in paperback—just in time for Talk Like A Pirate Day tomorrow!
While you’re at it, Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies and Henry & the Crazed Chicken Pirates are both available in audio format.
Point your bowsprit over here for buccaneer bunny coloring pages, lyrics to Nibble Yer Greens (a beloved old buccaneer bunny sea shanty), and a handy glossary of piratical words to carry around with you tomorrow.