Studio Journal

Picturebook notes, studio thoughts, and works in progress from Puddle & Pen.

Studio Journal

The Bus Ride

The Bus Ride

A sketch from a picture book in progress The bus ride comes before everything else. Before the classroom.Before the teacher calls her name.Before anyone decides whether she is shy, quiet,...

The Bus Ride

A sketch from a picture book in progress The bus ride comes before everything else. Before the classroom.Before the teacher calls her name.Before anyone decides whether she is shy, quiet,...

The Newt

The Newt

Reading ‘The Lost Words’ by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris The page I return to most often in The Lost Words is the one devoted to the newt. The two-page spread shows...

The Newt

Reading ‘The Lost Words’ by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris The page I return to most often in The Lost Words is the one devoted to the newt. The two-page spread shows...

What 'I am an Artist' gets right

What 'I am an Artist' gets right

On creativity before self-consciousness There’s a spread in I Am an Artist by Marta Altés that I kept going back to after I finished the book. Credit: Marta Altés, I Am an...

What 'I am an Artist' gets right

On creativity before self-consciousness There’s a spread in I Am an Artist by Marta Altés that I kept going back to after I finished the book. Credit: Marta Altés, I Am an...

How Children Really Read Picture Books

How Children Really Read Picture Books

How young readers make meaning between words and pictures

How Children Really Read Picture Books

How young readers make meaning between words and pictures