New Picture Books

A new picture book illustrated by Mike called “Mama's Little Duckling” written by Marjorie Blaine Parker came out February 28, 2008 by Dutton Children’s Books. This book was recently selected by the Children’s Book of the Month Club!
Click here to see a preview.

Mike also has finished the illustrations for another picture book called "Jack's House" written by Karen Beil. It will be published Fall 2008 by Holiday House. Look for more details coming soon!

Art-A-Whirl

Friday, May 16th - 5:00 to 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 17th - Noon to 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 18th - Noon to 5:00 p.m.

Join us for Art-A-Whirl 2008, Minnesota's largest Open Studio Tour. This weekend-long event is packed with art, music, demonstrations and performances. Save the dates and bring a friend to the Northrup King Building where over 175 artists will open their studios to the public. This is a free event with free parking.

Mike will be showing a number of paintings, like the one shown here called "Portrait of a Pig.” Mike will also have all of his books and prints available. Studio 423 in the Northrup King Building.

Upcoming First Thursdays:

May 1,  5:00pm - 9:00 pm

June 5 ,  5:00pm - 9:00 pm

The Show Award

Mike recently did seven pen and ink illustrations for Olive and Company. These were made part of “The Olive Marketing Book” for which the Minnesota Advertising Federation (AdFed) awarded the Bronze award in the Direct Marketing/Single category. Olive and Company designed a beautiful book and Mike is proud to have been a part of it.

Olive and Company is a creative service agency specializing in design, interactive, brand development, strategic marketing consulting,
communications, and advertising.

Spider Magazine

Mike recently illustrated a Puerto Rican folk tale called, "The Terrible Storm." This story will be published in the April 2007 issue of  Spider Magazine.

Click tiger to see more.

Spider magazine is a children’s magazine filled with fun stories, poems, and activities perfectly pitched for newly independent readers and learners. It’s specially written and edited for children who have reached that amazing age when they first get excited about reading on their own.

Ladybug Magazine

Look for Mike’s illustration on the cover of the June 2007 issue of Ladybug Magazine.

Ladybug is the monthly children’s magazine that opens the door to reading for children ages 2 to 6. Each 40-page issue is filled with page after page of enchanting stories and poems to read aloud.

"Davey's Blue-Eyed Frog" won the 2006 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award!

The purpose of this award is to encourage reading by highlighting good quality literature (fiction and nonfiction) written on the second - third grade reading level, taking into account text, format and the illustrations of the books.

The Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award, sponsored by Oregon Educational Media Association, (OEMA).

Click here to for more information about "Davey's Blue-Eyed Frog."
To look inside the book click here.

Clementine Honored!

"The Foot Stomping Adventures of Clementine Sweet" has been selected by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education as one of the best children's books of the year!

The Best Children's Books of the Year is one of the most comprehensive annotated book lists for children, aged infant-14. The Committee reviews over 4000 titles each year for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children.

Click here to see more of Clementine.

Yahoo! Cowboy Sam and those Confounded secrets was nominated for the 2002-2003 Buckaroo Award.

Sponsored by Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Reading Council, the Buckaroo Award provides the opportyunity for Wyoming children in kindergarden through third grade to select favorite books they have read or have listened to and to the honor the authors and illustrators of these books.