Spring 16 Covers!

ABRAMS Spring 2014 Covers

We have an incredibly exciting Spring 2014 list for ABRAMS BYR and Amulet Books! Here's a sneak peek at some of the covers I've had the pleasure to design and art direct this season:

 Design by The Heads of State

  Photograph by Jonathan Beckerman Photography

Illustrated by Amy Bates

Illustrated by Ard Hoyt

Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh

Picture Book Progress

Illustrator Lynne Avril in her Paris studio, reviewing work for our upcoming Abrams BYR picture book, I'm Gonna Climb a Mountain in my Patent Leather Shoes.

Abrams Fall 2013 Covers Revealed!

It sure was a long winter and a busy season for Amulet and BYR, but the sweat, tears, and hours of missed sleep were well worth it to design and art direct this lineup: 

The Infinite Moment of Us

Rock-a-Bye Room · Illustrated by Amy Bates

Secrets of the Terra Cotta Soldier · Cover illustration by Jonathan Bartlett

Fraidyzoo · Text and illustration by Thyra Heder

Constable & Toop · Cover illustration by Jim Tierney

13 Hangmen · Paperback cover illustration by Vincent Chong

The Girl from the Tarpaper School

Goodbye, Rebel Blue · Cover design by Christian Fuenfhausen

Searching for Sarah Rector

The Spelling Bee Before Recess · Illustration by Carey F. Armstrong Ellis

And last but not least: Unhinged · Cover illustration by Nathalia Suellen

March 2012 NYLA Keynote Introduction

As promised, the introduction of my New York Library Association Youth Services Section keynote speech, "Under the Cover: The Art of Children's Book Design"

Spring '12 Books!

It might feel like Fall, but the Abrams BYR, Amulet, and Appleseed Spring lists are hot! A sneak at some of our upcoming covers:

Surfer Chick by Kristy Dempsey, Illustrated by Henry Cole

George Bellows: Painter with a Punch! by Robert Burleigh, in Association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Jean Laffite: The Pirate Who Saved America by Susan Goldman Rubin, Illustrated by Jeff Himmelman

Oopsy Daisy, Flower Power Book #3 by Lauren Myracle, Cover illustration created in Adobe Illustrator in collaboration with the art of Christine Norrie

Poison Most Vial by Benedict Carey, Cover illustration created in Adobe Illustrator

The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis. Cover is a photographic composite created in Adobe Photoshop. The rose image is a stock photo from Getty Images and the background photo is courtesy of my husband, Stephen Helldorfer, for which he got his first photo credit :)

Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe by Shelley Coriell, Cover photography by Jonathan Beckerman

The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin, Cover illustration by Chris Buzelli

Shine (paperback) by Lauren Myracle, Cover is a photographic composite created in Adobe Photoshop. (*A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation.)

Get Dressed! words and pictures by Seymour Chwast