Hope you all had a lovely Valentine's Day yesterday! We made a visit, at last, to the incredible Tartine Bakery down the street fr...

To celebrate the release of my new book , for the first two weeks of November I'll be running a Disappearing Desmond book giveaway! Ten...

Some of you may remember that this summer I was working on a Master of Disguise Activity page for Disappearing Desmond . The activity kit i...

We are at last getting settled in our new city! Its so gorgeous here, I could spend hours wandering around the different neighborhoods takin...

I love it when your book shows up in unexpected places. Below is a recent sighting of Disappearing Desmond at MOMA in NY (thanks Kirsten !)...

This review of Disappearing Desmond just in from School Library Journal. Thanks guys! ps Will have pictures and updates from our recent cro...

As I mentioned last week I've been busy putting together materials for my new book , out today! Lots of fun things are in the works, I...

Next week Disappearing Desmond will be on book shelves at last! I've spent the past few weeks madly making materials that teachers can ...

The first review of Disappearing Desmond is in, hurray! I love this review from Publishers Weekly , they really got Desmond's spirit. ...

One week til my deadline for A Photo for Greta ! I'm at the stage where I go back over all the paintings and touch up little things, mak...

ABIGAIL SPELLS has been named to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choice list. Hurray! CCBC Choices is the annual best-of-the-year li...

Another painting in progress post for you from Disappearing Desmond !

The art for Disappearing Desmond is officially signed, sealed, and delivered, yippee! The last bunny has been painted and the last thumbnai...

Since the art for Disappearing Desmond is due in a week (final stretch!), I thought I'd talk about how I pace myself with a picture boo...

Apologies for the late post, I spent the morning in Connecticut at a school visit, and the afternoon at a book talk given by the lovely Alis...