Ken Baker: Children's Author: Ebooks vs Printed Books Part 1I thought this was a really interesting article about the need for Ebooks. Watch my blog for an exciting announcement this month concerning eBooks specialized apps for iPhones/iPa...
2011 Picture Book Marathon Starts Tomorrow
I am participating in this year's Picture Book Marathon. It begins tomorrow. So watch my blog throughout the month of February for daily posts of a new picture book each day. It'll mainly just be a draft of an idea or at least a title and cover illustration. I think I may be crazy to do this because I'm so darn busy right now...but hey, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?Check out the...
Great Review
I was soooo excited to receive this review from School Library Journal for my book, "Tickle, Tickle! Itch, Twitch!" I don't think I could have received a better one. Yea!Editorial ReviewsFrom School Library JournalPreS-Gr 1–Olson has created a book that just begs to be read aloud. Gus is enjoying a lazy summer day when a little mouse sneaks up behind him and tickles his back with a feather, causing a very big itch that the groundhog needs to scratch. He grabs a stick–and then realizes that it's...
Watch Me Paint REALLY fast!
By the way, this is a mirror image of me working (for some reason that's the way my camera took it). I am not left handed. I wish I could paint equally well with either hand. But alas, tis not the ca...
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- Julie Olson
- I'm a freelance illustrator working in the children's book industry. I love kids and raising my own 4 children. They are the inspiration and the passion behind all I do in art and in life. See my website at JulieOlsonbooks.com