Given the monsterly badges for PiBoIdMo, maybe you had a hunch…
Children’s: Picture book
James Burks’s illustrations for author Tara Lazar’s THE MONSTORE, to Emily Lawrence and Alyson Heller at Aladdin, in a nice deal, by Kelly Sonnack at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
I’m thrilled to have James working on THE MONSTORE! Seeing the characters come alive is going to be fun. There’s Zack, his pesky little sister Gracie, the Monstore manager, and Manfred, Mookie and Mojo. (Geesh, how did I fit all those characters into 600 words?!) Hopefully I get permission to share some in-progress work.
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December 8, 2010 at 11:28 am
Lynne Marie
What a GREAT team! So thrilled fro you both ❤ I'm sure it will be a monster success!
December 8, 2010 at 11:31 am
Tara
Thanks, Lynne!
December 8, 2010 at 11:31 am
M. G. King
Congrats! I wish you both wild success. And thanks again for hosting PiBoIdMo — hope to be part of this again next year!
December 8, 2010 at 11:32 am
Tara
Thank you! PiBoIdMo will be bigger and better next year!
December 8, 2010 at 11:58 am
Karen Akins
Congratulations, Tara!!
December 8, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Tricia Idrobo
Looks like a good fit. Congratulations. Can’t wait to see it!
December 8, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Megan K. Bickel
Wonderful news, Tara! Can’t wait to see it!!
December 8, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Ishta Mercurio
Woo-Hoo! That’s great news! Wishing mounds of success to you both!
December 8, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Anna
What a perfect combo! Congrats!
December 8, 2010 at 1:34 pm
tammi sauer
Wuhooh! Congratulations to both of you. 🙂
And Manfred, Mookie, and Mojo?! Ha!
December 8, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Sheri Dillard
Yay, Tara! It must have been so exciting to find out who will be illustrating your first book! Keep us posted! 🙂
December 8, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Kimberly Lynn
The two of you make a good match. I can’t wait to see the final product. Congratulations!!!
December 8, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Dana Carey
Oooo. I can tell this is going to be very very good.
December 8, 2010 at 4:26 pm
James Burks
Finally the cat is out of the bag, now we can tell the world. I’m Looking forward to taking your words and turning them into beautiful pictures.
December 8, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Julie
I saw that today! So can’t wait to see the finished product!
December 8, 2010 at 9:43 pm
katswhiskers
Exciting news, Tara. And yes, I did have a hunch… (But I just figured everyone else knew, and I had missed the announcement.)
Enjoy the journey, you two. 🙂
December 8, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Michelle Dennis Evans
oh wow! congratulations!
December 9, 2010 at 10:38 am
Diana Murray
Congratulations!!! That’s excellent.
I can’t wait to see it.
December 10, 2010 at 12:57 am
Loni Edwards
Fantastic news! Congratulations!
December 10, 2010 at 8:44 am
Heather Kephart
OMG are you kidding?!? That is fantastic! WOW! Rock star illustrator on board, life is good jes??
December 10, 2010 at 9:01 am
Catherine Denton
Oh my goodness, that is awesome! What fun this book will be. Can’t wait till 2013!!
December 14, 2010 at 4:06 pm
diandramae
Hurray! SO excited for you! Can’t wait to see it in print!
December 14, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Hallee Adelman
So happy for you!!! GREAT, GREAT NEWS!!!
Hallee
December 15, 2010 at 2:13 pm
ccgevry
Awesome! Wonderful news. Congrats!
December 15, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Shannon O'Donnell
That is wonderful news! Congrats to you both. 🙂
December 16, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Marian Salyer
It’s so exciting to see your hard work paying off and some of the many creative, exciting ideas floating around in your head and on your pages coming together into reality! Congratulations can hardly express my excitement for you, but it’s the only word I have right now. CONGRATULATIONS!