David Elliott | Children's Author

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Finn Throws a Fit by David Elliott and illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering

"Droll text and exuberant illustrations render a toddler's tantrum in all its
magnificence...Elliott and Ering operate like the left and right hands of a single
comic mind; each tongue-in-cheek line of text is deftly countered with raw
charcoal scrawls, wild strokes of paint and crazed scribbles. Small readers will
giggle at the realization of their angry feelings...while parents will blanch at the
brilliant exposition of the power their children hold over them."
--Starred Review, Publishers Weekly
 

Jeremy Cabbage is out in a grand paperback edition!

"Take a liberal base of Dickens, throw in a healthy helping of Dahl and spice
with a bit of Margo Lanagan, and you might approximate the recipe that
yielded this fey little fantasy. . . entertaining and thought-provoking."   
--Kirkus Reviews

Havisham's Cake
A blog. My blog. My I-hardly-ever-post blog. But I thought I would include
a link because, well, who knows?  As I always inscribe in The Transmogrification
of Roscoe Wizzle, "Life is change!" I may want to add a post occasionally. It
begins with a two-part homage to Natalie Babbit and Tuck Everlasting, surely
one of the most beautiful books ever written for a young person. I hope you'll
read it.  The book, I mean. And the blog, too. Why not? 
Anyway . . . havishamscake.blogspot.com/

Want to Write for Kids?
Take a look at Lesley University's low residency Masters of Fine Arts in Creative
Writing.  If that's too big a committment, you might try Lesley's  one-week
summer intensive program. In the spirit of full disclosure, perhaps I should
add that I teach in both (along with lots of other great writers.) Not that I'm
saying I'm great, but . . . oh never mind. Just check these programs out.

Illustration by Kelly Murphy