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The life and times of children's book illustrator, Matthew Cordell.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

#childrensbookchallenge

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A while back, I started this picture book lovefest thing on Facebook called A Children's Book Challenge . All I wanted was for more peo...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

HELLO! HELLO! Kirkus star and Mr. Schu!

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So psyched to report a second review of HELLO! HELLO! has come in, this one from Kirkus, and it is a starred review ! Thank you, Kirkus! ...
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Monday, July 23, 2012

HELLO! HELLO! Welcome to bamboo country.

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More or less, I have been pretty tried and true to the pen and ink with watercolor form in my life as an illustrator. I have experimented so...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Good, Old Books

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One of my simple pleasures is, while at the local public library, browsing over the little store there where they sell off old library copie...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

HELLO! HELLO! origins

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To begin my semi-regular blogging about my next book, hello! hello! , I'd like to take us back all the way to where this book got its le...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

HELLO! HELLO! starred review in PW

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This just in! The first review for hello! hello! and it's a starred one from Publishers Weekly! So pumped! Thank you, PW! Hello...
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Monday, July 2, 2012

HELLO! HELLO! let it begin...

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As noted in my previous post, with my ode to ALA/Anaheim, I debuted my next (my third) author-illustrator picture book, hello! hello! , ...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Back from Anaheim, ALA, Disneyland!

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It was a wonderful time out in California last week (and early this). The fam and I (meaning lovely wife, kiddo, mom-in-law, me) trekked out...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

ALA! Anaheim! I'm there!

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This weekend, when I'm not at Disneyland with the fam, I will be struttin' around the conference floor at the ALA Annual Conference ...
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

JUSTIN CASE 2 out now!

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I'm like a broken record here on the ol' blog... I'm behind in the posting of important stuff. Problem is, I update my Facebook...
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Matthew Cordell
Chicago Suburbs, IL, United States
I'm a children's book author and illustrator who lives and works in the burbs of Chicago. I dwell in a home with my wife, picture book author and YA novelist, Julie Halpern and our two lovely children. Life is great, man.
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