06/17/10
I did a reading of my book Greetings from Kiwi and Pear for a 1st grade class at Nest+m a few weeks ago and got a stack of letters from the kids a week later. The letters are SO freakin’ cute! I’ll post them here every now and then. It’s stuff like this that makes [...]
Tags: book reading, cute monkeys, greetings from kiwi and pear, kidlit, monkey books, nest+m, picture books, school reading, school visit
06/16/10
I’m excited to announce the launch of our new FREEe-card section of the website! Tell your friends how special they are by sending them a Kiwi and Pear e-card! I’m sure it will make them smile! I’ll be uploading more designs in the coming weeks so stay tuned…
Also, new wallpapers have been added in the [...]
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02/04/10
To celebrate the release of our new kiwi and pear buttons I am having a drawing to give away one signed copy of the book Greetings from Kiwi and Pear along with a set of 12 little buttons featuring kiwi and pear and their friends including sweet treats, fig, a birdy buddy, lychee, coco, flight, [...]
Tags: buttons, cupcake, cute monkeys, giveaway, ice cream, kokeshi, monkeys, owl, panda, penguin, pinback buttons, pins, russian doll
11/18/09
“Build bridges instead of walls and you will have a friend.” – author unknown
Tags: cute, cute monkey, cute monkeys, friend, friend quote, friendship, friendship quotes, kawaii monkey, kiwi and pear, love, love quotes
07/18/09
Well, it’s starting to feel like summer here finally but I thought I’d heat things up a bit more by offering one signed copy of my book “Greetings from Kiwi and Pear” to one lucky reader! Thanks to all of you who have already purchased the book!!
If you’d like to enter for a chance to win, [...]
Tags: book giveaway, children's book, cute monkeys, free book, greetings from kiwi and pear, travel book
03/18/09
“Greetings from Kiwi and Pear” is finally available on the web! Here are the direct links to places where you can find it:
Chronicle Books
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Borders
So exciting!!!
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01/16/09
Happy (belated) New Year! Things over at Wanart have been pretty busy as we start preparing for the Year of the Ox which starts on January 26. I have also been working on a couple of new book dummies including one about Kiwi and Pear going to outer space! Here are some sketches from the dummy:
Tags: blue apple books, Books, children's book, children's book author, children's books, cute monkeys, hugging monkeys, kiwi and pear, picture books, Wanart
12/15/08
Here are scanned pages from the catalog showing the Greetings from Kiwi and Pear book and the Travel Flash Cards!
(Greetings from Kiwi and Pear – left side of spread) “Travel around the world with Kiwi and Pear! – Kiwi and Pear are a pair of monkeys who do everything together, and now they’re off on [...]
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11/19/08
Welcome to the Kiwi and Pear blog where you will find the latest news along with information pertaining to the highly-anticipated Kiwi and Pear book “Greetings from Kiwi and Pear” which is coming out in Spring of 2009! Here are some concept sketches I did for the book dummy before taking the book to finish:
Tags: blue apple books, Books, children, children's book, children's book author, cute monkeys, flash cards, greetings from kiwi and pear, Joyce Wan, kiwi and pear, monkeys, picture books, travel, travel books, Wanart