Welcome to the official home of Art Dog, Mama Don’t Allow and all the rest of the creations of Thacher Hurd, the winner of The Boston Globe Horn Book Award, The New York Times Best Children's Books Award, and a twice featured Reading Rainbow author.
Thacher Hurd is the award-winning author/illustrator of a wide range of children’s books; board books Zoom City and Cat’s Pajamas, picture books Art Dog, Mama Don’t Allow, Mystery on the Docks and Bad Frogs and the recent middle grade novel, Bongo Fishing.
Thacher’s new middle grade novel is a zany intergalactic romp with nine-year-old Jason from Berkeley and two friendly aliens from the Pleiades, Sam and Edna, who travel the universe in a 1960 Dodge Dart. An evil psychiatrist, ray guns and a rickety rocket cycle complete the sci-fi ambience.
I fell in love with photogravure ten years ago when I first saw a small print by Unai San Martin. The rich images produced by photogravure, one of the earliest and most difficult photographic processes, rival any other method in their beauty.
On February 4 I will be at the Orion School Book Festival all day, from about 10am to 3:30pm. I will give a book talk at 11:25 in room 130. Lots of other authors there, including Elisa Kleven, Jennifer Holm and Teri Sloat. Come on down and say hello! Orion School is at
815 Allerton St., Redwood City. Here's a link to the Festival: http://www.rcsd.k12.ca.us/Page/3318
See you there!
I just sent in the art for a short story that will be published by Henry Holt, a collection of stories about dogs for middle grade readers. More news on that to come.
Probably I’m the last person to read this book, and all the reviews have been written, but I wanted to write about it anyway, it’s always worth writing about something that... more...
In the back of the car, the old Ford station wagon, driving from California to Vermont in the fifties. I was an only child, in my own world in the back of the car. I could stay there all day... more...