The first two books in a 6 book chapter series I'm illustrating for Grosset & Dunlap titled Frankly Frannie written by AJ Stern comes out today! Here is a trailer for the book :)

you can buy them through Amazon, go to My Books! link on this site!

The last couple of months have been a whirlwind for me starting off with my greatest creation, my new baby daughter Avery!!!! She has been such a peach as you can see below with her Daddy. And Mr. Baxter Blue Cheese has been a great older brother to her, except when he occasionally steals her toys :)

As for some other new things, here is my new website! Which isn't quite finished being updated, and this will be my new blog, so check back often for updates, sketches and ramblings from yours truly!

And in addition to all of this I am officially a ChildrensBook illustrator! My first books come out today! More about that to come in a new post.

So to sum things up, new daughter, new website, new career, oh and a new email! You can contact me now at:

doreenmarts@me.com

Thanks for stopping by!