“Marchini’s story and economy of telling display the chicken as total id, and Felix’s pencil-and-watercolor illustrations are genuine works of art. A surprising gem.” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Early readers will enjoy following Chicken through her barnyard adventure and will be able to decode objects and emotions easily due to the well-defined expressions of the animals…A welcome addition to…preschool or kindergarten collections, come rain or come shine.” – School Library Journal
From The Blog
January 2020 Round Up and #MSWL
Hello! I’m back from leave/hiatus and diving into the New Year with a monthly round up that’s part January 2020 and a bit end-of-Fall 2019. First though – a big congratulations to author-illustrator Sally Deng, who was named as part of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in Art...
Why do agents close to queries?
The short answer, is that agents close to queries when they’re not actively looking for more clients to add to their list… but I’m sure you were hoping for a little more information than that! The long answer is, agents close when they feel like they don’t have the...
2019 Holiday Gift Guide from #TeamMarchini
'Tis the season of holiday gift guides, and this year I have enough published client books (plus Chicken) to participate. (Huzzah! Also, publishing is slow.) Hopefully there's something here for the young reader on your list! And if not, I'd love to know in the...
How I Pitched FOX AND THE BOX by Author-Illustrator Yvonne Ivinson
This past spring, Fox and the Box by Yvonne Ivinson was published, and I could not be any more thrilled by what Yvonne and Greenwillow did with this book! It's stunning, and I used it at conference critiques earlier this month to show just how much...
Why you shouldn’t write the sequel before the first book has sold
Agents will usually tell their clients not to spend time writing a sequel while the first book is on submission to publishers, because even selling a first book doesn’t mean that a publisher will want to pick up a sequel or subsequent books....
Questions I ask myself when I’m reading requested manuscripts
I was reading requesteds at the Panera, and I started to think about how different it is to read for enjoyment versus to read with a critical eye towards representation. I can read a book for fun in about three hours, but I’m not reading it with my agent...
