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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Happy July, friends! I've recently set up shop at Society6. I now have art prints, t-shirts, pillows, phone cases, laptop skins, stationary, tote bags and more for sale... Pretty exciting! Please check out my little store if you'd like, and feel free to spread the word : )

~ Studio Castillo on Society6 ~

I hope that you are all having an enjoyable summer! xo~L

Monday, June 3, 2013

Melvin joins the book club!

Exciting news for MELVIN! He joined the Scholastic Book Club's May '13 Honeybee list. Picking out books from the Scholastic Book Club catalog was so thrilling when I was in elementary school. I feel extremely honored to have my book available in this collection. Thank you, Scholastic!

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Silent Auction time!

One of my favorite booky events of the year is tomorrow evening! If you're in the NYC area, come out to the Jacob Javits Center for the 19th Annual Children's Book Art Silent Auction at BookExpo America! Bid on some great original art to raise money for the ABFFE (click on the link for all the deets). Above is a peek at my soggy little donation : )

Hope to see you there, friends!
xo~L

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Exciting SPUNKY news!

Just found out that SPUNKY TELLS ALL is a nominee for the 2014 Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award!! You can view the 7 books that were nominated right here. Hooray for Spunky!

Friday, March 15, 2013

a page full of nana's


Sketches for NANA IN THE CITY; Clarion books; Coming Fall 2014

I've just begun character studies for my next (3rd) book as author, Nana in the City, about a boy who travels to the city to visit his nana and needs a little convincing about why the city is a good place (for a nana) to live. I'm looking forward to jumping in to final art this spring!