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7 Amazing Highlights from My Research Trip to Kenya
Oh man, I miss Kenya already. The elephants, the adventure, the people, the contrasts, the staggering numbers of wildlife in seemingly every direction… all of it was amazing. People keep asking me,...
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Writing Starts with Drawing
On the first leg of my flight to Kenya, I sat next to a 76-year-old psychotherapist-turned-art dealer. We started talking about our respective work, and I eventually pulled out an early copy of...
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Neighborhood Sharks Q&A with Mr. Schu Reads!
This blog post first appeared as my Q & A with John Schu Trifecta with The Nerdy Book Club and Colby Sharp on 10/2/2014. John wrote the words in red, and I wrote the words in black. Thank you,...
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Book Amnesia
I think I have book amnesia. I’ve completely forgotten how hard it is to write and draw a book. Perhaps this is like childbirth amnesia, where women forget the pain they just endured after delivery? I...
View ArticleSpiked Lunch: Behind the Scenes with HOW TO BE AN ELEPHANT
If you are what you eat, elephants are basically one big walking pile of acacia leaves. They eat other plants too, of course—some populations of elephants have hundreds of different greens to choose...
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On My Desk Now: Grass Gametes & Crossing Genes
While I can appreciate the need to self-replicate, I wish the local grass plants would stop trying to do it on my face! I often have seasonal allergies, but my family and I are now living in an area in...
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A Pachyderm’s Baby Steps: Interview with SLJ
This month I had the honor of doing my first interview for How to Be an Elephant with the wonderful Luann Toth from School Library Journal. Below, you can read our conversation on research, process,...
View ArticleSwiss Army Nose: Behind the Scenes with HOW TO BE AN ELEPHANT
A hand and an arm and a nose and a shower—an elephant’s trunk is like a Swiss Army knife of tools! With over 100,000 muscles crisscrossing its length, this appendage is a masterpiece of strength and...
View ArticleElephant Bluff Charge: Behind the Scenes with HOW TO BE AN ELEPHANT
I filmed this video while out in the field at the Mpala Research Centre with elephant expert Sandy Oduor. We had just spent the morning identifying and counting elephants on the grounds when we came...
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Interview: Local author and illustrator featured in Windows 10 commercial
Reposted from the my interview with Lillian Schrock at the Corvallis Gazette-Times. Photos by Anibal Ortiz. Enjoy! One of the first things Katherine Roy did after moving to Corvallis last year was go...
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Sequoyah Chat
Last week I had the honor of joining the co-hosts of #SequoyahChat on Twitter for a behind-the-scenes interview on the making of How to Be an Elephant. Here’s a transcript of my questions and answers...
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