Meg Hunt brings her uniquely whimsical character design and one-of-a-kind eye for color and texture to a wide array of children's books, including books published by Chronicle Books, Bloomsbury and Hazy Dell Press.
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A fresh twist on a beloved fable…It gets wilder and weirder as the story goes on. With its tongue-twisting-tall-tale-ness, it’s a MUST read-aloud book.”
—Illustoria Magazine
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"I’d always assumed that I got blamed for things because I was different. The North Pole is a place of mostly elves, and as far as I know, I’m the only krampus who lives there. There are krampuses in the city—I’ve seen them myself—but up there, a kid like me sticks out like ink splattered on a snowman.”
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The latest Hazy Dell Press educator's guide has dropped, and it's a doozy. Cataloging more than 101 Hamlet references in Zombie, Or Not to Be (Hazy Fables #2), this free 40-page educator's guide features character comparisons, setting descriptions, and mini-essays of literary themes, including life, death, and climate change.
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“Is this book too scary for children?” This one of the most common questions we receive about Monster ABC, and one of our favorite to answer. In fact, answering this question speaks to the heart of why we create children’s books featuring monsters in the first place.
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With another American Library Association's MidWinter Virtual on the way, we figured this would a great time to highlight the free educational resources available on this very website.
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On the other end of the spectrum, however, there are stories that make you feel comfortable, safe and hyperaware of the loveliness of our collective reality. The stories on this comforting side of the spectrum come in many forms, but for us, due to our cultural background and our childhood proclivities, their most unfiltered form is that of the Christmas story.
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Based on the world’s most famous broody Dane, Edda is our Hamlet, an intelligent young zombie with a turbulent mind, thrust into a sea of troubles. When her mom goes missing, Edda doesn’t know who or what to trust—can she rely on her friends? Her own instincts? Can science provide a way out?
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Perhaps due to millennial paranoia, the 1990s of our youth were a heyday for paranormal speculation and our 9-to-12-year-old selves were caught up to our eyeballs in it. The X-Files was the best (drama) show on TV, alien abductions seemed to be a legitimate national concern (particularly thanks to popular and terrifying shows like Unsolved Mysteries and Sightings), crop circles and cattle mutilations were a legitimate thing-in-the-news, and all the while black helicopters churned threateningly and allegedly overhead.
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Derek recently sat down to chat with Hazy Dell Press about his most recent publication, Zombie, Or Not to Be, his approach to illustration, and the professional lessons he’s learned over the years.
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