At some point I had a little notebook with story ideas in it and at some other point I threw it in the garbage.īut a few years ago I was looking at ‘People’ by Blexbolex and thinking about how good it is. I’ve had ideas over the years but none of them seemed good enough to bother. I’ve been collecting them, poring over them, nerding out about them since I was a teenager and every year that I got older I guess it got harder to imagine contributing something worthwhile to an already massive heap of brilliant books. I’ve been illustrating books for nearly a decade and have worked on some projects that have meant a lot to me (namely the ‘Wildwood Chronicles’, a series of novels I collaborated on with my husband, Colin Meloy), but nothing’s been so thrilling as publishing something I wrote myself.

In this post, Carson talks about the creation of her debut picturebook, ‘Home’, and she shares some stunning development work and final illustrations. Published by Candlewick Press in the United States, this unique picturebook is an exploration of the concept of home.Ĭarson: ‘Home’ is the first picture book I’ve written. Carson is also well known for her artwork for bands and musicians which include The Decemberists, Laura Veirs and Weezer. The story is told from multiple points of view, and the book features more than eighty illustrations, including six full-color plates, making this an absolutely gorgeous object.Carson Ellis is an award-winning illustrator of several children’s books, including the New York Times Bestsellers, ‘Wildwood’, written by Colin Meloy, and ‘The Composer is Dead’, written by Lemony Snicket. It feels at once firmly steeped in the classics of children's literature and completely fresh at the same time.

Wildwood captivates readers with the wonder and thrill of a secret world within the landscape of a modern city. And what begins as a rescue mission becomes something much greater as the two friends find themselves entwined in a struggle for the very freedom of this wilderness.

In Wildwood, Prue and her friend Curtis uncover a secret world in the midst of violent upheaval-a world full of warring creatures, peaceable mystics, and powerful figures with the darkest intentions. For fans of The Chronicles of Narnia comes the first book in the Wildwood Chronicles, the New York Times bestselling fantasy adventure series by Colin Meloy, lead singer of the Decemberists, and Carson Ellis, acclaimed illustrator of The Mysterious Benedict Society.

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