The author/illustrator, on Toaster's contribution to Frazee's work:In the morning, Toaster and I hike in the hills above Pasadena. I use this time to get my head organized around whatever I am going to be working on in the studio that day. Since she runs ahead and falls behind and then needs to catch up, Toaster's hike is about three times as long as mine. When I get to work, she is completely wiped out. This is the ideal system and...[read on]About Marla Frazee:
Marla Frazee is the author-illustrator of A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, which received a Caldecott Honor Award and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, Roller Coaster,Visit Marla Frazee's website.Walk On!, Santa Claus The World's Number One Toy Expert, and The Boss Baby. She is the illustrator of many books, including the New York Times bestselling Stars, the New York Times bestselling All the World, which also received a Caldecott Honor Award and was a New York Times Best Illustrated book, The Seven Silly Eaters, and the New York Times bestselling Clementine series.
She recently illustrated Cynthia Rylant's book of poems, God Got a Dog.
Frazee graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where she has also been teaching children’s book illustration for 20 years. She works in a small studio cabin in her backyard under an avocado tree.
Read--Coffee with a Canine: Marla Frazee and Toaster.
--Marshal Zeringue
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