A Doodle-y Announcement!

Visit this blog next week…

for a chance to enter…

my eagerly anticipated…

widely celebrated…

world famous…

and kinda nifty…

Doodle Contest!

Thank you for the fanfare, Mr. Elephant.

The grand prize winner will get an original Mike Allegra doodle of anything he or she wants!

“Anything,” you ask?

“Yes. Anything,” I reply.

“What if I want a doodle of a cow stealing grass clippings?” you ask.

“No sweat,” I reply.

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“What if I want a doodle of Goldilocks getting arrested for breaking and entering?” you ask.

“Okee doke,” I reply.

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“But what if I want a doodle of a rhino riding a tricycle?” you ask.

“Consider it done,” I reply.

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So, yes! I will draw anything you want!

Mark you calendars! Tell your friends! And revisit this blog sometime next week for a chance to win the doodle of your dreams!

See you then!

 

Debatables: The Worst Picture Book Ever

Don’t let the headline get your dander up: This is all in good fun! We loooove picture books around these parts!

But it’s also time for Debatables, the new semi-regular column where minor literary questions are argued with perhaps a bit too much passion. So fur is gonna fly.

This month, my debate partner, Cricket Muse, and I pondered the following question:

What is the Worst Picture Book Ever?

Needless to say Cricket and I held very different opinions on the matter.

I wisely gave worst honors to this one:

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